Property Surveyor

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In House Surveyor - Bolton

Davies Group have an exciting opportunity to join our Building Technical Team, where you will deal with all aspects of building insurance claims.

This role is diverse with plenty of opportunities to develop your skills, we provide full training and support!

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Communicating with customers, contractors and insurer clients over the phone, email and in writing

· Assessing the overall validity of claims and creating a schedule of works to put the property back to its original condition

· Updating building repair scopes using our in-house schedule of rates and assessing contractor estimates

· Negotiating cash settlements for repairs with policyholders

· Managing panel contractors and controlling repair schedules and costs

· Settling claims under delegating authority

Skills and Experience:

· Proven buildings insurance claims experience OR extensive trade experience OR be a Graduate Building Surveyor

· Great verbal and written communication and organisation skills

· Ability to demonstrate a high standard of customer service

· Positive attitude and be a flexible, self-motivated team player

· Strong attention to detail with the ability to assess and resolve problems

· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, target-driven environment

What we offer:

· Reward platform – discounts for over 800 retailers

· 25 days holiday (rising with service)

· Well-being centre

· Recognition programme

· Paid fertility appointments

· Fostering friendly employer

· Pension - matched contribution up to 5%

· Life Assurance (2 x basic salary)

· Development, training and professional qualifications

A bit about Davies:

We are a global team of more than 4,000 professionals operating across the UK, Ireland, the US, Canada & Bermuda. Specialising in professional services and technology firms, working in partnerships with leading insurance, which are highly regulated, global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver operations, consulting and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation, customer experience, human capital, transformation & change management.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Davies Group endeavour to recruit from the widest possible pool of suitable candidates. If you require any adjustments or special arrangements to be made to our application process on account of a disability, please contact Human Resources.

Our values:

As we continue to grow and diversify it’s crucial to us that all Davies colleagues stay true to our “Big IDEA”:

Inspire each other - We inspire and motivate those around us, we support our colleagues to deliver an excellent service

Deliver on our promises - We deliver a great service to our clients and colleagues, we use our judgement to do what is right, we deliver on our promises

Empower you to act - We deliver great results to help Davies grow, we take ownership and do what we say we will do, we take action

Aspire to be the best, We are excellent in training, learning and professional life, we are driven to be the best we can be, we are reaching for the top

These values remain the cornerstone of what we do.

We’re looking for individuals who share our passion and want to play a part in shaping our future. Being a Davies person means being part of our exciting journey.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Flexitime
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Experience:

• Property surveying: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person