Engineer Surveyor - Lift & Crane - South West London/Croydon

Engineer Surveyor - Lift & Crane - South West London/Croydon

Role Description

Allianz is a global insurance company serving across 70 different countries, but from the very first day you join our team you’ll know that your contributions are valued. We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.

Progress your engineering career in one of the key roles within Allianz Engineering Inspection Services. Our Engineer Surveyors are at the forefront of our business, visiting client sites to carry out inspections and assess a wide range of plant, equipment, and installations.

As a newly recruited Engineer Surveyor at Allianz Engineering Inspection Services, you would automatically be enrolled onto our unrivalled induction training programme.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer with a good knowledge of the Lift and Crane discipline to join Allianz Engineering, a division of one of the largest insurers and financial services companies in the world .

• You will anticipate our client's needs and help them in ensuring that they comply with the relevant legislation.
• You will work closely with your Engineer Surveyor Team managed by one of our Senior Operations Team Leaders.
• You will prepare reports of examination following your inspections using electronic reporting to ensure fast and efficient delivery to our clients.
• You carry out hands-on inspections of various items of plant and equipment such as lifts, material handling equipment, cranes, and construction plant.
• The Engineer Surveyor role can be physically demanding and may require working at height, working in confined spaces, lifting, and climbing in both hot and cold conditions. It involves exposure to noise and dust, so you need to be happy being in a hands-on environment.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £52,887 per year including London allowance + Company car.

Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role, and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

About You

As an Engineer Surveyor you will assess a wide range of installations and anticipate our client's needs and help them in ensuring that they comply with the relevant legislation.

• Up to date on your knowledge and understanding of all relevant compliance and regulatory rules and procedures that relate to the Lift and Crane discipline.
• Making well informed decisions, and willing to take responsibility.
• Being effective at short, medium and long-term planning, in order to diarise meetings, visits and work allocation.
• Being able to travel effectively within your local allocated work area.
• Processing documentation, as well as undertaking general administration in a timely manner.
• Willingness to support and deputise for fellow Engineer Surveyors (of own discipline) as and when required.
• You will need to be passionate about engineering, self-driven with the ability to interact with a variety of clients daily.
• A background in working with lifts, cranes, materials handling equipment, with hands on experience of working in a role such as manufacturing / repair / maintenance.
• Strong customer interaction skills are essential, including good oral and written communication skills.

Essential Skills

• NVQ Level 3 or above in an Mechanical related subject.
• A holder of a full valid UK driving licence.
• Time management skills are essential as you will be required to self-sufficiently organise your week's work in an effective manner.
• As tablets and smartphones are crucial tools for an Engineer Surveyor, you will need to be comfortable using these as part of your working day.

We support the government scheme “Access to Work” please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

Desirable Skills

• Incorporated Engineer (desirable).

• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Incremental salary increases for the first 2 years.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Overtime earnings
• Remote working.
• Company car.
• Tools/equipment provided.
• Travel time is included within working week.
• Development days.
• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts.
• Health & lifestyle benefits for you and your family.
• You will be based from home, regular travel to clients' sites.
• Volunteering days.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We’re here to support you.

If you have a disability or long‑term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for any assistance with during the recruitment process including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. View email address on internal-careers.allianz.com

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Dharmesh Pancholi

Closing date: 31st August 2026

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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