Vehicle Damage Assessor

Job Title: Vehicle Damage Assessor

Location: Aylesbury, HP19 8UG

Salary: Up to 45,000 (Up to 19.23 per hour) + bonus

Our client is one of the largest independent Accident Repair Groups in the UK and is an award-winning company with over 30 years of knowledge and expertise within the vehicle body repair sector. Having originated in the Midlands, the business is expanding rapidly through organic growth and acquisition throughout the UK.

They are dynamic in their approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service. They ensure that our customers are at the heart of what we do.

Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident our clients 60 repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring we repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.

About the Job

As an experienced VDA / Estimator, the purpose of your role is to assess a wide range of vehicles, using Audatex and calculate costings and the time required to complete all necessary repairs accurately and professionally.

You will regularly liaise with insurance engineers, write job cards for and regularly liaise with the workshop and contact customers to provide updates.

This is high volume repairs carried out to the BSI PAS 10125 standards

Requirements

You must be able to:

• Plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales
  
• Work skill fully and safely under pressure
  
• Carry out work according to manufacturers specification
  
• Work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision
  
• Be flexible in your approach
  
• Continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind.
  

You will ensure that all tasks carried out follow our Health and Safety guidelines; for example, wearing all provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and keeping all work areas clean and tidy.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
  
• Pension contributions
  
• Health cash plan
  
• Ongoing training provided
  
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth