Vehicle Damage Assessor

Field Vehicle Damage Assessor/Motor Engineer in East Wiltshire region

• Between £35-40,000 annual starting salary pending experience.
• Monday to Friday with flexibility on your working hours
• Company car, fuel card, laptop, phone, and broadband contributions.

Our client, a leading independent vehicle assessing firm, are currently seeking a field-based Vehicle Damage Assessor/Motor Engineer for the East Wiltshire and surrounding region.
Reporting to the Managing Director and supplied with your own fully equipped company car, you will be working in accident repair centres alongside visiting vehicle owner's home and work addresses, where you be expected to average 7-8 inspections per day. Our client work with over 60+ different insurance providers alongside accident management firms, and emergency services.
Your responsibilities as a Vehicle Damage Assessor will include:

• Undertake the inspection of damaged vehicles.
• Assessing the full extent of the damage and costs of repair
• Consider the accident circumstances as advised and offer comments if any damage noted at time of inspection is not consistent with the circumstances.
• Identify the correct prescribed repair method and prepare, record, and maintain records of electronic and manual estimates.
• Complete image/desktop inspections as required to support our client's Imaging Engineers on quieter days in your area.
• Ensure inspection reports are completed with the agreed time to adhere to service lead agreements.
• Liaise with customer’s Engineers and Technicians to explain and ensure they understand the repair methodology.
• Produce work that complies with the highest technical and quality standards and, above all, helps deliver on service commitment to customers.

What are our client looking for? To be eligible you will need to live within a reasonable commuting distance of East Wiltshire, have a UK driving licence with minimal points, be experience as a Vehicle Damage Assessor/Motor Engineer with a strong understanding of vehicle construction and repair techniques, and have a working knowledge of vehicle estimating systems such as Audatex and Glass. Overall, you will be self-motivate and be able to work without supervision, be able to work to a high level of professionalism and ethical standards, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Any additional training/qualifications such as an AQP for salvage categorisation and an IAEA membership would be beneficial but is non-essential as full training is provided.
What’s in it for you? As a Field Vehicle Damage Assessor/Motor Engineer your responsibilities will include?

• Between £35-40,000 annual starting salary pending experience.
• Company car and fuel card which can be used for reasonable personal use.
• Laptop, printer, mobile phone, sat nav and other general items to undertake the role provided.
• 20 days annual leave plus the bank holidays.
• Company pension scheme.
• Supportive management structure.
• Further career development/training provided.
• Monday to Friday with flexibility on your working hours.

If this Field Vehicle Damage Assessor/Motor Engineer role interests you or you would like to know about other Automotive Jobs in East Wiltshire please contact Hamish Lowrie at Perfect Placement
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