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Salary- Basic Salary up to £40,000 + Bonus
- 42.5 Hour Week Monday to Friday (Flexible Start & Finish Times)
- Accident Repair Group
- Fast-Growing Company
- High Street Discounts & More benefits!
Our client is an award-winning automotive Accident Repair groups, and one the largest and fastest growing groups within the UK. They are a BSI Pas 10125 Accredited Bodyshop, with multiple manufacturer accreditations. They have the latest technology and equipment available in the Accident Repair Market and offers ATA Training Accreditations alongside a fantastic working environment.
They are seeking a VDA to join their Portsmouth team! This a great opportunity to join a thriving part of the accident repair business. Our client offers a fully equipped workshop with regular updating of equipment. You will be assessing a wide range of vehicles, using Audatex to calculate costings and the time required to complete all repairs.
We’ve worked with this Client for several years, they provide a great place to work with regular training and development, alongside investment within facilities.
We are seeking experienced Vehicle Damager Assessors, with prior experience within the Vehicle Accident Repair Industry.
What’s in it for you as a VDA / Estimator?
- Basic Salary: £40,000.
- Monday to Friday – 42. Hour Week – Flexible Start & Finish Times!
- 29 days holiday including public holidays plus additional days with service.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption pay.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Talk to us about flexible working.
- VIP Awards – colleague recognition scheme.
- Health cash plan – claim back medical costs, same day doctors' appointments, high street discounts.
- Steer Academy provides accredited ongoing training – paid for by the business.
- Opportunities for career progression.
- Company Pension.
- Undertake the inspection of damaged vehicles.
- Assessing the full extent of the damage, costs of repair and timeframes.
- Identify the correct prescribed repair method and prepare, record, and maintain records of electronic and manual estimates.
- You will then liaise effectively with insurance companies to obtain their authority to repair the vehicle at the costs estimated.
- You will also effectively liaise with customer’s engineers and technicians to explain and ensure they understand the repair methodology.
- Be able to produce work that complies with the highest technical and quality standards and, above all, helps deliver on their service commitment to customer
- Audatex experience is ideal!
- Ideally you are qualified to NVQ level 3/City & Guilds or ATA qualified with a solid Bodyshop background – whether the job at hand is routine or more complex, you will know just how to solve it.
- You come from a fast-paced background – you know how to work in a standard job time structure with a focus on producing compliant, high-quality work.
- You can do more than one thing at once – you can be sure you will never be looking for something to do, so being able to prioritise and plan your work is key.
- You will have a full UK/EU Driving Licence
- You get involved in every part of our business – you take pride being part of the team and are keen to help colleagues with a hands-on, can-do approach to getting things done.
- You take pride in providing a great customer experience each day - you understand what is important to your customers and suppliers.
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