Citygate Automotive
Bodyshop VDA
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Bodyshop VDA
Citygate Automotive Bodyshop, St Albans
OTE: £50,000
Permanent
Role overview
As the Bodyshop VDA, your role is to estimate internal vehicles for our Bodyshop using your skills and judgement to avoid unnecessary repair/spend.
Key responsibilities
Your key responsibilities as a Bodyshop VDA will be:
- Liaising with body preparation technicians to keep all remedial repairs to a minimum.
- Reporting to the workshop manager on any structural concerns identified.
- Transferring an estimate to digital quote on the systems used.
- Managing your own time efficiently.
- Continuously reviewing and improving Bodyshop processes and systems to deliver increased levels of job quantity/quality/satisfaction whilst minimizing repairs and high levels of quality & workmanship.
- Achieving estimating standards and KPIs.
- SMART estimating within the preparation division.
- To help develop individuals within the team, monitoring staff & self-training needs.
- To plan and manage resource requirements.
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What’s in it for you?
With our benefits there is something good for everyone. We’re a progressive business that believes building a good team culture is not only good for everyone who works for us – but it makes a difference to how we engage with customers too. That’s why when you join Citygate, you can expect to receive a wide range of impressive employee benefits including:
- Access to our in-house training academy for everyone.
- Electric Vehicle (EV) Training levels 1-4 for specific roles.
- Internal career progression opportunities across our various brands and locations.
- High street discounts.
- Wellbeing portal.
- Employee assistance programme.
- Purchase, service, and parts discounts.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Standard company benefits such as pension, life assurance cover, competitive holidays, and cycle to work scheme.
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About You
As a Bodyshop VDA, you will ideally have the following skills and attributes:
- Experience as a VDA / Vehicle Estimator.
- Ability to work to deadlines.
- Strong teamworking skills.
- Strong organizational ability.
- Strong time management skills.
- Full and clean UK Driving Licence.
Why Citygate
Citygate is a highly successful, privately owned business that has grown significantly over the past twenty years to 650 employees across multiple locations including London, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. We work with global brands (Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, SEAT, CUPRA, ŠKODA, and Kia), provide excellent quality training, and internal progression opportunities.
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