Pybus Recruitment Ltd
Vehicle Damage Assessor
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Job Title: Vehicle Damage Assessor (Commercial Bodyshop)
Location: Sunderland, SR5
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum subject to skills / experience + bonus + benefits (listed below)
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
- 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays
- Pension contributions
- Health cash plan
- Ongoing training provided
- Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth
About the Job
As an experienced VDA Estimator, the purpose of your role is to assess a wide range of commercial vehicles, using Audatex and calculate costings and the time required to complete all necessary repairs accurately and professionally.
You will liaise regularly with insurance engineers, write job cards for and liaise regularly with the workshop and contact customers to provide updates.
This is high volume repairs carried out to the BSI PAS 10125 standards
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About You
You must be able to:
- Plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales
- Work skillfully and safely under pressure
- Carry out work in accordance with 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.
Ideal candidates will have previous VDA / Estimating experience and be experienced using Audatex, our client are happy to review candidates who have experience with both commercial vehicles and cars.
About our client
Our client 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.
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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 their customers are at the heart of what we do.
Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident out clients 103 repair centres provide a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring they repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.
To apply for this role please submit your full and up to date CV to Jonathan Sweasey at Pybus Recruitment.
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