Vehicle Damage Assessor / VDA
Location: Penrith
Salary: £45,000
Type: Permanent position for a new bodyshop
Hours: 42.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday, No Weekends
Benefits: 33 days annual leave, private Healthcare plan, progression available, expanding company.
For more information, please call Rochelle at Clear Automotive.
About the Role:
We are recruiting for an experienced VDA for a well-established accident repair group opening a new site in Penrith. You will be joining a business that strives for excellent customer service and values its employees. Specialising in damaged vehicles, this is an opportunity to work with one of the Midlands' most respected accident repair groups.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Inspect damaged vehicles and assess the full extent of the damage sustained, assess the cost of repair and time scales.
2. Identify the correct prescribed repair method.
3. Prepare computerised and manual estimates and accurately record these, maintaining up-to-date records of all estimates.
4. Obtain from insurance companies' authority to proceed with repair to a vehicle and confirm the cost of the repair.
5. Communicate effectively with customers, engineers, and technicians to ensure understanding of correct vehicle repair methodology.
6. Ensure that any amendment to repair work is authorised by the insurance company.
7. Liaise with body shop personnel to ensure they fully understand the prescribed repair method.
Job Experience:
The successful ATA VDA / Estimator / Vehicle Damage Assessor will have:
1. Experience in a busy accident repair centre.
2. ATA qualification or NVQ Level 3.
3. Advanced user of Audatex and thorough understanding of insurance repairs.
4. VDA / Vehicle Damage Assessor experience.
If you would like to be considered for the ATA VDA / Vehicle Damage Assessor / Vehicle Estimator job role, please send your CV to Rochelle at Clear Automotive or call for more information. #J-18808-Ljbffr