Desk Motor Engineer in Eastleigh

We’re hiring now! Are you a skilled motor engineer ready to take the next step in your career? This is a fantastic opportunity to bring your technical expertise into a dynamic, desk-based environment where your knowledge will make a real difference. As part of our Vehicle Damage Team, you’ll play a key role in assessing complex motor claims, supporting customers with clarity and confidence, and helping us deliver excellent outcomes every day. If you're looking for a role where your engineering background is truly valued — and where you can continue to grow and develop — we’d love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities:

• Conduct remote desktop inspections to assess vehicle damage and ensure safe, cost-effective repairs.
• Provide fast, accurate technical advice to claims teams.
• Audit repair networks and suppliers to maintain high standards.
• Support liability decisions and investigate potential fraud.
• Assist with complaint resolution in line with FCA standards.

Skills and Experience:

• Strong knowledge of motor vehicles, repair techniques, and estimating methods.
• Clear communication skills—able to explain technical details without jargon.
• Analytical mindset with strong decision-making and numerical skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable.
• Basic understanding of insurance principles.
• IAEA membership (or working towards it) is desirable.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

• Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares.
• Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth: Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work: Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism. Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas. Click on the ‘Apply button’ to be considered.