At a Glance
- Tasks: Assess vehicle damage and produce accurate repair estimates for customers and insurers.
- Company: Join a multi-award-winning body shop with 20 years of experience in vehicle repair.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, team bonuses, and 30 days holiday plus perks.
- Other info: Flexible working hours with no weekends and excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of a passionate team making a real difference in vehicle repairs.
- Qualifications: 3 years VDA experience and a valid driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Location: Portsmouth
Salary: Industry Leading Basic Salary + Bonus
Full Time and Permanent
Monday to Friday – 42.5 hours a week – no weekends!
Accident Repair Bodyshop
Join our client's highly efficient and professional body shop team with 20 years of unparalleled passion for vehicle body repair. With over 650 qualified and passionate employees, our client is a multi-award-winning company boasting 35 body shops nationwide. They are now actively recruiting for a Vehicle Damage Assessor / VDA Estimator for their Bodyshop in Portsmouth.
Main Purpose of role:
Produce initial and updated estimates as specified by insurers/customers, ensuring that the vehicle repair can be carried out safely, to correct specification, efficiently, and that by doing so, a satisfactory profit margin can be generated. It is expected that the job holder will research emerging technical knowledge and automotive developments that may be present within present and future vehicles that may affect the repair following accident damage. This may involve consequential formal training, distance, or remote training.
Requirements About You:
- You must be able to plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready for agreed timescales.
- Work skillfully and safely under pressure.
- Carry out work in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
- 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.
Technical Job Knowledge:
The level and scope of the Vehicle Damage Assessor will be to maintain the outcomes of VDA Accreditation, Audatex, IMI Customer Service Practitioner Level 2, Level 3 ADAS, and IMIAL Level 3 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary plus team bonus
- 30 days holiday including public holidays, plus additional days with service
- Pension contributions
- Recommend a friend technician bonus incentive
- Long Service Awards – colleague recognition scheme
- Health cash plan and Rewards platform – claim back medical costs & high street discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Experience: VDA: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
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