Desktop Motor Engineer in Birmingham

By joining Sedgwick, you will be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Desktop Motor Engineer to join the team and can be based anywhere in the UK. You will support the Claims department by ensuring vehicles involved in accidents are repaired correctly or valued if beyond repair. This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, and a customer-centric approach.

You will be assessing vehicle damage, determining repair methods, and liaising with repair shops. You will review claims, provide cost estimates, and keep customers informed, balancing technical assessments with customer interactions. You will collaborate with the engineering team and other departments, ensuring seamless operations and exceptional service delivery. This role would particularly suit someone at the early stage of their career in motor engineering, looking to build hands-on experience and grow their technical expertise in a dynamic and supportive environment.

The skills you will have when you apply:

• Knowledge of modern motor vehicle repair and methodology.
• Ability to negotiate and agree on repair costs.
• Skills in negotiating total loss settlements.
• Self-motivated and capable of making independent decisions.
• Accredited to ATA standards or working towards it.
• Knowledge of vehicle construction and repair techniques.
• Competent in using repair Estimating Systems (Audatex).

What we’ll give you for this role:

• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications.
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme (SIPP).
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working from our office or your home.

Health & support:

• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions).
• Life assurance.
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing.
• Group Income Protection.

Other benefits:

• Voluntary flexible benefits – green car scheme, travel insurance, dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, welling and digital GP applications.
• Discounts on various products and services.

This isn’t just a position, it’s a pivotal role in shaping our industry. At Sedgwick, you won’t just build your career; you’ll cultivate a team of experts. Our Sedgwick University offering empowers you to excel as well as your team members, with the most comprehensive training program in the industry which includes more than 15,000 courses on demand, training specific to roles, and opportunities to continue formal education.

Together, we’re not only reshaping the insurance landscape, we’re building a legacy of talent. Come and be a catalyst for change within our industry.

Next steps for you:

As part of our commitment to you, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/ family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person). Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.