Vehicle Damage Assessor / VDA
Clear Automotive
- Glasgow
- £45,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Permanent position, 40 hours per week
- Overtime paid.
- Reputable Accident Repair Centre
- Monthly performance related bonus
- 29 days annual leave (inc bank holidays) academy, IMI and ATA training
- Immediate interviews
- Current booked holidays will be honoured
- To inspect damaged vehicles and assess the full extent of the damage sustained, assess the cost of repair and time scales
- To identify the correct prescribed repair method
- To prepare computerised and manual estimates and to accurately record these, maintaining up-to-date records of all estimates
- To obtain from insurance companies authority to proceed with repair to a vehicle and to confirm the cost of the repair
- To communicate effectively with customers, engineers and technicians to ensure understanding of correct vehicle repair methodology
- To ensure that any amendment to repair work is authorised by the insurance company
- VDA / Vehicle Damage assessor - Once authorisation has been gained, to liaise with the body shop personnel and make sure that they understand fully the prescribed repair method
- Audatex experience is essential.
- Experience as a VDA / Vehicle Estimator
- ATA qualification would be an advantage