Vehicle Damage Assessor​/VDA

Vehicle Damage Assessor / VDA - Prestige Vehicles Wolverhampton £45,000 - £47,000

• Permanent position, 45 hours per week
• Excellent working conditions and environment
• Flexible start and finish times
• Monday to Friday only.

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Our client is offering a standout opportunity for a talented and experienced Vehicle Damage Assessor (VDA) to become a vital part of a leading prestige vehicle facility in Wolverhampton.

This isn't just another job - it's your chance to join a forward-thinking team at the forefront of the vehicle repair industry. You'll play a crucial role in delivering precision damage assessments, creating accurate repair estimates using cutting-edge systems, and ensuring every vehicle is restored to the highest possible standard of safety and quality.

Your expertise will directly shape the customer experience and reinforce the business's stellar reputation for excellence, craftsmanship, and trust. If you're looking for a role where your skills are valued, your input makes a real impact, and your career can truly thrive - this is it!!

• Working in a fast paced environment, you will inspect damaged vehicles and assess the full extent of the damage sustained, assess the cost of repair and time scales
• Experienced in identifying 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, ideally with EV / Hybrid knowledge and practice

We are also looking for candidates with the following skill sets:
Panel Beater, Panel Technician, Bodyshop MET, Bodyshop Mechanic, Vehicle Painter, Vehicle Paint Sprayer, Vehicle Prepper, Paint Prepper, Bodyshop Technicians, Accident repair, Vehicle body repair, coach builder, VDA, Vehicle Damage Assessor, Bodyshop Estimator, Vehicle Technician, Workshop Controller, Bodyshop Controller, SMART Repairer and Bodyshop Managers.