Vehicle Damage Assessor

7 months ago

Yeovil, United Kingdom Foray Motor Group Full time

Are you a professional VDA who wants to work with a progressive, innovative accident repair group? Earning a competitive salary with bonus opportunities, access to an exclusive discounts and wellbeing portal, company pension and length of service rewards? We may be the career boost you’ve been looking for

Here at Foray Motor Group Accident Repair Centres, our customers are at the forefront of our business. We empower our teams to deliver the best support and experience possible for all our customers.

The Foray future has never been more exciting New technologies used in Accident Repair are evolving every day, which is really helping us re-shape the vehicle repair industry. That's why we're excited to grow our teams and are looking for people to join us.

Foray Motor Group is the South West's award-winning Ford dealership group, with locations including New and used sales, bodyshops, service centres and parts, across Salisbury, Poole, Yeovil, Taunton, Andover, Shaftesbury, Bridgwater, and Dorchester. The 9-location group, with an annual turnover in excess of £150m, employs circa 400 people, in a wide variety of job roles, and has excellent opportunities for highly motivated, dedicated and talented people.

We exude integrity, quality, and professionalism in everything we do and would like you to be a part of it.

**Position**:
As a VDA

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

- Working within site and BSI guidelines to ensure the workflow of job cards through the workshop.
- Order and receipt parts onto our BMS ensuring the maximum discount is received from suppliers.
- Review repair methodologies to ensure all repairs are cost
- effective.
- Communicate damage assessments with the driver of the vehicle for accuracy and efficiency and utilise any upsell opportunities.
- Ensure all repairs have relevant repair methods attached to them before they are released into the workshop.
- Liaise with Ford when dealing with warranty concerns and ensure all relevant TSB’s are followed correctly.
- Have the chance to mentor VDA Apprentice through to qualification.
- Price matching the job for final authority to maximise profit ensuring all relevant documents are attached to ensure that we meet SLAs.

**Requirements**:
Here’s what you’ll need:

- Experience within a vehicle damage assessor role.
- Experience using Audatex and GTMotive.
- A positive and upbeat attitude.
- Knowledge of Thatcham repair methods.
- NVQ or IMI qualification admirable but not a necessity.
- Excellent communication skills.

**Other information**:
**Benefits**:

- A competitive salary
- Bonus structure
- Company Pension
- Employee discounts and wellbeing portal.
- Increasing annual leave program
- Length of service rewards

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