Vehicle Damage Assessor

4 months ago

Hoddesdon, United Kingdom FMG Repair Services Full time

**Salary up to £47k, plus a great bonus scheme and excellent company benefits**

This is an exciting opportunity for an **Vehicle Damage Assessor / VDA / Estimator** to join the UK’s leading Accident and Collision Repair specialist in our **new site in Hoddesdon**

As part of a team of professionals you will undertake the inspection of **damaged vehicles**, assessing the full extent of the damage, costs of repair and timeframes. An important aspect of this job is to identify the correct prescribed repair method and prepare, record and maintain records of electronic and manual estimates. You will then liaise effectively with insurance companies to obtain their authority to repair the vehicle at the costs estimated. You will also effectively liaise with customers engineers and technicians to explain and ensure they understand the repair methodology.

In the job of **Vehicle Damage Assessor**, you will be responsible for assessing many different marques of vehicle. This means keeping up to date with all repair methodologies and it is also important for you as a Vehicle Damage Assessor to fully understand different insurers and manufacturers literature and bulletins. Another very important aspect of the job is teamwork as you will be working with other colleagues in the bodyshop as well as across other functional areas. **Your aim;** ensuring we get their vehicle back on the road safely and in quick time.

You will preferably be **NVQ level 3/City & Guilds or ATA/equivalent qualified with a solid Bodyshop background as an Estimator or VDA/Vehicle Damage Assessor, Audatex **trained. You will also require a full UK driving licence.

**Why choose FMG RS?**

Of course, we offer a **fantastic basic salary**, but there’s much more to being a **Vehicle Damage Assessor** at FMG RS than just that. Some of our most popular benefits include (but aren’t limited to)
- fantastic monthly **bonus** scheme
- an **extra days' holiday** to celebrate your birthday
- free **life assurance**:

- an exclusive **employee vehicle-leasing** scheme,
- ** pension** & **save-as-you-earn **share scheme
- Flexible **Gym Memberships**:

- A Benefits App giving a huge range of **retailer discounts **and **cashback **deals

**We’re going places **
- We’re a key part of **one of the UK’s largest Automotive PLCs**, Redde Northgate - few other businesses can offer you the **volume**, **variety** and **long-term security** as us;
- ** You’re rewarded** for your part in our success - lots of customers means **lots of work** to share, which in turn means **lots of opportunity** to boost your earnings through our **fantastic bonus schemes**;
- We **invest **in you - We believe everyone should have the **opportunity to better themselves** and look to progress, not just within FMG RS but the wider Redde Northgate Group;
- We’re growing - it’s an exciting time for the industry and we’re committed to being at the **cutting edge**, **investing** in everything from our **workshops, **our **Training Centres **through to** **our **EV capabilities**;
- We're so excited to have recently launched **Wagestream **for all our colleagues - a **Financial Wellbeing** app that gives you more control over your pay. Not only does it let you choose when to get paid it also lets you put money aside each month and in addition you can get **discounts** on your shopping, check what **benefits** you're eligible for and can even put you in touch with a **financial coach**

**Join the FMG RS family**

With the **best people** in the industry within our Group, we really believe that no one else can do what we do as well as us. So what are you waiting for?

**INDRS

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