Vda Trainee

**Salary**: up to £21,189 pa, plus bonus.

**Join the UK’s largest repair group in this fantastic opportunity, as a Trainee Trainee Vehicle Damage Assessor at our busy workshop in Dumfries.**

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced **Trainee Vehicle Damage Assessor** to join the UK’s leading Accident and Collision Repair specialist in our busy, growing site in Mansfield.

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 **Trainee 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 Trainee 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 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 **Trainee Vehicle Damage Assessor** at FMG RS than just that
- fantastic **monthly bonus schemes **including **guaranteed average bonus** when you're on holiday
- 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've 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

**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 **EV capabilities**, our **workshops** to our **Training Centres**;
**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?

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