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Vehicle Estimator - VDA

Corus Consultancy
Posted 19 days ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK14 5HR

Salary

£30,000 - £45,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Salary: up to £45k per annum
  • Experience required: Must be an experienced VDA Estimator
  • Experience required: Knowledge of estimating costs for small to large scale vehicle damage
  • Experience required: Over a wide range of vehicles, including Electric/Hybrid vehicles
  • Experience required: Minimum of 40 years of knowledge and expertise in the industry

About You:

You must be an experienced VDA Estimator with knowledge of estimating costs for small to large scale vehicle damage, over a wide range of vehicles, including Electric/Hybrid vehicles. You will have experience and confidence using Audatex and operating the bodyshop management system - Autoflow or other manufacturer programmes as required for the role. Training will be supported on EV, Autoflow and Manufacturer systems.

You must be an excellent communicator and able to work to a high standard in a fast-paced environment which requires multi-tasking and flexibility in your approach along with customer satisfaction and professional representation.

A Clean driving license essential.

About the Job

As an experienced estimator the role involves assessing a wide range of vehicles, using Audatex to calculate costings and time required to complete all necessary repairs accurately and professionally. This will involve liaising with insurance engineers, manufacturers, dealerships and customers. Create accurate damage assessments using the correct manufacturer repair methods or systems. Planning daily workload effectively to ensure vehicles are repaired to our agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA's). Work must be carried out to a high standard and have knowledge and skillset in accordance to manufacturers specifications. The estimating role is the forefront of our operation and customer communication and professional representation is extremely important to maintain our reputation and level of recognised achievements/awards within the industry.

About us:

Perfect Paint are an award winning and a leading prestige Accident Repair Centre in Milton Keynes. We are highly respected with over 40 years of knowledge and expertise in the industry and are appointed by Manufacturers and Insurance companies. With our dynamic approach, combined with the latest techniques and state-of-art technology we remain focused on our customer's expectations and the safety of our repairs.

Perfect Paint employees are the most valued assets of our organisation. We reward for hard work, loyalty and achievements and promote a workplace culture that represents one team and recognises work-life balance when needed. We are also an advocate for training our estimators to widen their skillset on knowledge with the ever-evolving vehicles of today.

Salary: up to £45k per annum subject to skills and experience

Hours of work: Monday - Thursday 8.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. and Friday - 8.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. (42hrs)

Holidays: 29 days holiday including public holidays plus additional days with service

Company Pension Scheme: Nest

Perfect Paint accredited Training - paid for by the business

Opportunities for career progression

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.