Description
Desk Based Motor Engineer
Application Deadline: 3 January 2025
Department: Claims Management
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Home United Kingdom
Description
Davies Group have a fantastic opportunity for a Desk Engineer to join our Automotive Engineering team within Davies Motor Engineering. You will be qualified to a minimum of I.A.E.A or ATA (VDA) standard with current or recent experience working as an automotive engineer or body shop estimator. You will be able to assess value and negotiate repair costs; provide vehicle valuations; negotiate total loss settlements and have a detailed understanding of salvage categories and claims management.
Experience of vehicle estimating systems such as Audatex and Glassmatix is essential for this opportunity. AQP qualification is preferred.
Experience of vehicle estimating systems such as Audatex and Glassmatix is essential for this opportunity. AQP qualification is preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- To produce high quality reports
- Assess, value and negotiate repair costs
- Provide vehicle valuations
- Negotiate total loss settlements
- Have a detailed understanding of salvage categories
- Claims management
- Liaise with Field planning team, repairers and customers
- Support other members of the team as and when the need dictates
- Inspection scope extends from Cars to HGV’S, Agricultural implements, and caravans
- Resolve customer complaints
- Consistency of damage
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- You will be qualified to a minimum of I.A.E.A or ATA (VDA) standard with current or recent experience working as an automotive engineer or body shop estimator.
- Structured in your approach with effective time management and the ability to manage your workload, prioritising to ensure that deadlines are met
- Good attention to detail, analytical thinker, solutions focused and great at problem solving
- Thrives working in a fast paced and changing environment with the ability to work using own initiative
- Verbal and written communication to an exceptional standard
- Capable of handling sensitive and confidential material
- Confident negotiator
Benefits
Career & Purpose
- Davies Innovation Lab
- Leadership training programme
- Funding for professional qualifications
- Thrive at Davies; learning opportunities
Environmental & Social
- The Davies Foundation
- Local charity funding
- Pennies To Heaven
- Employee Resource Groups
- Employee volunteering programme
Financial Health
- Pension, 5% employee and 5% employer contribution
- My Choices at Davies provides; High Street discounts and Financial wellbeing hub
- Life assurance: x4
- Refer a Friend
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Lease car salary sacrifice
- Davies Incentive Plan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
Mental, Physical & Emotional Wellbeing
- Wellbeing centre; move, munch, money & mind focus
- Discounts with 100's of UK retailers
- EAP; 24/7 confidential helpline
- 25 days holiday, increases to 26 days after 5 years and 27 after 10 years
- Flexible working; hybrid, work from home or join a collaborative office space
- Dress for your day
- Inclusive employment policies eg. Menopause, fostering friendly, fertility, sabbatical policy and baby loss and miscarriage
- Flexible benefits include; holiday purchase plan and a opportunity to purchase heath cash plan and BUPA dental plan
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