Motor Engineer

Job description

Motor Engineer

Peterborough

Cambridge

Norwich

An opportunity within the Motor Engineering Field teams within Aviva UK Insurance has arisen. This role allows Aviva to manage their customer demand reviewing damaged vehicles and making the appropriate decision whether to repair or total loss.

In this role you will be reviewing damaged vehicles, creating and reviewing assessments, making decisions based on authority levels and compliance to ensure that modern day motor vehicles, which are subject to a motor claims, are correctly assessed to facilitate repair to pre-accident condition by using the appropriate repair methods at the correct cost, or identifying total loss cases, valuing and categorising vehicle salvage if deemed beyond economical repair.

The successful candidate will be part of a team of qualified motor engineers covering the Cambridge South.

Key Responsibilities

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Expert understanding of modern-day motor vehicle repair, methodology and complexity

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Expert application of the ABI motor vehicle Salvage Code of Practice

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Accurate assessment of damage and reporting performance to deliver correct repair methodology and costs compliance

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Expert in the use of Motor Vehicle Damage assessment system (Audatex)

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Delivery of the Aviva Motor Engineer Business Plan and Technical Standards compliance

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

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Accredited to ATA standards of work or working towards accreditation

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Expert knowledge in vehicle construction and repair techniques

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Competent understanding of insurance principals

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Competent in the use of repair Estimating Systems (Audatex)

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Time served Motor Engineer holding City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification

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Monitoring engineer authorisations (internal and external) to ensure that vehicles are returned to their pre-incident condition and performance reporting on motor repair costs/leakage

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To monitor and report on compliance to Aviva Technical Standards

What will you get for this role?

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Salary: Attractive remuneration package available

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Generous defined contribution pension scheme

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Annual performance related bonus and pay review

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Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

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Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products through “My Aviva Extras” plus discounts for Friends and Family. (Some exclusions apply)

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Excellent range of flexible benefits to include a matching share save scheme

Working at Aviva

At Aviva, we’re people with a purpose. To be with you today, for a better tomorrow.

We bring this to life by ensuring managing risk is at the heart of the way we all work. We love people who do the right thing for our customers, and our colleagues. We want people who speak up, who take responsibility, and who make good decisions.

The way we do this is important too. We always ‘Care More’. It’s our thing. We’re all about our people – that’s you – so we can be pretty flexible. If you want to work from home some of the time or change your hours so you can pick up your kids or care for someone in your family, we’re very open to that. In fact, we don’t advertise roles as either part or full time, because we know each person has different needs, just as each business area has different needs. So, it’s up to you to discuss working hours during your interview.

We care deeply about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you.

We interview every disabled applicant* that meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us a separate email stating that you have a disclosed disability and we’ll make sure we interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Guv a call on 0121 234 7660 or send an email to guv.johal@aviva.com.

*As defined in The Equality Act 2010*. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean you should provide us with evidence which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required and have the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential to perform the role.