Vehicle Damage Assessor

Pybus Recruitment Ltd; Cannock; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

30 days holiday incl. public holidays

Pension contributions

Cycle to work scheme

Friend referral bonus

Job summary

Pybus Recruitment Ltd. represents a client in Cannock seeking a Vehicle Damage Assessor. This full-time, permanent role offers a Monday–Friday schedule (42.5 hours) with no weekend work, and a competitive package with bonus incentives.

The role focuses on producing accurate estimates using Audatex, maintaining safety and quality, and coordinating with insurers to ensure efficient repairs and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years VDA experience preferred.
• Full, valid driving licence required.
• Experience with estimating processes and customer communication.

Responsibilities

• Produce initial and updated estimates for insurers/customers.
• Ensure repairs meet manufacturer specifications and safety standards.
• Plan workload to meet agreed timescales; work alone or in a team.

Skills

VDA experience

Driving licence

Teamwork

Education

IMI Customer Service Practitioner Level 2

IMIAL Level 3 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle

Tools

Audatex

Job description

Cannock, United Kingdom | Posted on 01/07/2026

• Work Experience automotive bodyshop ACCIDENT REPAIR VDA VEHICLE DAMAGE ASSESSOR ESTIMATOR AUDATEX
• City Cannock
• Province Staffordshire
• Country United Kingdom
• Postal Code WS11

Job Description

Job Title:Vehicle Damage Assessor

Location: Cannock, WS11

Full Time and Permanent

Monday to Friday – 42.5 hours a week – no weekends!

Join our client's highly efficient and professional bodyshop team with 20 years of unparalleled passion for vehicle body repair.With over 650 qualified and passionate employees, our client is amulti-award-winning company boasting 35 body shops nationwide.

They are now actively recruiting for a Vehicle DamagerAssessor / VDA Estimator for their Bodyshop in Cannock.

Main Purpose of role:

Produceinitial and updated estimates as specified by insurers/customers, ensuring thatthe vehicle repair can be carried out safely, to correct specification,efficiently, and that by doing so, a satisfactory profit margin can begenerated.

About You:

• Plan your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready for agreed timescales.
• Work skillfully and safely under pressure.
• Carry out work in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
• Work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Be flexible in your approach.
• Continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind.
• You will ensure that all tasks carried out follow our Health and Safety guidelines; for example, wearing all provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and keeping all work areas clean and tidy

Technical Job Knowledge:

Thelevel and scope of the Vehicle Damage Assessor will be to maintain the outcomesof VDA Accreditation, Audatex, IMI Customer Service Practitioner Level 2, Level3 ADAS, and IMIAL Level 3 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle.

Itis expected that that the job holder will research emerging technical knowledgeand automotive developments that may be present within present and futurevehicles that may affect the repair following accident damage. This may involveconsequential formal training, distance, or remote training.

Aminimum of 3 years VDA experience is preferred and candidates must hold a fulland valid driving licence

• Competitive salary plusteam bonus
  
• 30 days holiday includingpublic holidays, plus additional days with service
  
• Pension contributions
  
• Recommend a friendtechnician bonus incentive
  
• Cycle to work scheme