# Field Motor Engineer - North West

**Company**: Davies
**Location**: Home, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We are looking for an experienced Field Motor Engineer with a strong background in motor engineering and claims. This role requires expertise in vehicle inspection, repair cost negotiation, and claims management, supporting both customers and internal teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You will play a key role in assessing vehicle damage, providing valuations, and managing total loss settlements across a wide variety of vehicle types.

## Key Responsibilities

- Produce accurate, detailed, and high-quality engineering reports

- Assess, value, and negotiate vehicle repair costs

- Provide fair and accurate vehicle valuations

- Negotiate total loss settlements

- Apply detailed knowledge of salvage categories

- Manage claims through to resolution

- Liaise with repairers, customers, and internal teams

- Support colleagues and contribute to team success

## Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

- Qualified to IAEA or ATA (VDA) standard

- Experience within insurer or independent engineering environment

- Strong understanding of claims processes and salvage categorisation

- Experience using estimating systems (e.g. Audatex, GT Motive, Glass’s)

- Ability to inspect a wide range of vehicles including: cars, HGVs, agricultural machinery, caravans

- Excellent negotiation and communication skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability

- Effective time management and prioritisation skills

- AQP qualification

## Personal Attributes

- Detail-oriented and structured approach

- Confident decision maker and negotiator

- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

- Strong customer focus with complaint resolution experience

- Professional handling of sensitive and confidential information

## 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, dress for your day, inclusive employment policies

## Skills

### Required
- IAEA or ATA (VDA) standard
- claims processes
- salvage categorisation
- estimating systems
- vehicle inspection
- negotiation
- communication
- analytical
- problem-solving
- time management

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