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Commercial Motor Assessor

Job No: 677963

Various

Permanent Full Time

Insurance

Pay Band 4


  • Assess and resolve light and heavy vehicle claims with precision and care
  • Drive customer trust through high-quality repair outcomes
  • Various locations Permanent full-time role

About the role

The Motor Claims Assessor role is responsible for assessing and settling motor claims using a Methods Based Assessing and Repair approach. This requires visiting repair shops, customer home & work to inspect vehicle damage, and utilising your trade experience to review appropriate repair methods, confirm correct quote preparation including overall cost of repair whilst providing a superior level of service to our valued customers. In addition, the role will conduct regular quality repair audits to ensure that our customer’s vehicles are being repaired to the required industry standards. Actively work with customers to manage repair issues and a seamless total loss process.

What you'll do

  • Negotiation with panel and non-aligned repairers to determine most appropriate repair method, cost and quality outcomes
  • On road and desktop assessment of different vehicle types utilising Assessing the Suncorp Way and Methods Based Assessing & Repair
  • Validating method of repair utilising AudaNet and escribe
  • Resolving customer escalations, including back to business and IDR disputes delegation
  • Conducting on-road Third Party or non-aligned repairer assessments and negotiating appropriate scope and cost of repairs utilising comparison quotes in AudaNet.

What you'll bring 

  • Trade qualification (Cert III) in panel beating, spray painting, or mechanics or equivalent experience as a Motor Assessor
  • A minimum of 3 years' post-trade qualification experience
  • Proven experience in quote writing and assessing/estimating skills
  • Knowledge of repair methods, insurance codes, and compliance
  • Current unrestricted Australian driver’s licence
  • Heavy Vehicle (trucks etc.) repair, quoting and estimating experience
  • Well-developed assessing and/or estimating skills including those for heavy vehicles (trucks etc.)
  • Heavy vehicle repair and WOVR knowledge.

What we can offer you

  • Hybrid work opportunity after completion of training
  • Competitive benefits including 5 days flexi leave each year
  • Industry leading 20 weeks paid parental leave and 4 weeks secondary carers leave
  • Generous discounts on insurance products
  • Paid study support, career breaks, on-the-job learning, and a $1,000 referral bonus
  • Exclusive offers on more than 400 of retailers including Myer, David Jones, Coles and Woolworths.

About Suncorp Group

We’re proud to be a part of the Suncorp Group family alongside some of Australia’s most trusted and diverse names in insurance. Together, we share a drive to make the complex simple and bring our customers peace of mind when it matters most – while helping to evolve and innovate the ways we can serve our community every day. That comes with all kinds of exciting opportunities for you to grow your own career. Whether you’re guiding people through life’s biggest moments or providing them with support in times they need it most, you’ll be driven forward by our shared customer obsession and supported at every step of the journey.

At Suncorp we believe we are our best when our workforce is as diverse, talented, and passionate as the communities in which we live and operate, and where our people feel included, valued and connected. We are passionate about inspiring our people by creating a diverse, accessible, and inclusive culture, offering flexible work, career development and internal mobility, and building connected relationships amongst our team members and with our customers.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to contact annette_frasca@suncorp.com.au for a confidential conversation

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