Auto Desk Appraiser

Work Location:

Canada

Hours:

35

Line of Business:

TD Insurance

Pay Details:

We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview

TD Insurance is part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada’s largest financial institutions. TD Insurance helps protect clients from the ‘accidents of life’ with a wide range of products including credit protection, life, health, travel, home and auto insurance. With more than three million clients, TD Insurance authorized products and services are available online, over the phone, and through a network of more than 1,000 TD Canada Trust branches.

In Canada, we have two lines of business, General Insurance and Life and Health. Our General Insurance business is one of the top home and auto insurance groups in Canada and the national leader in group insurance and affinity marketing. Our Life and Health business is the number one provider of critical illness insurance and direct life and health insurance in Canada.

At TD Insurance, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment. With a Canada-wide workforce of over 4,000 employees and offices in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta, our company is always growing and can help you to grow. TD Insurance offers a stable and dynamic work environment where talent is appreciated, and professional development is taken seriously. More than just a job, we offer rewarding careers.

Every day is an adventure in TD Insurance's 's Appraisal Centre of Excellence. You will find a group of colleagues coming together to service our customers in their time of need, with a mandate to provide technical expertise, leadership and best practices, to deliver high value services, with a consistent approach to Auto Appraisals across TD Insurance Claims and Vendor Management.

Your role within the Appraisal Centre of Excellence is essential to TDI's success, as our customers are at the center of everything we do. Grow, learn and lead; beyond your day-to-day work, you'll be supported with professional development and encouraged to build an exciting career at TD. You'll help deliver a legendary experience to our business, our customers' lives and our communities!

Job Description

Ideal candidate for this position will be responsible for Writing or Reviewing estimates based off images provided to TDI through the estimating system ensuring accuracy of the estimate.

• Write and or Review repair estimates and negotiates with repair shop(s) on proper repair methods and price for the client’s vehicle/repairs.
• Control expenditure to repair shops by following up promptly on further damage reported by the repair shop.
• Completes virtual vehicle re-inspections uploaded by repair shops.
• Participates in various team and performance meetings.
• Ability to cover all regions across Canada within the remote estimating program and Image Capture process.
• Work in tandem with other appraisers when required to cover staffing shortages, vacation time, absences etc.

Job Requirements

• Possess (3+ years) technical knowledge of auto body work and mechanical repairs.
• Strong technical automotive experience required in collision repair.
• Ability to determine if a vehicle is repairable or should be deemed a total loss within compliance of regional Ministry Branding requirements.
• The candidate must have direct experience either appraising auto damages or working in an auto body shop.
• Demonstrate superior interpersonal and communication skills and strong client focus.
• Maintain positive morale and demonstrate team spirit.
• Expected flexibility to assist and cooperates with colleagues during busy periods
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external clients.
• Must have excellent organization and time management skills.
• Must be comfortable working independently to organize daily work routine & within a team environment
• College or Technical degree would be an asset.
• Completion of autobody industry accepted technical courses is an asset (continuation of education will be required).
• Interprovincial Red seal Certification would be an asset.

Who We Are

As part of TD Bank Group, one of Canada's largest financial institutions, at TD Insurance, we care fo