Auto Appraiser - Tulsa District

Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance Company • Tulsa, OK

10d • $50,000 - $50,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Appraises automobile or other vehicle damage to determine cost of repair for insurance claim settlement. The candidate will be required to live within the Tulsa Appraiser Territory, which contains the following counties - Tulsa, Washington, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Rogers, Mayes, Delaware, Wagoner, Cherokee, Adair, Muskogee & Sequoyah and be prepared to travel statewide, as required.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid Oklahoma driver’s license or obtainment of valid Oklahoma driver’s license is required.
• Satisfactory driving record is a condition of employment.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and repair procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups including but not limited to customers or employees of this and other organizations.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of computers and computer systems.
• Must have investigative skills and a proven ability to work with people and solve problems.
• Ability to manage stress due to high volumes of work, long hours, and dealing with discontented insureds and/or third parties.
• Employee is expected to maintain regular attendance.
• Work unscheduled hours.
• Possibility of extensive travel when there are catastrophic losses.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to drive for consecutive hours in a company provided vehicle; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move a minimum of 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Two - three-years’ Automotive Collision Repair estimate writing experience preferred or related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Employee is expected to participate in continuing education programs.

Responsibilities

• Write estimates for cost of labor and parts to repair or replace each item of damage on autos including but not limited to adjuster and OCR assignments and catastrophe drives.
• Prepare necessary documentation if vehicle is determined to be a total loss vehicle.
• Evaluate practicality of repair as opposed to payment of market value of vehicle before accident.
• Prepare insurance forms and documents to indicate repair cost estimates and recommendations; return all completed/signed forms to adjuster.
• Re-inspect required number of vehicles per month.
• Review repair cost estimates with automobile repair shop to secure agreement on cost of repairs.
• Arrange to have damage appraised by another appraiser to resolve disagreement with repair shop on repair cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED