Andrew Ryan

Experience

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  Churchill Insurance

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2005

  Staff Engineer

  Staff Motor Engineer

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  Laird Assessors Ltd

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Regional Engineer

  Manage recommended repairers on scheme or contract and carrying out on site inspections, Image inspections and paper work/paper trail auditsCarry out field based inspections Dealing with day to day technical enquiriesFace to face dealings with customers, repairers and suppliers“Front and Rear Splits” as advised by apportion of impact/costing/liabilityDealing with basic to team leader level duties and complaints through until resolutionMaintaining a working relationship with repairers, claims (claimants) the insured/third parties and other accident management/agents/brokers etcRemote Image assessments, Repairs, Cash in Lieu and Total Loss settlements and vehicle valuation. Show less

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  APR Assessors Ltd

  Dec 2009 - Jan 2013

  National Engineering Manager

  National Engineering Manager for APR Assessors Ltd as an independent company of engineering assessors, collision damage assessors, consultant engineering assessors, consultant engineers, collision investigation (December 2009 – November 2012)I was responsible for the day to day running of a national engineering company from answering a phone up to the rolling out of training for the staff engineers and dealing with the more complex cases.

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  Laird Expert

  Nov 2012 - Sept 2015

  Senior Forensics Engineer & South East London Regional Field Engineer

  I have a diverse range of skills and am looking for a new challenge in the engineering management side of the industry.I am currently the Senior Forensics Engineer at Laird Expert and also one of the Southern Regional Field Engineers. My day to day duties are to carry out the physical inspections of collision damaged vehicles and to review technical files for a wide and very diverse range of cases including the following: Calculating vehicle speeds at the point of impact to measuring vehicle speeds over time and distance such as from CCTV footage. I also compile a variety of Expert Witness reports such as Consistency, Causation, Direction of Impact, Version of Events, Specialists Locus, Speed of Impact, Mechanical Forensics, Exaggerated Claims, Fraud Detection, Valuation Disputes, and Diminution in Value, Single/Joint Expert Witness and many more. Show less

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  Markerstudy Insurance

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  Engineer
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  Associated Independent Assessors Ltd

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2016

  Engineering Insurance Assessor

  My day to day duties are to carry out the physical inspections of collision damaged vehicles and to compile Part 35 compliant reports along with a wide variety of other types of inspections and reports.

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  Hertz

  Jul 2016 - Dec 2016

  Senior Engineer (Vehicle Body Damage) UK

  Reporting directly to the manager of the vehicle body damage department my role involves a variety of duties from desktop inspections of vehicle body damage assessments both repairable and total loss's and physical inspections. Assisting in the smooth running of a repair network and repair process and managing "key to key" time as efficiently as possible. I am also responsible for full desktop and physical audits both live and historic to ensure a minimum of leakage and a maximum of quality.

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  JP Morriss Assessors Ltd

  Dec 2016 - Sept 2019

  Automotive Engineer

  Vehicle Damage Assessment both physical and desktop. Expert Witness Engineer.

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  Auto Image London LTD

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2021

  VDA & onsite Engineer
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  Artis Accident Care

  Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  Vehicle Damage Assessor

  On site VDA.

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  Steer Automotive Group

  Nov 2021 - Apr 2022

  Vehicle Damage Assessor & Site Controller
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  Solus Accident Repair Centres

  Apr 2022 - Jan 2024

  Repair Consultant, V.D.A. & Engineer

  Repair Consultant & Engineer

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  Laird

  Dec 2023 - Mar 2024

  Vehicle Damage Assessor
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  Copart

  Mar 2024 - now

  Vehicle Damage Assessor