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Auto Body Estimator

Location:
Novato, CA
Salary:
open
Posted:
January 28, 2015

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Orlando F. Salazar

*** ******* ******, ******, ** 94949 415-***-**** acn148@r.postjobfree.com

Skill Summary

Auto body: Damage estimator, production manager, journeyman painter.

Experienced in high-line European vehicles, in addition to Japanese and

American vehicles. Experienced in the use of Mitchell, ADP, and CCC

Management and Estimating Programs. Maintain high CSI ratings (97.5)

Experience

CLASSIC AUTO CRAFT, San Rafael, CA

March 2014 - October 2014

Estimator, Sales-Marketing

4 months as outside sales marketing, started Marin Mazda - Subaru

account, brought in

as shop estimator. (will discuss further in person).

Valley Collision, Espanola, NM January 2006 - January 2013

Estimator, Production Manager

(Owner retired)

Production oriented DRP shop (multiple insurance partners) 3 years as

Estimator and all the responsibilities included in that position, 3 years

as Production Manage and all the responsibilities that go with that

position.

MBZ Body Shop (Independent for MBZ of SF), San Francisco, CA October 2004

- December 2005

Estimator

Processed vehicle repair and claims. Captured sales at point of customer

contact, worked with insurance companies, generated supplements to

receive full compensation for repairs, ordered parts, tracked repairs,

updated customers, quality control, vehicle completion date tracking,

accounts receivables, repair order close-outs, generated upsales for

detailing, pin-striping, paintless dent repair, additional customer pay

body work. (Personal sales record: 158K/month.)

F. Lofrano and Sons, San Rafael, CA June 2003 - September 2004

Assistant Manager

Sales, estimating vehicle damage, work scheduling, parts ordering and

check in, work distribution, work flow oversight, quality control during

and after repairs, regular customer updates, completion date management

(Fix-Auto: 97.5 CSI), direct repair facility for multiple insurance

companies, DRP claims processing including total loss processing.

AIS (Auto Inspection service), Hayward, CA June 2000 - May 2003

Independent Vehicle Damage and Total Loss Appraiser

Inspected, estimated, and photographed damaged vehicles for multiple

insurance and fleet companies. Total loss evaluation and processing.

San Francisco, North Bay, East Bay territories.

B.M.W of S.F, San Francisco, CA

September 1996 - June 1998 Estimator

Inspected and estimated damaged vehicles, assisted with insurance

claims process

Reserved rental vehicles, ordered parts, checked in vehicle, processed

supplement

Updated customers, quality control, final invoicing, A/R.

Brooks Motor Cars, Oakland, CA April 1989 - August 1996

Assistant Manager, Journeyman Painter

Painter; Refinishing, color matching, collision repair, and restoration

of high-line European vehicles. Asst Manager; Customer sales, estimating,

supplement writing, work scheduling, parts ordering and inspection, work

distribution, quality control, customer updates.Involved in building

custom-shop work bays, and equipment and shop expansion from 7,500 to

21,000 square feet.

Education

Contra Costa College: (Basic, Advanced, and Computer Estimating Courses).

Certifications: (ADP, Mitchell, and CCC Management and Estimating

Systems). USAA DRP Training. Sikkens Refinishing and Color Matching

Courses.



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