Job Description
Your Role:
An Auto Field Specialist (DRN) is a virtual and field-based employee responsible for Direct Repair Network (DRN) performance, management and relationships to ensure financial and customer-driven results, including service level agreements, contract compliance and due diligence on shop background up to and including recommendation of adding / removing shops from program.
Your work:
• Responsible for vendor relationships, contract enforcement and due diligence; monitoring of direct repair network (DRN) shop performance through scorecard metrics analysis.
• Viewed as senior resource in given field for department and/or unit.
• Independently evaluate, negotiate and settle physical damage and total loss claims along with other suffixes (i.e. loss of use, property damage), which requires physical inspection and evaluation
• Prepares file for authority review with supervisor or manager for potential DRN candidates and to discontinue DRN contracts.
• Works within broad limits and authority on highly complex assignments requiring specialist knowledge.
• Negotiates settlement of claim with insured, third party and attorneys.
• Process payments appropriately and review with supervisor beyond authority, including resolving claims coverage issues.
Required Experience, Education and Skills
• 5+ years auto claims and/or physical damage appraiser experience required.
• Knowledge of auto repair estimates and systems required.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and skills reflective of successful progression through job family levels, inclusive of auto-body repair practices and procedures
• Ability to independently manage relationships and contracts with DRN shops to ensure performance goals are achieved
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal abilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
• Basic math and working computer skills with technical ability to use a variety of software applications
• Able to work independently, be self-motivated and goal-oriented in a flexible, changing environment.
• High School (HS) or an equivalent combination of education and experience required
• May be required to obtain and maintain adjuster's and/or appraisers license
What would make us excited about you?
• Typically 6+ years of claims experience
• Knowledge of project and/or contract management
• Bachelor's degree in related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Shows respect for differences through excellent communication skills with people from an array of backgrounds.
• Actively shapes our company culture (e.g., participating in employee resource groups, volunteering, etc.)
• Lives into cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: helping onboard new team members, building relationships, etc.)
• Demonstrates a company ownership mindset, thinking beyond boundaries of their own area
• Travels as needed for role, including divisional / team meetings and other in-person meetings
• Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc
CSAA IG Careers
At CSAA IG, we're proudly devoted to protecting our customers, our employees, our communities, and the world at large. We are on a climate journey to continue to do better for our people, our business, and our planet. Taking bold action and leading by example. We are citizens for a changing world, and we continually change to meet it.
Join us if you...
• BELIEVE in a mission focused on building a community of service, rooted in inclusion and belonging.
• COMMIT to being there for our customers and employees.
• CREATE a sense of purpose that serves the greater good through innovation.
Recognition: We offer a total compensation package, performance bonus, 401(k) with a company match, and so much more!Read more about what we offer and what it is like to be a part of our dynamic team at https://careers.csaa-insurance.aaa.com/us/en/benefits
Submit your application to be considered. We communicate via email, so check your inbox and/or your spam folder to ensure you don't miss important updates from us. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [TalentAcquisition@csaa.com](mailto:TalentAcquisition@csaa.com).
As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at CSAA IG. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We are always recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the U.S. workforce. The diversity of our team fosters a broad range of ideas and enables us to design and deliver a wide array of products to meet customers' evolving needs.
CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.
If you apply and are selected to continue in the recruiting process, we will schedule a preliminary call with you to discuss the role and will disclose during that call the available salary/hourly rate range based on your location. Factors used to determine the actual salary offered may include location, experience, or education.
#LI-ML1
#HP_RX
Your Role:
An Auto Field Specialist (DRN) is a virtual and field-based employee responsible for Direct Repair Network (DRN) performance, management and relationships to ensure financial and customer-driven results, including service level agreements, contract compliance and due diligence on shop background up to and including recommendation of adding / removing shops from program.
Your work:
• Responsible for vendor relationships, contract enforcement and due diligence; monitoring of direct repair network (DRN) shop performance through scorecard metrics analysis.
• Viewed as senior resource in given field for department and/or unit.
• Independently evaluate, negotiate and settle physical damage and total loss claims along with other suffixes (i.e. loss of use, property damage), which requires physical inspection and evaluation
• Prepares file for authority review with supervisor or manager for potential DRN candidates and to discontinue DRN contracts.
• Works within broad limits and authority on highly complex assignments requiring specialist knowledge.
• Negotiates settlement of claim with insured, third party and attorneys.
• Process payments appropriately and review with supervisor beyond authority, including resolving claims coverage issues.
Required Experience, Education and Skills
• 5+ years auto claims and/or physical damage appraiser experience required.
• Knowledge of auto repair estimates and systems required.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and skills reflective of successful progression through job family levels, inclusive of auto-body repair practices and procedures
• Ability to independently manage relationships and contracts with DRN shops to ensure performance goals are achieved
• Outstanding negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal abilities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
• Basic math and working computer skills with technical ability to use a variety of software applications
• Able to work independently, be self-motivated and goal-oriented in a flexible, changing environment.
• High School (HS) or an equivalent combination of education and experience required
• May be required to obtain and maintain adjuster's and/or appraisers license
What would make us excited about you?
• Typically 6+ years of claims experience
• Knowledge of project and/or contract management
• Bachelor's degree in related area or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Shows respect for differences through excellent communication skills with people from an array of backgrounds.
• Actively shapes our company culture (e.g., participating in employee resource groups, volunteering, etc.)
• Lives into cultural norms (e.g., willing to have cameras when it matters: helping onboard new team members, building relationships, etc.)
• Demonstrates a company ownership mindset, thinking beyond boundaries of their own area
• Travels as needed for role, including divisional / team meetings and other in-person meetings
• Fulfills business needs, which may include investing extra time, helping other teams, etc
CSAA IG Careers
At CSAA IG, we're proudly devoted to protecting our customers, our employees, our communities, and the world at large. We are on a climate journey to continue to do better for our people, our business, and our planet. Taking bold action and leading by example. We are citizens for a changing world, and we continually change to meet it.
Join us if you...
• BELIEVE in a mission focused on building a community of service, rooted in inclusion and belonging.
• COMMIT to being there for our customers and employees.
• CREATE a sense of purpose that serves the greater good through innovation.
Recognition: We offer a total compensation package, performance bonus, 401(k) with a company match, and so much more!Read more about what we offer and what it is like to be a part of our dynamic team at https://careers.csaa-insurance.aaa.com/us/en/benefits
Submit your application to be considered. We communicate via email, so check your inbox and/or your spam folder to ensure you don't miss important updates from us. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [TalentAcquisition@csaa.com](mailto:TalentAcquisition@csaa.com).
As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at CSAA IG. We actively celebrate colleagues' different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We are always recruiting, retaining, and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the U.S. workforce. The diversity of our team fosters a broad range of ideas and enables us to design and deliver a wide array of products to meet customers' evolving needs.
CSAA Insurance Group is an equal opportunity employer.
If you apply and are selected to continue in the recruiting process, we will schedule a preliminary call with you to discuss the role and will disclose during that call the available salary/hourly rate range based on your location. Factors used to determine the actual salary offered may include location, experience, or education.
#LI-ML1
#HP_RX
About CSAA Insurance Group
Why we're forever forward -- At CSAA IG, one thing will always endure: our commitment to excellence in everything we do for our members, employees and communities. As insurance industry leaders, we know things can change in an instant. It’s why we’re here.
We’re not afraid of change. We welcome it and use it to advance the cause. For employees, our cause is to become ever more inclusive and supportive of their goals and contributions. For our AAA Members, it’s finding new ways to help them prevent, prepare for and recover from whatever comes. For our communities, it’s exploring new ways of helping them meet evolving challenges.
Whatever may happen, change becomes progress at CSAA IG.
Benefits for today and for your future -- Benefits at CSAA IG represent our commitment to protect our employees by providing for their needs today and helping them prepare for a more secure future. Our suite of benefits is designed to provide for your physical, mental, social and financial health.
Our sense of belonging keeps us together -- Belonging is the feeling of being welcomed and accepted for who you are and the qualities you bring. It’s knowing you’re heard and valued as an individual and employee.
At CSAA IG, we share a strong sense of purpose and a hunger for adventure.
Change should always be expected, but can’t always be predicted. Whatever happens, we remain true to our beliefs and clear on our purpose. We meet change head on and grow from each experience.
A promise to act -- Life is uncertain, but we are not. When our AAA Members need us, we know how to move with the speed, expertise and confidence they rely on.