# Motor Vehicle Image Engineer

At 1st Central, everything starts with our people. As one of the UK’s leading motor and home insurers, we use smart technology, data and great service to make insurance fast, fair and simple for over 1.4 million customers. We’re proud to create an environment where people feel supported, trusted and able to grow - whether that’s developing new skills, taking on fresh challenges or making a real impact every day. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Do you have strong technical knowledge of vehicle repairs and the confidence to make sound decisions? Are you a clear communicator who can explain complex information to customers, repairers and third parties in a simple and supportive way? We’re looking for four Motor Vehicle Image Engineers to join our Engineering team based in either Haywards Heath, West Sussex or Salford Quays, Manchester. You’ll be working as part of a team, responsible for engineering and authorising vehicle repairs, producing inspection reports and making decisions regarding the settlement of claims for total loss cases. Core skills we’re looking for: Extensive vehicle make up knowledge. Competent in the use of

- **Id**: 782033
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/1st-central-motor-vehicle-image-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Manchester, United Kingdom, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T01:54:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 66
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4861
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 449790
- **Name**: 1st Central
- **Domain**: firstcentralcareers.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/1st-central>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 39000
- **Max usd**: 81000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 875

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 66

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T00:57:46Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 11
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.404
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 65
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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