Body Technician

About This Role

This role involves meticulously assessing and repairing customer vehicles to restore them to pre-accident condition. The Body Technician disassembles, repairs, and reassembles vehicles, playing a pivotal role in delivering speed, quality, and customer excellence in collision and glass services.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistent execution of WOW (Wow Operating Way) plan
• Plan necessary repair work and prepare cost estimates for customers
• Use various tools such as cutting guns, plasma cutters, hydraulic jacks, hammers, and pliers to repair sections of a vehicle
• Hammer out dents, dimples, and other minor body damage if possible
• Mix and apply filler resins to repair dents when other methods are not feasible
• Realign car chassis and frames to repair structural damage
• Remove damaged sections of vehicles and replace them with new or aftermarket parts
• Replace or repair glass and windshields as needed
• Replace or repair interior parts as needed
• Weld and otherwise attach or fit parts into place
• Prepare and repaint vehicles with factory-specified paint or agreed-upon equivalent
• Attempt to complete work orders within labor time guidelines
• Ensure all work has been executed correctly by inspecting vehicles after repair
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Successful completion of technical school program OR a 3-year apprenticeship as an auto body repairer
• Ability to read job orders and work with very little supervision
• Ability to work with other repairers within an auto body shop
• Thorough understanding of methods and procedures to repair vehicle bodies
• Thorough understanding of how to use tools required for the trade
• Must be able to work safely in a noisy area with many odors present
• Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds at times
• Must be able to visually inspect vehicle damage in a variety of weather conditions
• Must be able to bend, stretch, kneel, and squat to perform repairs and inspections

Benefits

• Annual Paid Time Off (PTO) plans
• 2 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours per week
• 6 paid holidays annually
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Insurance effective Day 1
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
• Employer Paid Short-Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• Continuing Education Opportunities