Auto Body Technician
About The Position
The Auto Body Technician provides an exceptional customer experience by assessing and repairing vehicles to restore them to pre-accident condition. The role involves thoroughly disassembling, repairing, and reassembling vehicles while supporting the company’s standards for speed, quality, and customer service. The technician works with the repair team to achieve facility KPIs and represents The Boyd Group as a brand ambassador. This position plans necessary repair work and prepares customer cost estimates. It performs body, structural, glass, interior, welding, and painting repairs, and inspects completed vehicles to ensure repairs are correct and work orders are completed within labor-time guidelines. The role requires working safely in a noisy environment with odors, and performing physical activities such as lifting, bending, stretching, kneeling, and squatting. This is a commission-based position, with earnings determined by production and actual earnings varying by individual productivity.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Successful completion of a technical school program or a three-year apprenticeship as an auto body repairer.
- Ability to read job orders and work with very little supervision.
- Ability to work with other repairers in an auto body shop.
- Thorough understanding of methods and procedures for repairing vehicle bodies.
- Thorough understanding of how to use tools required for the trade.
- Ability to work safely in a noisy area with many odors present.
- Ability to lift up to 30 pounds at times.
- Ability to visually inspect vehicle damage in a variety of weather conditions.
- Ability to bend, stretch, kneel, and squat to perform repairs and inspections.
Responsibilities
- Ensure consistent execution of the WOW (Wow Operating Way) plan.
- Plan necessary repair work and prepare cost estimates for customers.
- Use repair tools, including cutting guns, plasma cutters, hydraulic jacks, hammers, and pliers, to repair vehicle sections.
- Repair dents and other minor body damage by hammering or by mixing and applying filler resins when other methods are not feasible.
- Realign car chassis and frames to repair structural damage.
- Remove damaged vehicle sections and replace them with new or aftermarket parts.
- Replace or repair glass, windshields, and interior parts as needed.
- Weld, attach, or fit parts into place; prepare and repaint vehicles using factory-specified paint or an agreed-upon equivalent.
- Attempt to complete work orders within labor-time guidelines.
- Inspect vehicles after repair to ensure work was executed correctly.
- Work with other repairers and align with team members to achieve repair-facility KPIs.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Annual paid time off (PTO) plans.
- Two weeks of paid parental leave for full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours per week.
- Six paid holidays annually.
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance effective Day 1.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Employer-paid short-term disability and life insurance.
- Additional voluntary life insurance.
- Continuing education opportunities.
- Free prescription or non-prescription safety glasses annually.
- Annual voluntary uniform stipend.
- Voluntary daily pay option available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
