auto body technician

CARSTAR Collingwood; Collingwood; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive service firm is seeking an Automotive Technician to join their team in Collingwood. Responsibilities include estimating repair costs, inspecting vehicles, and maintaining high professionalism in customer service. The role requires 3-5 years of experience and a secondary education certificate, offering benefits like a health care plan and life insurance.

Benefits

Health care plan

Life insurance

Free parking available

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in automotive repair.
• Willingness to relocate is necessary.
• Valid driver's licence required.

Responsibilities

• Estimate repair costs based on damage examination.
• Inspect repaired vehicles and maintain workspace.
• Replace and repair body components, doors, and frames.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Reliability

Team player

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

Steel-toed safety boots

Job description

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Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Willing to relocate
  
  

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Estimate repair cost based on damage examination report
• Inspect repaired vehicles
• Plan repair work to be performed
• Professionalism in customer service
• Test drive vehicles for proper handling
• Clean and maintain work space
• Instruct apprentices
• Replace front end components, body components, doors and frame and underbody components
• File, grind and sand body surfaces to be repaired
• Mask and tape auto body surfaces in preparation for painting
• Hammer out dents, buckles and defects using blocks and hammers
• Remove damaged fenders, panels and grills and bolt or weld replacement parts into place
• Apply primers and repaint surfaces
• Repair or replace interior components
• Repair or replace damaged windows, windshields and sunroofs
• Mix paint, blend and match colors
• Operate soldering equipment or use plastic filler to fill holes, dents and seams
• Straighten bent frames using frame and underbody pulling and anchoring equipment
  
  

Experience and specialization

Area of work experience

• Body components
• Doors and frame
• Frame straightening
• Interior components
• Metal cutting
• Paint spraying
• Welding
  
  

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check
  
  

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
  
  

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
  
  

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
  
  

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Team player
  
  

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan
  
  

Financial benefits

• Life insurance
  
  

Other Benefits

• Free parking available

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Individual and Family Services

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