Auto Body Mechanic / Technician

Factory Direct Marine & RV - GA; Americus (GA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the marine and RV industry is seeking an Auto Body Shop Manager in Americus, Georgia. This role involves overseeing operations, training staff, and ensuring quality standards are met in vehicle restoration and painting. Ideal candidates will possess strong management skills and experience in body shop procedures.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401k

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Knowledge of vehicle body work and painting processes.
• Ability to manage a team and ensure quality of work.
• Experience with health and safety regulations in a workshop.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise painting and body shop activities.
• Inspect vehicles and ensure repairs meet quality standards.
• Maintain safe and organized work area.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team management

Safety compliance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Spray painting equipment

Job description

Factory Direct Marine & RV/Caravelle Boat Group has an immediate opening for an Auto Body Shop Manager. If you love working with your hands, creating, and staying busy, you'll love working here! You will be participating in and managing a team to completethe following tasks:

1) Performing light body work
2) Prepping vehicles for paint
3) Cleaning completed vehicles
4) Buffing and wetting sand

Essential Responsibilities and Tasks to Manage:

• Prepare vehicles for painting and supervise Painters and paint jobs
• Prepare the vehicle using protective materials to prevent overspray of bed liner spray and/or paint.
• Inspect vehicles for damage and clean/prepare surface to meet preparation criteria.
• Remove masking material, clean and inspect for any defects or imperfections.
• Ensure that completed work meets quality standards.
• Perform final setup inside spray booth.
• Perform minor repairs as necessary to ensure quality standards are met.
• Maintain and properly safeguard all shop painting/spraying tools and equipment.
• Work safely.
• Comply with all safety rules, particularly those dealing with working in confined spaces or in service pits.
• Maintain a clean, neat, and safe storage room, mixing room, and work area.
• Use shop equipment and tools safely.
• Wear required personal protective equipment: breathing apparatus, clothing, footwear, gloves, masks, safety glasses, etc.
• Dispose of paints, paint container, and any hazardous wastes properly
• Report all accidents immediately.
• Support cross-training efforts through periodically working in the body shop.
• Actively participate in department and company-wide continuous improvement efforts.

Benefits made available after a 90 day probationary period

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401k
• Paid time off

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential responsibilities of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk; hear; stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The associate frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment withoutregard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protectedveteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristicprotected by federal, state or local laws

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