Body Shop Technician 1st Shift - 3001

Responsibilities

• Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
• Examines damaged vehicles and estimates cost of repairs
• Removes upholstery, accessories, electrical and hydraulic window and seat operating equipment, and trim to gain access to vehicle body and fenders
• Positions dolly block against surface of dented area and beats opposite surface to remove dents
• Fills depressions with body filler
• Removes damaged fenders, panels, and grills, and bolts or welds replacement parts in position
• Straights bent automobile frames with pneumatic frame straightening machine
• Files, grinds, and sands repaired surfaces
• Refinishes repaired surface
• Aims headlights, aligns wheels, and bleeds hydraulic brake system
• Paints surfaces after performing body repairs
• Repairs or replaces defective mechanical parts
• Other duties as assigned

  Qualifications

  • One-year certificate from a college or technical school or three months of related experience and/or training
  • Equivalent combinations of experience and/or training may be considered
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
  • Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)
  • General Computer skills including internet usage, knowledge of database software, manufacturing software, and order processing systems
  • OSHA or other relevant safety certifications
  • Six months of related experience and/or training
  • Experience with collision repair, sanding, painting, and/or detailing
  • OSHA or other relevant safety training
  • Experience in heavy civil construction, road construction, or other heavy industry

  Physical Demands

  • Frequently reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Frequently required to stand, walk, climb, or balance
  • Regularly required to talk and hear
  • Occasionally required to sit
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
  • Vision abilities required include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
  • Frequent exposure to: Moving parts, Fumes or airborne particles, Toxic or caustic chemicals, Wet and/or humid conditions, Outside weather conditions, extreme cold and heat, High, precarious places
  • Frequent exposure to noise level is usually loud

  Work Environment

  • Frequent exposure to: Moving parts, Fumes or airborne particles, Toxic or caustic chemicals, Wet and/or humid conditions, Outside weather conditions, extreme cold and heat, High, precarious places
  • Frequent exposure to noise level is usually loud