Auto Body Technician

Pay: $35.00 per hour

We are hiring an experienced Auto Body Technician to repair and restore buses, vans, and other fleet vehicles. This is a hands-on role for someone who can evaluate body damage, determine the right repair method, and complete quality work with limited supervision.

What You'll Do

• Inspect vehicle body damage and determine the best repair method

• Straighten bent body panels and remove dents

• Repair or replace damaged sheet metal and body components

• Use hand tools, power tools, metal-forming equipment, plasma cutters, and welding equipment

• Remove, install, adjust, and align body panels and related components

• Repair locks, latches, glass, upholstery, and other body accessories as needed

• Prepare written repair estimates when requested

• Document labor, parts, materials, and completed repairs accurately on work orders

• Maintain vehicle security and safety while repairs are being completed

• Follow all shop safety, PPE, environmental, and waste-disposal procedures

• Maintain a clean, safe, and team-oriented work environment

What We're Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Auto Body and Collision Damage Repair certificate or at least five years of practical auto body repair experience

• ASE credentials preferred

• Experience operating welding, plasma-cutting, and standard auto body repair equipment

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Basic computer and documentation skills

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Ability to accurately estimate repair time, parts, and materials

Work Environment

Most repairs are completed indoors in a working maintenance shop. The environment may include noise from hammers, air tools, welding equipment, and other shop machinery. Proper PPE and shop safety procedures must be followed at all times. Some lifting is required.

Pay

$35.00 per hour

This position may be considered safety-sensitive depending on location and may be subject to drug and alcohol testing. In Washington State, testing may include cannabis.

Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities as operational needs change.

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000+ employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.