Body Shop Technician

Location

Maple Shade, NJ

Wage

$25.42 – $36.23/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on October 14, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Holman is a family-owned, global automotive services organization that values positive relationships and customer service. Holman Collison Maple Shade is seeking a Body/Metal Technician to perform repairs and restoration of collision damage to vehicles.

Responsibilities

  • Manage body, frame and/or mechanical repair of vehicles.
  • Review damage reports and prepare or review repair cost estimates.
  • Remove damaged panels and identify the properties of the plastic used on vehicles.
  • Inspect repaired vehicles for proper functioning and overall appearance.
  • Test drive vehicles to ensure proper alignment and handling.
  • Position dolly blocks against surfaces of dented areas and beat opposite surfaces to remove dents.
  • Fit and weld replacement parts into place and grind down welds to smooth them.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of related auto body experience.
  • ICAR certifications desired.
  • Knowledge of frame and uni-body repairs required.
  • Extensive mechanical abilities and training in car damage repairs.
  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Driver's License and a clean MVR.
  • Willingness to satisfy background requirements, drug and physical tests.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
Life and Disability Insurance
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Maple Shade, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $31/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 100 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 39% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Maple Shade, NJ

Maple Shade, NJ is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 172 other active welding openings from 128 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

Holman currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (8), Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), and Xylem (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are South Plainfield at $38/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Body Shop Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.