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Job Description

Overview

Stevens Transport/Paragon Leasing, LP is hiring Truck Body Technicians to perform major and minor structural repairs on diesel trucks at their Dallas, Texas terminal. The role involves full collision repairs and offers multiple shifts.

Responsibilities

  • Perform collision repair
  • Conduct fabrication and welding
  • Execute Bondo work
  • Install and align cab components
  • Repair damage to fiberglass, composites, steel, and aluminum
  • Replace windshields
  • Prime, seal, and paint vehicles
  • Replace fenders, panels, bumpers, and other body parts

Requirements

  • Must have own tools
  • 2+ years of Bondo work experience
  • 2+ years in collision repair
  • Collision repair certification is a plus
  • Preferred experience with Kenworth, Freightliner, and Peterbilt trucks
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How this job compares in Dallas, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Dallas, TX currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$41/hr across 44 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Dallas, TX

We're tracking 109 other active welding openings in Dallas, TX right now, from 80 different employers. 43 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,233 other active welding openings from 689 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Dallas, or widen the search to Texas.

Stevens Transport currently has 3 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (21), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (21), and Optimized Process Designs LLC (13). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $82/hr, Midlothian at $38/hr, and Dallas at $35/hr. Dallas is among them.

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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. Truck Body Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.