Job Description

Overview

The Mobile Body Shop Technician is responsible for offsite customer vehicle repairs and maintaining mobile service truck and equipment. Rush Truck Centers is the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships across the US, offering a rewarding career in the transportation industry.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain equipment according to company standards.
  • Maintain all aspects of equipment maintenance.
  • Perform Tractor and Trailer DOT inspections.
  • Perform light mobile repairs, including lights, wiring, door and window mechanisms.
  • Perform minor component damage replacements, such as lights, fenders, hangers, and brackets.
  • Perform advanced component damage replacements, including trailer panels and bumper assemblies.
  • Perform weld repairs to tractor and trailer components.
  • Maintain the quality appearance of the service truck and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Manage inventory control on the service truck and keep the vehicle properly stocked.
  • Report to the Body Shop Foreman or Body Shop Manager and will be assigned duties daily.
  • Maintain availability for afterhours service calls and an open work schedule.
  • Maintain and inventory the supplied tools for maintaining trucks/trailers and associated equipment.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 – 4 years related work experience in a similar position.
  • Must possess a current and valid driver license with a driving record that meets the insurability guidelines set forth by the company’s insurance carrier.
  • Current and valid CDL and Medical card as required by the FMVS preferred but not required.
  • Proficiency with related hardware/software systems as needed to fully execute the duties required.
  • Mechanical aptitude and technical ability is a must.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

Additional Information

  • Maintain availability for afterhours service calls and be available for an open work schedule.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA, whose middle half runs $28–$42/hr across 23 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 48% 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 Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 82 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 65 different employers. 30 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 376 other active welding openings from 239 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Rush Enterprises, Inc currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Forest Park at $39/hr, Atlanta at $30/hr, and Marietta at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

Similar openings near Atlanta, GA

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