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Job Description

Overview

The Body Technician is a skilled craftsman responsible for restoring automobiles with light to heavy damage through collision repair. This role involves assessing damage, repairing according to manufacturer guidelines, and employing various techniques such as welding and refinishing.

Responsibilities

  • Assess exterior damage to vehicles.
  • Repair vehicles according to manufacturer guidelines.
  • Ensure necessary parts are available for repairs.
  • Reshape panels with minor damage.
  • Utilize welding techniques as needed.
  • Apply refinishing techniques as necessary.

Requirements

Benefits

Additional Information

  • FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
  • Work Location: Full Time Hourly
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How this job compares in Yelm, WA

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 24% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across Washington — toward the top of a $27–$41/hr middle band drawn from 54 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 74% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Yelm, WA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Yelm, WA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Washington as a whole we're tracking 75 other active welding openings from 53 employers. Browse welding jobs across Washington.

The most active employers in Washington at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Loenbro (5), Parker Hannifin (4), and CalPortland (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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