Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

The Body Technician is a skilled craftsman responsible for restoring automobiles with light to heavy damage through collision repair. This role requires a thorough understanding of repair techniques, adherence to manufacturer guidelines, and ensuring quality and safety in all repairs.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure repairs adhere to OE standards, DRP part choices, and ADAS requirements.
  • Complete disassembly of vehicles.
  • Refit new parts such as bumpers, fenders, grills, and moldings.
  • Restore repaired areas to original manufacturer specifications.
  • Check all parts for accuracy before starting repairs.
  • Work efficiently to meet target delivery dates.
  • Assume responsibility for all parts assigned to jobs.
  • Protect non-repair areas of vehicles from damage.
  • Read and understand every line item of each vehicle’s RO.
  • Provide guidance and assistance to assigned apprentices.

Requirements

  • I-CAR Gold Class and ASE certifications are a plus.
  • Complete understanding of all facets of light to heavy automobile collision repair.
  • Knowledgeable in safety guidelines for repair.
  • Skilled welder with the ability to remove and refit welded panels.
  • Ability to read, understand, and perform written instructions accurately.

Benefits

(No benefits explicitly mentioned)

Additional Information

  • Sign-On Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates.
  • Full Time Hourly/Commission position.

Benefits

Vision
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Maywood Park, OR

Pay in context

At roughly $72/hr, this posting sits about 167% above the $27/hr median for welding jobs across Oregon — toward the top of a $25–$32/hr middle band drawn from 44 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Maywood Park, OR

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Maywood Park, OR, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Oregon as a whole we're tracking 68 other active welding openings from 44 employers. Browse welding jobs across Oregon.

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

The most active employers in Oregon at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Portland, OR (12), AAON, Inc. (4), and Sulzer (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Oregon, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redmond at $29/hr and Portland at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Maywood Park, OR

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