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Overview

Crash Champions is the largest founder-led multi-shop operator of high-quality collision repair service in the U.S., operating over 650 locations. The Auto Body Technician role involves examining damaged vehicles, planning repairs, and performing quality repairs while ensuring safety and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Examines damaged vehicle and efficiently plans repair process.
  • Works and communicates with others on vehicle repair status.
  • Performs quality repairs while keeping on-time status in mind.
  • Makes decisions on repair vs. replace considering safety, cost, and cycle time.
  • Removes upholstery, accessories, electrical and hydraulic window operating equipment, and trim to gain access to vehicle and fenders.
  • Participates in all required safety meetings.
  • Files, grinds, and sands repaired surfaces, using power tools and hand tools.
  • Directs the work of an apprentice in the performance of tasks when needed.

Requirements

  • Ability to use frame machine.
  • Certification in body repair preferred.
  • Knowledge of vehicle repair process by manufacturer.
  • I-CAR welding certified.
  • Skill in analyzing and interpreting measuring data.
  • Ability to supervise repair personnel.
  • Must be able to pass thorough background check.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Group Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Crestwood, IL

Pay in context

At roughly $58/hr, this posting sits about 86% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs across Illinois — toward the top of a $26–$38/hr middle band drawn from 270 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 95% 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 Crestwood, IL

Crestwood, IL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Illinois as a whole we're tracking 374 other active welding openings from 234 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Illinois.

Crash Champions currently has 4 other openings live in Illinois, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Illinois at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are S&C Electric Company (15), Gerber Collision & Glass (14), and Staff on Site (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 Illinois, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chicago at $36/hr, Itasca at $36/hr, and Elk Grove Village at $34/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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