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Overview

At Gerber Collision & Glass, the Auto Body Technician is responsible for providing exceptional customer service through the quality repair of vehicles, ensuring they are restored to pre-accident condition. The role involves working collaboratively with team members to achieve repair facility KPIs while embodying the company's commitment to speed, quality, and customer excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure consistent execution of WOW (Wow Operating Way) plan.
  • Plan the repair work necessary and prepare cost estimates for customers.
  • Use various tools to repair sections of a vehicle.
  • Hammer out dents, dimples, and other minor body damage.
  • Mix and apply filler resins to repair dents when other methods are not feasible.
  • Realign car chassis and frames to repair structural damage.
  • Remove damaged sections of vehicles and replace them with new or aftermarket parts.
  • Replace or repair glass and windshields as needed.
  • Replace or repair interior parts as needed.
  • Weld and fit parts into place and prepare and repaint vehicles.
  • Attempt to complete work orders within labor time guidelines.
  • Inspect vehicles after repair to ensure all work has been executed correctly.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Successful completion of technical school program OR a 3-year apprenticeship as an auto body repairer.
  • Ability to read job orders and work with very little supervision.
  • Ability to work with other repairers within an auto body shop.
  • Thorough understanding of methods and procedures to repair vehicle bodies.
  • Thorough understanding of how to use tools required for the trade.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Must be able to work safely in a noisy area with many odors present.
  • Must be able to lift up to 30 pounds at times.
  • Must be able to visually inspect vehicle damage in a variety of weather conditions.
  • Must be able to bend, stretch, kneel, and squat to perform repairs and inspections.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in El Mirage, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, whose middle half runs $25–$38/hr across 204 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 35% 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 El Mirage, AZ

El Mirage, AZ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 505 other active welding openings from 254 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in El Mirage, or widen the search to Arizona.

The Boyd Group LLC currently has 5 other openings live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (27), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (19). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Chandler at $36/hr, Tempe at $32/hr, and Phoenix at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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