Job Description

Overview

At Gerber Collision & Glass, the Auto Body Technician is responsible for providing exceptional customer experiences through quality repairs of vehicles, ensuring they are restored to pre-accident condition. The role emphasizes teamwork, speed, and quality in collision and glass services.

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 and other minor body damage.
  • 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 repaint vehicles with factory-specified paint.
  • 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

How this job compares in Lansdale, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 97% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $24–$34/hr middle band drawn from 139 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% 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 Lansdale, PA

Lansdale, PA currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 180 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Lansdale, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (7), Greene Tweed (7), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $35/hr and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Lansdale, PA

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