Automotive Prepper (Night Shift)
Location
Delanco, NJ
Wage
$20 – $25/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
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Posted on September 30, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Carvana is seeking Automotive Preppers for their night shift in Delanco, NJ, offering competitive pay and benefits. Candidates should have at least one year of professional automotive bodywork experience.
Responsibilities
- Prepping, sanding, and buffing vehicles
- Removing and installing bumpers
- Performing minor plastic welding
- Conducting small area bodywork including Bondo repair
Requirements
- Minimum of 1 year of professional automotive bodywork experience
- Ability to lift up to 60 pounds independently
- Must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing production environment
- Use of safety equipment including face shield or goggles, non-slip shoes, gloves, and masks
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- PTO
Additional Information
- Location: Delanco, NJ (08075)
- Schedule: 5:00pm to 3:30am (Night Shift), Monday to Thursday with overtime on Fridays as needed
- Mandatory overtime may be required based on business needs.
Benefits
401k
Health Insurance
PTO
How this job compares in Delanco, NJ
Pay in context
At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 32% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
The local market in Delanco, NJ
Delanco, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 111 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Delanco, or widen the search to New Jersey.
Carvana currently has 5 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), DC Fabricators (5), and Carvana (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Northvale at $40/hr and Delanco at $29/hr. Delanco is among them.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Automotive Prepper (Night Shift) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.