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Overview

Chilton Auto Body is seeking experienced Auto Collision Journey Level Body Techs and Tear Down Disassembly and Reassembly Techs to join their team at various locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. This role involves examining vehicles for collision damage and performing repairs to restore them to pre-accident condition.

Responsibilities

  • Examine vehicles for collision-related damage.
  • Document the time and effort required to repair vehicles.
  • Perform tear down and re-assembly of vehicles.
  • Weld using MIG and Spot resistance welders.
  • Replace panels and repair frames and unibody using frame rack.
  • Straighten, grind, sand, and fill repair panels.

Requirements

  • Previous experience in automotive collision necessary (3+ years for A-tech level).
  • Knowledge of automotive disassembly and reassembly.
  • Detail oriented and organized with a high standard for quality.
  • Must provide your own basic tools.
  • Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
  • Must agree to and pass a thorough background check.

Benefits

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

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Hawthorne, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $23/hr, this posting comes in about 41% below the $39/hr median for welding jobs in Hawthorne, CA, where the middle half runs $31–$60/hr across 43 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Hawthorne, CA

We're tracking 44 other active welding openings in Hawthorne, CA right now, from 6 different employers. 21 of them were added in the last week. Across California as a whole we're tracking 586 other active welding openings from 266 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Hawthorne, or widen the search to California.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (37), Relativity Space (22), and Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (18). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Redondo Beach at $65/hr, Pasadena at $61/hr, and Santa Ana at $48/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work.

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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. Autobody Collision Journey Level Body Techs / R and I Assembly Techs figures were last recalculated when this page was built.