Job Description

Overview

Stuart's Paint and Body, a Quality Collision Group brand, offers a supportive team culture and top-tier benefits while providing competitive compensation with six-figure earning potential for Collision Auto Body Technicians. This role involves repairing collision-damaged vehicles to restore them to pre-accident condition using OEM procedures and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect damaged vehicles and review the approved repair plan before beginning work.
  • Perform structural and non-structural body repairs in accordance with OEM procedures.
  • Remove, repair, replace, and reinstall damaged vehicle components and body panels.
  • Make appropriate repair-versus-replace recommendations based on safety, quality, and repair procedures.
  • Perform measuring, pulling, welding, metal repair, panel alignment, and related body operations as qualified.
  • Complete repairs efficiently while maintaining quality and on-time production expectations.
  • Communicate additional damage or repair concerns to the estimator or production team.
  • Maintain tools, equipment, PPE, and a safe and organized work area.

Requirements

  • Minimum 5 years of professional auto body repair experience in the collision repair industry required.
  • Strong knowledge of OEM repair procedures and manufacturer-specific repair requirements.
  • Working knowledge of I-CAR repair standards and accepted collision repair methods.
  • Experience with structural and non-structural repair, panel replacement, welding, and vehicle disassembly/reassembly.
  • Ability to read and follow repair plans, estimates, and OEM procedures.
  • Strong commitment to repair quality, safety, productivity, and continued learning.
  • Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination required to safely operate collision repair equipment.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
PTO
401k

How this job compares in Grapevine, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Texas currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $23–$36/hr across 336 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Grapevine, TX

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Grapevine, TX, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 949 other active welding openings from 415 employers. Browse welding jobs across Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Zachry Group (24), and Welding Shop in Houston, TX (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Old Sixth Ward at $40/hr, Dallas at $36/hr, and Channelview at $32/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Grapevine, TX

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