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Overview

The Auto Body Technician role involves performing automotive structural repairs and cosmetic enhancements to restore vehicles to their original condition. The position requires a skilled professional with a passion for automotive craftsmanship and a commitment to customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • Perform automotive structural repairs, including frame straightening and sheet metal work using welding techniques.
  • Conduct auto body repairs including dent removal, panel replacement, sanding, and cosmetic repair.
  • Utilize fabrication skills to modify or create parts using sheet metal and assembly processes.
  • Apply auto painting and body refinishing techniques to achieve high-quality finishes.
  • Install automotive parts such as auto glass, bumpers, and trim pieces with precision.
  • Use hand tools, power tools, soldering equipment, and welding equipment safely and effectively.
  • Assist in auto restoration projects to bring vehicles back to showroom condition.
  • Maintain excellent customer service by communicating progress clearly and ensuring satisfaction.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as an automotive body technician in a dealership or collision center.
  • Strong knowledge of auto body repair procedures including MIG welding and structural repair.
  • Hands-on experience with fabrication techniques, auto painting, and automotive parts installation.
  • Mechanical knowledge related to vehicle maintenance and repair processes.
  • Proficiency with hand tools, power tools, airless paint sprayers, and welding equipment.
  • Ability to perform heavy lifting safely and efficiently.
  • Excellent attention to detail with a focus on quality workmanship and safety standards.
  • Strong customer service skills with clear communication abilities.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work Location: In person

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
Dental
PTO
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How this job compares in Norfolk, VA

Pay in context

At roughly $46/hr, this posting sits about 52% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Norfolk, VA — toward the top of a $27–$32/hr middle band drawn from 15 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 87% 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 Norfolk, VA

We're tracking 32 other active welding openings in Norfolk, VA right now, from 12 different employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Virginia as a whole we're tracking 163 other active welding openings from 82 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Norfolk, or widen the search to Virginia.

The most active employers in Virginia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Innovative Refrigeration Systems, Inc. (14), General Dynamics NASSCO (10), and Atlantic Constructors, Inc. (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Virginia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newport News at $40/hr, Norfolk at $30/hr, and Chesapeake at $27/hr. Norfolk is among them.

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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