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Carvana

Auto Body & Paint Technicians - Hiring ALL Experience Levels!

Location

Delanco, NJ

Wage

$20 – $35/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on November 4, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Carvana is seeking Auto Body & Paint Technicians of all experience levels to help prepare low-mileage, late-model cars for customers. The positions offer competitive pay, sign-on bonuses, and a variety of roles based on experience.

Responsibilities

  • Entry-Level Prepper: perform light bodywork, including prepping, sanding, and buffing vehicles.
  • Mid-Level Body Technician: perform bodywork on multiple panels, including heavy plastic welding and minor metal pulling.
  • Experienced Body Technician: train other technicians and perform extensive bodywork on multiple panels.
  • Paint Prepper: prepare vehicles for cosmetic paintwork, including sanding and masking.
  • Entry-Level Painter: prime vehicles and perform final sanding before painting.
  • Mid-Level Painter: match/mix paint color and use water-based paint.
  • Experienced Painter: paint vehicles and blend adjacent panels.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license.
  • Ability to physically operate vehicle equipment and tools, lifting up to 60 pounds independently.
  • Experience requirements vary by position, ranging from 6 months to over 5 years.

Benefits

  • 401k
  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: Delanco, NJ
  • Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 5:00PM - 3:30AM (Night Shift), 4-Day Work Week
  • Mandatory overtime may be required based on business needs.

Benefits

401k
Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Delanco, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 17% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $28–$40/hr across 102 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 25% 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 3 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 161 other active welding openings from 122 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 3 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 Valcor Engineering Corporation (6), UPS (4), and Depot Connect International (4). 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 Newark at $35/hr and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Auto Body & Paint Technicians - Hiring ALL Experience Levels! figures were last recalculated when this page was built.