Auto Body Painter Helper (Union)
Key Responsibilities
Serves as an entry-level technician. With guidance, performs Technician duties, including:
Minimum Qualifications
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
SMCOX
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
EOE, including disability/vets
Key Responsibilities
Serves as an entry-level technician. With guidance, performs Technician duties, including:
- Perform vehicle cleaning and preparation, including washing, wheel cleaning, waxing, buffing, and polishing.
- Completing work order documentation.
- Prepare vehicle surfaces for buffing and refinishing.
- Remove imperfections and restore panels to OEM quality standards.
- Inspect finished body panels to ensure proper color match and consistent finish texture.
- Remove compound and polish residue from buffed panels.
- Move vehicles as needed to support workflow throughout the detailing and painting process.
- Follow all safety guidelines and company procedures.
Minimum Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED preferred.
- 1+ years of experience in an auto body/paint shop, vocational, or technical school in automotive program.
- Valid driver's license and good driving record required.
- Ability to operate both manual and automatic transmission vehicles.
- Basic mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn automotive paint processes.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
- Regularly required to stand, walk, reach, talk, and hear.
- Frequently required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, squat, and climb.
- Ability to lift up to 15 pounds (e.g., tools and materials).
- Ability to perform repetitive motions and maintain manual dexterity in a production environment.
SMCOX
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
EOE, including disability/vets
Auto Body Painter Helper (Union) in Carleton at Cox Automotive
- Other openings
- 347
- Hiring in
- 88 locations
- Typical pay
- $47,060–$59,590
Cox Automotive currently has 347 other roles open on LocalWork across 88 locations. If this particular role is not the right fit, their other openings may be.
For context, most painters earn between $47,060–$59,590 a year according to Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data. What this particular role pays is set by the employer — check the description above.
This position is listed as full time and onsite. It was posted today.