Job Description
Job Overview:
Express Employment Professionals is working with a growing company that delivers top-quality painting, bodywork and restoration services in La Crosse. We are looking to hire a commercial automotive painter and body shop technician. You will be responsible for preparing, painting, and finishing vehicles with precision and care.
Job Title: Commercial automotive Painter and Body Shop Technician
Wages and Hours: $20-$25/hour based on experience - first shift
Job Duties:
•Prepare vehicle surfaces by cleaning, sanding, masking to ensure optimal paint adhesion.
•Apply primer, base coats, clear coats, and other finishes using paint spraying equipment and hand tools.
•Perform auto body repairs including dent removal, welding and auto restoration tasks as needed.
•Use buffing machines and detailing tools to achieve a flawless finish on painted surfaces.
•Maintain a clean work area, organize tools, supplies and adhere to safety protocols at all time
Qualifications:
- Prior work in an automotive body shop preferred
- Proficiency with painting techniques -- spraying, blending, buffing
- Mechanical knowledge to include auto body repair, maintenance and restoration
- Experience with welding and all hand/power tools
- Heavy lifting
You should be proficient in:
- Automotive painting
- bodywork
- dent removal
- heavy lifting
- mechanical knowledge
- restoration
- sandblasting
- vehicle and fleet welding
- vehicle maintenance
- hand and power tools
