Collision Repair Technician

About This Role

Ken Garff Ford Cheyenne is seeking a talented Collision Repair Technician to restore damaged vehicles, ensuring structural integrity, proper alignment, and refinishing. This role involves meticulous work on vehicle bodies and components.

Responsibilities

• Prepare or review motor vehicle repair estimate reports
• Straighten bent frames and unitized bodies with a frame machine
• Remove badly damaged sections of vehicles (e.g. aprons, roof and rear body panels) and weld in new sections
• Work out minor damage in body panels, fenders, skirting and sheet metal trim, and weld torn metal
• Prepare car for paint by covering bumpers, windows, and trim, apply primer, clean the surface, and apply paint
• Repair and/or replace interior components such as instrument panels, seat frame assemblies, carpets, and floorboard insulation, trim panels and moldings
• Inspect vehicles for dimensional accuracy and test drive them to ensure proper alignment and handling
• Restore the structural integrity of damaged vehicles by cutting away damaged components and welding in new or recycled replacements
• Accurately align suspension and steering components
• Ensure that passenger protection systems function properly
• Remove and install bolt-on components such as hoods, deck lids, fenders, trim, doors, glass and interior components, and verify dimensional accuracy
• Apply or restore anti-corrosion treatments
• Identify and remove layers of sub-coatings by using abrasives or chemicals
• Match complex color formulations created by automobile manufacturers
• Apply refinish products in the correct sequence, ensuring chemical compatibility, adhesion and durability

Requirements

• Must be 18 years or older and be authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to read and comprehend job-related instructions and information, whether electronic or paper-based
• Excellent manual dexterity skills
• Patience, creativity, good judgment, and an eye for detail

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 3-5 years of previous relevant experience is strongly preferred

Benefits

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