Body Shop Technician/Collision Repair Job at The H&K Group, Skippack, PA

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  • The H&K Group
  • Skippack, PA

Job Description



Austin Autobody , a division of H&K Group, Inc., located in Skippack, PA, is looking for Body Shop Technicians to join our team on all shifts. The tech will focus on collision repair of the damaged bodies and body parts of automotive vehicles such as automobiles, buses, and light and heavy trucks. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented problem solver with strong customer service and interpersonal skills.

Why work for H&K Group, Inc.?

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • 100% Company-paid Health Benefits
  • 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan
  • Tuition reimbursement programs available to qualifying employees for approved programs
  • Additional training programs including on the job, online through H&K Academy, manufacturer offered training, and more

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Performs all work according to OSHA and H&K Safety policies
  • Examines damaged vehicles and estimates cost of repairs.
  • Removes upholstery, accessories, electrical and hydraulic window and seat operating equipment, and trim to gain access to vehicle body and fenders.
  • Positions dolly block against surface of dented area and beats opposite surface to remove dents.
  • Fills depressions with body filler.
  • Removes damaged fenders, panels, and grills, and bolts or welds replacement parts in position.
  • Straightens bent automobile frames with pneumatic frame straightening machine.
  • Files, grinds, and sands repaired surfaces.
  • Refinishes repaired surface.
  • Aims headlights, aligns wheels, and bleeds hydraulic brake system.
  • Paints surfaces after performing body repairs.
  • Repairs or replaces defective mechanical parts.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications



Required Skills, Education, and Experience

  • One-year certificate from a college or technical school or three months of related experience and/or training
    • Equivalent combinations of experience and/or training may be considered
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to fit test & utilize appropriate PPE as needed
  • Ability to meet physical requirements (movement, lifting, as relevant to job)

Preferred Skills, Education, and Experience

  • General Computer skills including internet usage, knowledge of database software, manufacturing software, and order processing systems OSHA or other relevant safety certifications
  • Six months of related experience and/or training
  • Experience with collision repair, sanding, painting, and/or detailing
  • OSHA or other relevant safety training
  • Experience in heavy civil construction, road construction, or other heavy industry

Physical Demands

  • Regularly reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • Frequently required to stand, walk, climb, or balance
  • Regularly required to talk and hear
  • Occasionally required to sit
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
  • Vision abilities required include close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

  • Frequently exposed to:
    • Moving parts
    • Fumes or airborne particles
    • Toxic or caustic chemicals
    • Wet and/or humid conditions
    • Outside weather conditions, extreme cold and heat
  • High, precarious places
  • Noise level is usually loud

Austin Autobody & Graphics was initially established in 1993 as an internal H&K Group support service dedicated to maintaining H&K’s trademark “green wave” of on road tri-axle trucks and fleet vehicles. Since this time, Austin Auto Body & Graphics has grown to also support outside retail work specializing in a multitude of auto body services including direct repair, heavy equipment and truck repair, mobile sandblasting, custom/special interest repairs and finishing, as well as vinyl graphics.

The H&K Group, Inc. provides complete heavy civil contracting and construction materials solutions with safety, speed, quality, efficiency, and value. Beginning as a small family business a half century ago, we are now a dynamic group of vertically integrated companies that has been growing and prospering for over 50 years.

Thank you for your interest in employment with H&K Group, Inc. At H&K, we invest in our people, providing the essential training, instruction, and supervisory support that they need to develop and grow within our company. We acknowledge that H&K’s strength and success is directly related to our employees and the talents, dedication, and job performance they exemplify. We seek dynamic, motivated people who are driven to make a difference.

H&K does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are always looking for the best, most qualified people to join our team.

Pre-employment drug testing (EOE)

Pre-employment physical

100% Company-Paid Health Benefits !

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Job Tags

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