What are the responsibilities and job description for the Automotive Paint Prep Technician position at COLLISION CRAFT POLSON?
Overview
As an Automotive Paint Prep Technician, you’ll prepare vehicle surfaces for refinishing and help deliver clean, consistent results. You’ll inspect vehicles, complete surface preparation, and support painting and detailing work while following safe practices for tools, materials, and respiratory protection. Your impact: Careful preparation helps paint technicians achieve a smooth finish and gives customers vehicles ready for the road.
Responsibilities
- Inspect vehicle surfaces and perform sanding, masking, and other automotive surface preparation before painting.
- Use hand tools, power tools, and grinders to support auto body repair, restoration, and vehicle maintenance.
- Prepare and apply paints and coatings using spray guns; support conventional and airless paint spraying as assigned.
- Assist with automotive buffing, detailing, auto glass work, and automotive body refinishing.
- Follow respiratory protection and shop safety procedures; handle heavy lifting as needed and communicate professionally with customers and teammates.
Qualifications
- Experience in automotive paint preparation, auto painting, auto body repair, or auto restoration is preferred; dealership experience is a plus.
- Familiarity with sanding, surface preparation masking, painting and coating spray guns, paints, buffing, and automotive buffing is helpful.
- Mechanical knowledge, vehicle maintenance, or mechanic experience is valued. Welding experience is a plus.
- Comfortable using hand tools, power tools, and grinders, and able to perform the physical tasks of the role, including heavy lifting.
- Customer service skills are useful; experience with auto estimating is a plus.
Pay: $24.47 - $31.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Salary : $24 - $31