Location: Various Locations: Lower Sackville, NS, & Halifax, NS
NOC: 72411
Employer: MacKay's Auto & Custom Limited
Reference: 3080725
Language Required: English
Published: September 18, 2024
Updated Date: 2025-03-21
Expiring: 2025-04-20
Wage: 24.58 hourly
Vacancy: 4

Auto Body Technician

Locations

  • 8 Downsview Drive, Lower Sackville, NS, B4E 0J8
  • Halifax, NS, B3S 0B7

Languages

English

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

Experience

5 years or more

On site

 Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

  • Dusty
  • Noisy
  • Odours

Work setting

  • Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Estimate repair cost based on damage examination report
  • Inspect repaired vehicles
  • Plan repair work to be performed
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Clean and maintain work space
  • Replace front end components, body components, doors and frame and underbody components
  • File, grind and sand body surfaces to be repaired
  • Hammer out dents, buckles and defects using blocks and hammers
  • Remove damaged fenders, panels and grills and bolt or weld replacement parts into place
  • Repair or replace interior components
  • Repair or replace damaged windows, windshields and sunroofs
  • Straighten bent frames using frame and underbody pulling and anchoring equipment

Experience and specialization

Area of work experience

  • Body components
  • Doors and frame
  • Frame straightening
  • Front end components
  • Interior components
  • Metal cutting
  • Underbody components

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver’s licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Standing for extended periods

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Judgement
  • Reliability
  • Team player

 

We welcome all potential candidates to create a profile and apply for a position that aligns with their educational and professional background.

Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee an assessment, and only candidates who meet all eligibility criteria will be contacted.

We do not accept resumes via email nor any other messenger service medium.

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