Body Shop Specialist

Factory Direct Marine & RV is seeking a Body Shop Specialist. The Body Shop Specialist will Manage other Body Shop staff in the following areas:

1) performing body work

2) prepping vehicles for paint

3) cleaning completed vehicles

4) Painting

5) buff and wet sand

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prepare vehicles for painting.
• Prepare the vehicle using protective materials to prevent overspray of bed liner spray and/or paint.
• Paint vehicles
• Inspect vehicles for damage and clean/prepare surface to meet preparation criteria.
• Remove masking material, clean and inspect for any defects or imperfections.
• Ensure that completed work meets quality standards.
• Perform final setup inside spray booth.
• Perform minor repairs as necessary to ensure quality standards are met.
• Maintain and properly safeguard all shop painting/spraying tools and equipment.
• Work safely.
• Comply with all safety rules, particularly those dealing with workin in confined spaces or in service pits.
• Maintain a clean, neat, and safe storage room, mixing room, and work area.
• Use shop equipment and tools safely.
• Wear required personal protective equipment: breathing apparatus, clothing, footwear, gloves, masks, safety glasses, etc.
• Dispose of paints, paint container, and any hazardous wastes properly
• Report all accidents immediately.
• Support cross-training efforts through periodically working in the body shop.
• Actively participate in department and company-wide continuous improvement efforts.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential responsibilities of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk; hear; stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The associate frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential responsibilities of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

At Factory Direct Marine & RV we take security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please be aware of individuals that might approach you by falsely presenting themselves as our employees or representatives. Under this false pretense, they might try to gain access to your personal information or to acquire money from you by offering fictitious employment opportunities on our behalf.

Factory Direct Marine & RV will never ask for financial information of any kind or for payment of money during the job application process. We do not require any financial, credit card or bank account information and/or any payment of any kind to be considered for employment. If you are being asked to pay for equipment fees or some other deposit or application processing fee, even if claimed you will be reimbursed, this is not Factory Direct Marine & RV . These claims are fraudulent, and you are strongly advised to exercise caution when you receive such an offer of employment.

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