Auto Body Technician, or 4th year Auto Body Apprentice Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 52942)

Description

As a Transit Auto Body Technician, you will be responsible for a wide variety of skilled bench and shop work in Bus body repair,maintenance and modification! This work includes major and light repairs; inspections; preventive maintenance, accident and road repairs; modifications and body overhauls to Transit vehicles, as required.

Transit Auto Body Technicians work in various locations, including light repair service shops and heavy overhaul shops, and will be required to work shift work. This position also includes other related duties, such as computer entry using M5 (Fleet Focus), ROB, and Google Workspace.

What will you do?

• Fill body dents with appropriate compounds, including preparing surfaces for painting by cleaning, sandblasting, grinding, sanding, applying undercoatings, primers and topcoats
• Carry out servicing and preventive maintenance inspections on various Transit vehicles in accordance with current schedules and procedures
• Check, remove, replace, rebuild, and repair: driver and passenger seat frames, access panels and doors, mirrors, glass, window frames, window lips, locks, channels, panels, frame structure and, bulkheads, flooring, mats and step mats, ramps, step risers, destination signs, handrails, doors, door tracks, door bearings and bushings, and fenders and bumpers
• Descale, sandblast undercarriage, grinding and sanding
• Repair collision damage, including: using frame equipment to straighten bent frames and dents; replace,repair all damaged panels, parts and glass; repairs structure framework, bumpers and fenders; work out body dents, grinding and sanding surfaces
• Apply primer and paint; striping and decals; remove and install glued panels on low floor buses; and repairs damaged wheelchair ramps
• Remove, repair and/or replace bent/damaged panels, frame structure and shear plates
• Fiberglass and composite panel replacement and repairs
• Perform welding tasks using various welding techniques, such as: MIG (metal inert gas), AC/DC, arc and/or oxy-acetylene)