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About CSN Collision

CSN Collision is a leading auto body repair shop with multiple locations across Canada. We pride ourselves on providing top-quality collision repair services and exceptional customer service. Our teams of skilled technicians are dedicated to restoring vehicles to their pre-accident condition and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Position Summary:

CSN (SHOP NAME) is currently hiring a skilled and meticulous Autobody Refinish technician to become a valued member of our team. The primary duties of the Auto Body Refinish technician involves preparing vehicles for the painting process, which includes tasks such as sanding, priming, and masking. Refinishing vehicle with 2 to 4 stages as required to match any factory finish or better. CSN (SHOP NAME) is known for its high standards and requires a refinish technician that has high quality with efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sand the vehicle surfaces using sandpaper, grinders, or other tools to create a smooth surface for painting, according to paint manufacturer SOP.
• Apply masking tape and paper to protect areas of the vehicle that will not be painted, and from overspray.
• Prepare surfaces for painting by cleaning, sanding, and applying primer
• Ensure proper adhesion of paint by removing dirt, debris, and imperfections from the surfaces
• Mixing paint and primers according to manufacturer specifications
• Colour match, spray out cards, tint as required
• Maximize material usage, to minimize waste.
• Mixing paint and primers according to manufacturer specifications
• Assist with operating and maintaining painting equipment and tools
• Collaborate with the painting team to ensure efficient workflow and high-quality work
• Efficiency with workload, ensuring vehicles are completed in queue set by paint team.
• Moving vehicles in and out of the department, care taken with customer vehicles.
• Ensure all pieces are with the job for refinishing, by reviewing work order for accuracy, verify parts for accuracy prior to prepping.
• Keep areas clean and free of clutter, minimize usage of products to what is required for the repair.
• Dispose of materials properly
• Commit to a safe working environment, primer sprayed in designated areas, wearing issued PPE.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or manager

Requirements

• Previous experience as an Auto Body prepper/painter or in a similar role
• Knowledge of different types of sanding and masking techniques
• Familiarity with automotive paints, primers, and painting equipment
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow instructions
• Strong problem-solving and time management skills
• Physical stamina to perform repetitive tasks and work in a fast-paced environment
• Valid driver's license
• High school diploma or equivalent

Personal Attributes:

• Organizational skills/Time Management: Strong planning and organizational skills, with an ability to meet multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Communication style: Tactful, clear, and empathetic communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English & (French, remove if not required), with the ability to communicate and interact effectively with co-workers.
• Collaborator: Able to manage relationships in a collaborative manner, with a wide range of stakeholder groups and personality types, applying diplomacy to reach win-win resolutions
• Conflict Management: Frames discussions positively, takes action to resolve conflict, while minimizing tension
• Problem solving: Has a critical thinking approach to problem solve and is a forward thinker.
• Flexible Thinking: Considers problems from all new perspectives and can expand on the thinking or solutions proposed by others. Adapts to new ideas and initiatives relevant to own area of work.
• Independent: Works well in a fast-paced environment, self-motivated, and works independently without close supervision
• Customer centric: Follows-up with customers during and after the delivery of services to ensure that their needs have been met. Keeps clients up-to-date on the progress of the services they are receiving and changes that affect them. Ensures service is provided to customers during critical periods. Prioritizes customers’ issues and address them accordingly.
• Negotiation skills: Identifies main negotiating points of a given issue and engages in negotiation. Listens to differing points of view and promotes mutual understanding.
• Detail-oriented and accurate in all work and communication.
• Empathetic personality and confidence to the customer, to take control of the claim.
• Set reasonable expectations for the customer, and educate them on the repair process
• Ability to prioritize and be effective with changing priorities.
• Be professionally dressed and be a great CSN ambassador.
• Build relationships with, customers, vendors, and insurers

On-the-Job Exposure to the following elements:

• Fumes
• Dirt
• Chemicals/Toxins
• Hazards
• Heat/Cold
• Noise

Benefits

What we offer: (Add the benefits, compensation packages and other perks, custom to individual shops offer)

• Supplemental Pay: Bonus, Overtime Pay
• Benefits: Education reimbursement on related courses, safety tools and footwear can be provided, health, dental, Long term Disability and life insurance.

Schedule: (Add working hours/schedule Specific to each Shop)

• For example, 8-hour shift, Monday to Friday

Career Path: As CSN continues to grow, other career opportunities may become available.

Disclaimer: This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and will evolve as CSN continues to grow

CSN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued and supported. We are dedicated to growing our corporate team in a way that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities.

Disclaimer: CSN Collision “CSN” does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CSN to provide resumes to this posting or website will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CSN will not pay any referral, placement, or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.