Auto Body Technician - Ottawa, Canada - Simplicity Car Care Downtown Ottawa

Description

Salary:
$28 - $30 Flat Rate


Reports To:
General Manager


Franchise Location:
Simplicity Car Care - Downtown Ottawa


Who We Are:
Simplicity Car Care is one of Canada's fastest-growing automotive franchise networks with 84 collision centres across the nation. Our vision is to make car care simple and affordable for every vehicle owner in the world. Simplicity Car Care strives to make a positive and profound impact within the automotive collision industry.

We are passionate about creating a better quality-of-life for our franchise partners, and we are equally passionate about providing a best-in-class experience for our customers.

The Role:

The Body Technician is responsible for processing vehicle repairs, based on Simplicity Car Care's best practices and ensuring customer satisfaction.

The Body Technician will work in the Body/Frame department; ensuring that vehicles are repaired as quickly as possible, in a safe and quality manner, with a fit and finish that meets or exceeds the original factory fit and finish.

The result should be an invisible repair.


Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a repair vs replace metric of 70% month over month and quarter over quarter.
• Ensure 100% of broken parts are itemized in the initial Repair Plan for every vehicle.
• Ensure the Repair Planner has disassembled a Drivable Repair Plan in 30 minutes so that the Lead technician and General Manager can review it.
• Act as a coach for all the apprentices working at that site leading by an example while working in the collision centre.
• Follow and complete the Quality Control documents provided to the team by the manager.
• Inspect all Repair Plans for estimated accuracy (drivable and nondrivable).
• Ensure that body and frame repairs are completed to the OE specifications itemized in the OE procedures.
• Prefit parts on vehicles before completing the repairs.
• Ensure all parts on the Job Worksheet are replaced, and all panels bid to repair are repaired.
• Ensure that all tools are being used safely.
• Ensure that vehicles on the frame machine are either P4'd or tied down for maximum efficiency and safety.
• Embrace a "Parts off the Car" mentality.
• To maximize shop efficiency and throughput.
• To develop and maintain a high level of quality.
• To develop and maintain a reasonable level of profit.
• Ensure that they are sharing their "knowledge bank" with the apprentices.
• Work on frame, body, and mechanical and electrical billable hours.
• Ensure that the 5s standard is maintained in Body, Frame, and Repair Planning.

Qualifications

• Driver's License.
• Red Seal/Journey man Licensed.
• Minimum five years A Tech experience.
• Minimum five years Frame "pull" Experience.

Skills and Training to be provided:

• Simplicity Repair Process
• Simplicity Repair Planning Systems
• OEM certification courses and equivalency training
• I-Car Training

Licence/Certification:

• Red Seal License

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:


Salary:
$28.00-$30.00 per hour


Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ottawa, ON K1S 3J5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)
• Red Seal/Journey Man (required)

Work Location:
In person