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About the Role:
As a Panelbeater, you will undertake vehicle panel repairs, touch-up painting and collision repair work while supporting the day-to-day operations of a busy workshop. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality workmanship, maintaining safety standards and ensuring jobs are completed efficiently and economically.
 
Your responsibilities include:

• Undertaking vehicle panel repairs and touch-up painting work efficiently and economically
• Ensuring there is no unnecessary time spent on panel repairs or maintenance
• Completing job sheets accurately, including labour, parts used and work completed
• Updating and checking vehicle fault sheets following repairs
• Reporting quality control concerns relating to vehicles
• Ordering parts and materials required to complete repair tasks
• Ensuring all work is completed to a high-quality standard
• Maintaining health and safety compliance in accordance with company policy
• Attending training conferences and seminars as required
• Maintaining workshop and office areas in a clean and safe condition
• Supporting workshop operations and carrying out additional duties as required

This work is well suited to someone who enjoys hands-on repair work, vehicle restoration and maintaining high standards of workmanship within a team environment.
 
About You:
We're looking for a highly experienced Panelbeater with strong technical knowledge, fabrication and painting skills, and a commitment to delivering quality workmanship. 

• Minimum of 10 years' industry experience as a Panel Beater for bus, coach builder, truck & trailer or similar 
• Strong technical knowledge relevant to vehicle panel repair and coach building 
• Experience with MIG Welding and fabrication, vehicle painting (Painting Booth, Spray painting) and collision repairs (please provide videos)   
• Hold a Class 2 and Class 4 Driver's Licence or an equivalent overseas licence 
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to meet English language requirements of PTE Academic score of 29 or IELTS overall band score of 4.0 
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities 
• Proactive, goal-oriented and self-motivated approach to work 
• Good planning, organisation and time management skills 
• Commitment to continuous learning and skills development 
• Ability to work collaboratively within a workshop team environment 

Why apply now?

• Opportunity to work in New Zealand
• Apply your extensive panel beating and repair expertise
• Join a workshop-focused team environment

Register now to be considered when roles become available. 

Apply Now:
If you are an experienced Panelbeater with 10+ years of experience related to MIG welding and fabrication, vehicle painting and collision repair, then you send in your application now.

Recruit NZ, part of People Inc Group, specialises in recruitment for small to medium local NZ businesses and has been New Zealand's premier recruitment agency since 2008.

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