Job brief: Auto Body & Paint Technicians - Hiring ALL Experience Levels!

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Carvana's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
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• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Manville, NJ
• Posted: 2026-11-04

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What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Entry level. The posting asks for 1 year of experience.

Must have

• Entry-Level Prepper (min 1 year professional experience): perform light bodywork, including prepping, sanding, and buffing vehicles, removing and installing bumpers, single panel …
• Mid-Level Body Technician (min 3-5 years professional experience): perform bodywork on multiple panels, including heavy plastic welding, minor metal pulling, roof and rocker panel…
• Experienced Body Technician (min 5 years professional experience): train other autobody technicians and perform extensive bodywork on multiple panels, including plastic welding, m…
• Entry-Level Painter (min 1 year professional experience): prime vehicles and perform final sanding before the vehicle is painted, along with buffing, touch-up, paint mixing, and a…
• Mid-Level Painter (min 3 years professional experience): match/mix paint color and use water-based paint to paint the vehicle inside our paint booths
• Experienced Painter (min 5 years professional experience): painting (base coats, tri-coats, solid, metallic, and clear coats), blending adjacent panels, and paint correcting vehic…

Conditions

• Time: 4:00PM - 2:30AM (Night Shift)
• Pay Range: $18.00 - 34.00 hourly based on skills and experience, plus $1 shift differential
• Generous paid-time off and your birthday is a holiday!
• Schedule: Monday through Thursday (5:00pm to 3:30am) - Night Shift, 4-Day Work Week!

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for mechanic and technician jobs in New Jersey: $76k a year (22 listings, 7 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Carvana's 1,703 open listings, 26% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Carvana hires

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