About This Role
This is a working supervisory position at Hagbes, one of Ethiopia's most established automotive and industrial equipment companies. The person in this seat is expected to spend part of the day diagnosing and repairing vehicle bodies personally, and the rest directing a team of body men through complex collision and structural repairs. It suits a hands-on technician who has already led crews and is comfortable being judged on both the quality of their own work and the output of the people under them.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The profile being sought is narrower than the title suggests. Employers asking for this level of experience are not looking for someone who can simply hammer out dents — they want a technician who can read damage at a structural level, take precise measurements, and restore a vehicle to factory geometry rather than to "close enough." The welding and sketch/diagram expectations signal that the workshop deals with heavier and more varied jobs than a typical panel shop, likely commercial vehicles, machinery, or fleet units alongside passenger cars. The emphasis on correcting subordinates' work also implies the team includes less experienced body men who need technical direction, not just task assignment.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with concrete examples of complex jobs you have completed independently — structural straightening, chassis measurement, mixed-material welding — and be specific about the vehicles or equipment involved. Because the role combines doing and supervising, prepare to speak about how you check and correct other people's work without slowing the job down. Safety enforcement appears repeatedly in the description, so treat it as a real job function rather than a formality; a short example of how you have kept a workshop compliant will stand out.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to a senior body technician with roughly five to eight years in collision repair who has already carried supervisory responsibility, ideally in a fleet, industrial, or multi-brand workshop. Given how few technicians combine advanced structural repair skills with crew leadership in the Addis market, competition for qualified candidates is likely to be limited — but the standard for demonstrated hands-on ability will be high.
- Coordinate, lead, control, check and correct auto body man and his subordinates;
- Precisely and thoroughly examines vehicles damages, conduct every dimensions measurements. Straighten, repair & return it to the manufacturers original specifications
- Do and perform hands on vehicles body repair jobs and all auto body man job duties and performances;
- Check, evaluate and correct every auto body men work activities as per the job requirements Perform welding jobs precisely with all types of welding technics
- Perform all sophisticated and complex the body repair & related jobs independently
- Show the work by drawings or sketches as required and read and interpret schematic diagrams, pictures, drawings and work plans
- Make sure work hazards & safety procedures & precautions are strictly followed
- Prepare and Submit job performance report
- Perform and do any other jobs assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.
- Advanced Diploma in General Mechanics or General Metal Fabrication or related fields.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in automotive body repair and panel beating.
- Proven experience repairing damaged vehicle bodies, panels, and structural components.
- Experience with welding, body alignment, dent removal, and panel replacement is required.
- Practical skills in welding, cutting, fabrication, panel alignment, and dent removal.
- Ability to use body repair tools, measuring equipment, and workshop machinery.
How To Apply
Qualified and Interested applicants can send their Work Experience and Educational Certificate via Ethiojobs or submit in person at Hagbes PLC , Head Office, Bole road in front of Millennium Hall, Sevita Building Ground Floor until October 31, 2026
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