Miguel Perea
Aurora,IL
Summary
Skilled professional with many years of automobile repair experience, including many years specializing in auto bodywork. Personable and customer-focused with specialty in pre-paint component repair. Focused body expert with unique dedication to holistic automobile work to meet wide range of customer concerns. Hard team worker with great time management, as well as skills in disarming and assembling doors, fenders, and tailgates, trunks.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Body Work
United auto body shop
Aurora, IL
04.2020 - 07.2025
- Performed minor bodywork repairs on damaged panels or fenders.
- Performed light bodywork including grinding down high spots and filling low spots with plastic filler or bondo.
- Repaired minor damages such as chips in paintwork or scratches on bodywork.
- Fixed minor bodywork issues such as scratches or dents that had occurred during transit.
- Removed dents from metal bodywork using specialized tools such as rods, hammers, picks, and glue pullers.
- Aligned doors, bonnets and boot lids properly with the rest of the vehicle's bodywork.
- Repaired minor dents and scratches in the aircraft's bodywork using putty fillers.
Paint Prepper
Arts Body Shop
Aurora, IL
07.2013 - 03.2020
- Applied primers, sealers, undercoats, and top coats with spray guns or rollers.
- Performed minor repairs to damaged areas such as filling holes or cracks with putty before applying primer or basecoat paints.
- Identified potential problems such as rust or corrosion on metal surfaces prior to painting.
- Cleaned and prepared surfaces for painting by sanding, scraping, and washing.
- Removed old paint from surfaces using scrapers, wire brushes, chemical strippers, and heat guns.
- Tested newly mixed colors against existing samples in order to match hues accurately.
Cook's Assistant
Compass Group Inc.
Aurora , IL
05.2000 - 07.2013
- Helped management stay on top of supply needs by sharing information about low or spoiled inventory.
- Maintained high standards of customer service during high-volume work shifts and fast-paced operations.
- Cleaned and sanitized kitchen equipment, utensils and work stations.
- Observed food safety and sanitation protocols to reduce germ spread.
Skills
- Bodywork repair
- Surface preparation
- Damage assessment
- Equipment use
- Vehicle inspection
- Dent removal
- Panel alignment
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Multitasking
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Timeline
Body Work
United auto body shop
04.2020 - 07.2025
Paint Prepper
Arts Body Shop
07.2013 - 03.2020
Cook's Assistant
Compass Group Inc.
05.2000 - 07.2013
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