Heated but does not have air conditioning.

Between 1-2 Service Advisors and 3-4 technicians. We also have a management team that supports employees including our Shop Foreman, HR and Finance Person as well as our Owner.

Monday-Friday 8am-6pm and Saturdays from 8am-3pm. During the busy months technicians will get every other Saturday off and during the slow months we offer 3 day weekends every other weekend.

Each technician is provided a tablet of their own to use as well as access to our Shop Tool Box and specialty tools.

There is a break room with a table/chairs as well as a fridge to keep food and beverages. We also provide company snacks such as nuts, cheese, goldfish, granola bars, beef sticks, water and gatorade.

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Repair Orders average between 200-350.

Once vehicle is diagnosed our Service team members locate the part from one of our local vendors. Delivery time on parts is usually within 30 minutes.

We do not allow side work to be completed on company grounds. Employees are able to work on their own personal vehicles outside of work hours.

Small business so co-workers feel like family. State of the Art Equipment (Tire machine, Alignment Rack, Scan Tools).

We provide all technicians 45 hours of paid training time per year as well as pay for the cost of training and travel.

We are a multi location business so the opportunities are endless as we continue to grow our organization. It is our hope that lube technicians have the ability to turn into Master ASE Technicians or a Shop Foreman if that is their individual goal.

We provide a performance review after 30, 60 and 90 days and then at 6 months and 1 year and then every 6 months after that. During these reviews the manager of the facility as well as the owner works with the employee on their strengths and weaknesses. We set goals for the next 6 months and make sure to follow up on those goals in between reviews.

Upon hire all technicians will be taught proper safety procedures in the shop.

We have a shop foreman that works with all of our technicians to hit their individual goals. He will set up a career path of which courses to take, tests to pass and study guides/assistance for anything a technician is struggling with. We also offer technicians the chance to work with and learn from our senior technicians at the facility.

Our shops are very involved with the local community. We participate and sponsor numerous community events each year.

We have participated in some career days at local high schools were our current technicians go to the school, talk about their career and why it might be a good choice for some students. We offer all our employees 9 hours of volunteer pay each year that can be used for events like this.

Our organization is growing quickly with us adding a minimum of 1-2 locations per year. We are currently at 7 but in the next 5 years could be at 15.

Our owner has created a technician career path where each technician is able to increase their pay by following their career plan and continuing to gain more certifications. Each certifications provides a pay increase.

We have a standard application form that is available online at thedetroitgarage.com or individuals may fill out a paper application at any of our locations.

Each situation is different when resumes are submitted online we generally have someone reach out to the candidate and provide a phone interview to make sure we are a good fit.

Candidate comes into one of our facilities, receives a tour of the location and learns about us as an organization. Fills out some paperwork and has a chance to sit down and talk with our owner and other key staff members of the organization.

We do perform background checks and the right to perform drug screenings.

If a technician has ASE certifications there are no assessments required. If no ASEs present we provide some multiple choice assessments to get a better understanding of the candidate's knowledge. there is not a specific score that is needed in order to be offered a position.

It is our goal to notify an applicant within a few days if we will be offering them a position or if it is not a good fit at this time.

Ideally the whole process would be completed within a week.

We spend a considerable amount of time recruiting and interviewing candidates to make sure we are a good fit for them and that they will hopefully retire within our organization.