Automotive Detailer

Overview

Drive Time Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership.

Drive Time embraces a transparent pricing approach and reconditioning centers across the nation. If you’ve got DRIVE and you’re looking to make an impact, we’d love for you to make a difference with us!

Drive Time is immediately hiring Automotive Detailers. The Detailer is responsible for tracking and monitoring the maintenance of Drive Time vehicles and making them look clean and neat.

In short, our Detail Associates are responsible for:

• Stock in vehicles when they arrive from auction.
• Prepare and move vehicles around the Reconditioning Center for distribution to retail.
• Detail vehicles – wash and buff, minor paint touch-up, vacuum interior and clean any other surfaces.
• Use cleaning, protective, and restorative agents to maintain and enhance the appearance of vehicles.
• Perform inspections and keep complete, accurate records of the vehicle’s condition.
• Identify and complete repairs effectively the first time to minimize re-work and delays in production.
• Work in ways that decrease the possibility of injury to yourself or other team members in the shop due to spills or other hazardous conditions.
• Work with Reconditioning Center Management to repair or reject inventory based on estimated cost of repairs and/or overall quality of the vehicle.

• Pay $17.00 an hour
• Earn and Learn. Through our Earn and Learn program, your hourly pay increases as you progress through on-the-job training and certification.
• Medical, Dental and Vision. For qualifying employees, Drive Time will pay the entire premium.
• Tuition Reimbursement. We encourage growth and development in your career and formal education.
• Work/Life Balance. This team enjoys a M-F schedule and typically finishes by 2:30pm.
• 11 days of PTO, 6 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays.
• Benefits like 401(k), company-paid life insurance, short and long-term disability.
• No customers. You do what you do best – fix cars and work as a team.
• Growth opportunities. Drive Time promotes from within; over 80% of current leadership developed internally.

• Top of the line communicator. Ability to talk and write with confidence for a wide variety of audiences including management.
• Listeners…Not Hearers. Seek to understand, not to reply.
• A mind for the details. Detail-oriented approach is essential.
• Plays well with others. You will be working in a high-functioning team environment.
• Timely. Regular and predictable attendance is required.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Valid driver’s license and insurable DMV required.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Drive Time was awarded Top Companies to Work for in AZ by  for our culture and has recognitions such as Best Places to Work in IT (PBJ) and Inc 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies. We offer a creative, transparent and fun environment.

Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of our background and drug screening process. Drive Time is a drug-free, tobacco-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This is a safety sensitive position.