Summary: Seeking an experienced Express Lead Technician to manage team production, set pace, coach crew, and maintain quality standards in a busy automotive service environment. Highlights: 1. Lead an Express team, focusing on process and quality control 2. Transition from heavy repair to maintenance and inspections 3. Coach and train junior technicians while working alongside them Every shop has an Express lane. Most of them run on hope. I'm looking for the experienced tech who knows how to make one run on a process. You've put in your years on the line and you know the work cold. Maybe you're ready to step back from the heavy repair work and from carrying your own production numbers. But you're not done with the shop. You still want to be the one running it. Toyota of Berkeley is hiring an Express Lead Technician. You're in charge of the Express team's production, not your own, and you're the one point of contact for the Express team. You set the pace, coach the crew and hold the standard. You still work on cars right alongside them. Your number is the team's number. WHAT YOU GET Around $30 an hour total to start: $25 an hour base plus a production bonus. We'll walk you through the full pay plan when you come in. Easier on the body: maintenance and inspections, not engines and transmissions Medical, dental and vision 401(k) retirement plan Paid vacation Tuition assistance Employee vehicle discounts Toyota factory training A busy store with steady work. The cars are here. You bring the pace. WHAT YOU'LL DO Work on vehicles in tandem with the Express team while you run the lane Dispatch every car, keep every stall full and keep wait times down Make sure every car gets a full multipoint inspection with photos or video inside our time standard Spot repair needs and get them to the advisor while the guest is still here Hold the crew to the standards we've set. You sign off on every quality check before a car leaves the stall. Train lube techs and apprentices and move them up the Toyota certification path Have a say in who we hire for Express and how they're reviewed Work with the service manager on goals and with the shop foreman on every handoff. You and the foreman cover each other's day off. WHO YOU ARE A current or former line technician, 5+ years preferred Ready to step back from heavy repair and lead the team's production You've led a crew, run a lane or been the go-to tech in the shop You like a process and you hold people to it Calm on a packed Saturday morning Valid California driver's license and a clean driving record BIG PLUSES Toyota certified at any level or ASE certified CDK and digital inspection experience You've trained apprentices before HOW TO APPLY Reply with your resume. In the first line, tell me how many years you've been on the line and the most cars you've moved through a lane in one day. Toyota of Berkeley 2400 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA Equal opportunity employer. hourly/production bonus pay, starting at 57K per year
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