Lead Automotive Technician: Learn to Run a Top Shop

Galloping Gertie’s Garage; Gig Harbor (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare for you and family

Paid holidays

Full week off between Christmas and NY

Job summary

Galloping Gertie's Garage in Gig Harbor seeks a Lead Automotive Technician to help run a top shop. You’ll mentor junior techs, keep the team productive, and ensure every repair is documented and inspected to our high standards.

We offer an 8–5, Monday–Friday schedule, a clean, well-equipped facility with top tooling, and a strong bonus plan that can bring total compensation near $150k per year. Healthcare for you and your family is 100% paid, and we provide holidays plus a full week off between

Qualifications

• Lead automotive technician experience.
• ASE certification preferred.
• Strong mentoring and coaching abilities.
• Proficient in diagnostics and repairs.

Responsibilities

• Dispatch work and support the team to stay productive.
• Maintain quality control of repairs and workmanship.
• Mentor and develop junior technicians.
• Perform inspections and document work in the shop system.
• Fix vehicles and ensure repairs are done right.

Skills

Team leadership

Quality control

Mentoring

Diagnostics

Documentation

Education

ASE certs

Job description

Lead Automotive Technician: Learn to Run a Top Shop.

Anyone can offer you a job. How many will build your future?:

Most great technicians dream of running their own shop someday: writing their own ticket, building something of their own. Most never get there, and money usually isn't why. Running a shop is a skill, and almost nobody teaches it.

We do. Galloping Gertie's Garage is an ATI National Top Shop and Gig Harbor's European specialist (Land Rover/Volvo/BMW/Mercedes/Audi and more). We outperform most shops in the country on the numbers that matter, and we didn't get there by squeezing technicians. We got there with systems: our own shop management platform, a 10-page Integrity Inspection on every car, and a 5-year warranty we can offer because we fix it right.

The role:

A lead at Gertie's is measured by the shop, not just by his/her own hours:

• Keep the team productive: dispatch, unstick, and support the other techs.
• Quality control: the work leaving our bays is your reputation too.
• Mentor and develop junior techs.
• Inspections and documentation in our shop management system.
• Fix cars, and fix them right.

The offer:

Be a leader in my business and I'll teach you how a top shop actually runs: the numbers, the people, the systems. Whether you want to own a shop someday or run one, you'll be learning from inside a proven winner. It could take years and it will be hard work, but it's a real path to YOUR dream.

The good life:

• 8-5, Monday-Friday. Evenings and weekends are for family. We close for lunch and don't work holidays.
• Quality over volume: nobody here pushes production over fixing it right.
• A clean, spacious facility with top equipment: in-ground Challenger lifts, Mahle A/C machines, Hunter Road Force, Beissbarth touchless aligner, factory diagnostics, and a full stock of specialty tools. We're never afraid to buy tools.
• No drama, no politics.

Pay and benefits:

• Strong base and a great bonus plan can put you near $150k per year (without having to do 50hrs/week or some other sweat-shop plan).
• 100% (fully) paid healthcare for you and your family (for mental math this is likely a $30k/year benefit for a family).
• Paid holidays AND we pay for a whole week off between Christmas and New Year's.

Who we’re looking for:

Seniority isn't the point; character and drive are. You're a strong tech who's still getting better, you want more than a stall, and people naturally follow you. European experience and ASE certs are a plus. Our systems will teach you the rest.