Shop Foreman

Sound FX, Inc.; Delaware; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sound FX Automotive is seeking an experienced Automotive Shop Foreman to lead technicians and manage workflow in a high-volume shop. This hands-on leadership role requires deep vehicle knowledge and the ability to keep projects moving while ensuring workmanship meets Sound FX standards.

You’ll mentor a team, assign daily tasks, and troubleshoot complex issues, maintaining safety and quality throughout every project.

Qualifications

• Significant professional automotive technician or mechanic experience.
• Strong knowledge of automotive electrical and mechanical systems.
• Previous leadership, foreman, shop management, or lead-technician experience.
• The ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex automotive issues.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• The ability to assign work effectively based on technician strengths and experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and mentor our team of automotive technicians.
• Assign daily projects based on technician skills and workload.
• Manage workflow and keep projects on track.
• Monitor productivity, efficiency, and quality.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance when challenges arise.
• Diagnose complex vehicle and installation issues.
• Perform quality-control inspections before delivery to customers.
• Train technicians and develop their skills.
• Identify opportunities to improve shop processes and efficiency.
• Coordinate with sales and management on project status and scheduling.
• Communicate delays and needs before they become problems.
• Maintain a clean, organized, safe working environment.

Skills

Automotive technician experience

Leadership experience

Diagnostics

Quality control

Time management

Team mentoring

Electrical systems knowledge

Problem solving under pressure

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Automotive vocational/technical training

Tools

12-volt electronics

Fabrication

Diagnostics

Vehicle customization

Job description

Full-Time | Sound FX Automotive
Be Part of the #1 Automotive Customization Shop on Delmarva

Lead the Shop. Set the Standard.

Sound FX Automotive is looking for an experienced Automotive Shop Foreman who knows how to lead technicians, manage workflow, solve problems, and keep a busy automotive shop operating at a high level. This is a hands-on leadership position. We’re looking for someone who understands vehicles, knows how a professional shop should run, and can bring out the best in the people around them. You’ll be responsible for keeping projects moving, supporting our technicians, maintaining quality standards, and making sure the vehicles leaving our facility represent the level of work customers expect from Sound FX. If you’ve spent years developing your automotive knowledge and you’re ready to use that experience to lead a team and take ownership of a shop , we want to talk.

What You’ll Do

As the Automotive Shop Foreman, you’ll oversee the day-to-day operation and workflow of our installation shop. You’ll be the person technicians turn to when they need direction, the person management relies on to keep production moving, and one of the final sets of eyes making sure our work is done right. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, supporting, and mentoring our team of automotive technicians
• Assigning daily projects based on technician skill level, workload, and project requirements
• Managing workflow and keeping scheduled projects on track
• Monitoring technician productivity, efficiency, and quality
• Providing hands-on technical guidance when challenges arise
• Helping diagnose complex vehicle and installation issues
• Performing quality-control inspections before vehicles are delivered
• Ensuring projects meet Sound FX standards for craftsmanship and vehicle care
• Training technicians and helping develop their skills
• Identifying opportunities to improve shop processes and efficiency
• Coordinating with sales and management on project status and scheduling
• Communicating delays, technical challenges, and additional needs before they become problems
• Maintaining a clean, organized, professional, and safe working environment
• Ensuring tools, equipment, materials, and supplies are properly maintained
• Helping resolve customer concerns when technical expertise is needed

Your job isn’t simply to make sure the work gets finished.Your job is to make sure it gets finished right.

This Isn’t Your Average Repair Shop

Sound FX doesn’t spend its days doing oil changes and brake jobs.

We transform vehicles.

Our team works with automotive electronics, premium audio systems, lighting, accessories, vehicle protection, custom fabrication, and other technologies that require technicians to think beyond traditional automotive repair.

That means our Shop Foreman needs to be comfortable troubleshooting, adapting, and finding solutions when there’s no service manual telling you exactly what to do next.

Every vehicle is different.
Every project presents a new challenge.

And that’s exactly why the right person will love this job.

The Foreman Sets the Tone

Technical ability matters—but this position is about more than knowing your way around a vehicle. We’re looking for a leader. Someone who can hold people accountable without tearing them down. Someone who can recognize when a technician needs help—and when they need to be challenged. Someone who doesn’t walk past a problem because “that’s not my job.” Someone who understands that quality, productivity, organization, and team culture all start with leadership. At Sound FX, we believe When One Wins, Everyone Wins. As Shop Foreman, you’ll play a major role in making that happen.

What We’re Looking For

The right candidate should bring:

• Significant professional automotive technician or mechanic experience
• Strong knowledge of automotive electrical and mechanical systems
• Previous leadership, foreman, shop management, or lead-technician experience
• The ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex automotive issues
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills
• The ability to assign work effectively based on technician strengths and experience
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• The ability to manage multiple vehicles and deadlines simultaneously
• A strong understanding of shop productivity and efficiency
• High standards for workmanship and quality control
• Confidence working with technicians, sales staff, management, and customers
• The ability to make decisions and solve problems under pressure
• A professional, team-first attitude
• A commitment to maintaining a safe, clean, and organized shop
• A high school diploma or equivalent

Automotive vocational or technical training is preferred.

Experience with 12-volt electronics, automotive accessories, aftermarket installations, fabrication, diagnostics, or vehicle customization is a major advantage.

Quality Isn’t Negotiable

Our customers trust us with vehicles they’ve worked hard to own.

Sometimes they’re handing us the keys to a brand-new daily driver. Other times it’s a vehicle they’ve spent years building.

Either way, we treat it like it’s our own.

As Shop Foreman, you’ll help make sure that mentality carries through the entire shop.

That means checking the details.
Protecting the vehicle.
Catching problems before the customer does.
Making sure installations aren’t just functional—they’re professional.

And never accepting “good enough” when you know the team is capable of better.

Why Sound FX?

Sound FX has been customizing vehicles since 1992, building a reputation across Delmarva for craftsmanship, innovation, and customer service. Our team gets to work with some of the newest automotive technology, challenging installations, unique vehicles, and projects you simply won’t see in an ordinary automotive shop. But equipment, facilities, and cool vehicles only get you so far. Great shops are built by great people. We’re looking for a Shop Foreman who wants to help us develop those people, improve the operation, and continue raising the standard.

Ready to Run the Shop?

You’ve spent years learning how vehicles work. You’ve solved problems other technicians couldn’t. You’ve learned what separates a rushed job from a professional one. Now it’s time to put that experience to work on a bigger level. Lead the technicians. Own the workflow. Protect the quality. Raise the standard. If you’re ready to take responsibility for the shop and help build one of the strongest automotive customization teams on Delmarva, we want to hear from you.

Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
Experience: Professional automotive technician/mechanic experience required; leadership experience strongly preferred