Automotive Quality Control Associate

Join a Top-Rated Workplace!

Do you have a sharp eye for detail and a passion for ensuring vehicles meet the highest standards before reaching customers?

CarShop is seeking an experienced Automotive Quality Control Associate to play a critical role in our reconditioning process. In this position, you'll help ensure every vehicle meets CarShop's quality standards and is ready for retail sale, directly impacting the customer experience and our reputation for excellence.

At CarShop, we're committed to delivering an exceptional customer experience, and that starts with our people. As part of Penske Automotive Group, a Fortune 500 company, we offer a supportive culture where employees are valued, respected, and given opportunities to grow and succeed.

CarShop has been recognized as a Glassdoor Best Places to Work and has earned Top Workplace honors from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for multiple years, reflecting our commitment to creating an exceptional employee experience.

Compensation & Benefits

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Employee discounts
• Paid training and development
• Career advancement opportunities within CarShop and Penske Automotive Group
• Stable employment with a Fortune 500 company
• Supportive team-oriented culture

What You'll Do

As an Automotive Quality Control Associate, you'll be responsible for ensuring that every vehicle meets CarShop's quality standards before being offered for retail sale.

Responsibilities include:

• Inspect completed vehicles to ensure they meet CarShop's quality standards and retail readiness requirements
• Identify cosmetic, detailing, or quality deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions with the Detail Department
• Communicate quality concerns and recommendations to service and sales teams
• Verify vehicles meet standards outlined in the CarShop Quality Control Manual
• Assist the Photography Team with capturing vehicle images as needed
• Support the Detail Department during periods of increased business demand
• Maintain accurate quality standards while working efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Help ensure a consistent and exceptional customer experience

What We're Looking For

• Previous automotive detailing, reconditioning, or quality control experience required
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality workmanship
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to effectively communicate issues and recommendations across departments
• Team-oriented mindset with a willingness to support others
• Proven ability to meet commitments and achieve performance goals
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Positive attitude and commitment to continuous improvement
• Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, and a strong work ethic
• Valid driver's license with a satisfactory driving record
• Ability to pass pre-employment screening, including background and drug testing

Ready to Join Our Team?

If you take pride in quality work and want to play an important role in delivering exceptional vehicles to our customers, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the CarShop team.

Additional Information

The essential functions of this position require working with hazardous or flammable materials and completing tasks where a lapse in attention could result in injury, including operating, repairing, maintaining, or monitoring heavy equipment, machinery, or motor vehicles.

Job Type: Full-time

CarShop is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

#CSEL Competencies

• Strong organization skills and ability to multi-task
• Proficient with Microsoft applications
• Time Management skills and ability to prioritize
• Excellent communication skills and works well in a team environment
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to understand and follow work rules and procedures
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Ability to interact well with others
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Works well in a team environment
• Able to work with a diverse group of people and be a positive influence on departmental morale

Supervisory Responsibility No Work Environment/ Physical Demands The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Light Work- lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time and/or frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds This position requires sitting for prolonged periods of time and may involve standing and walking on occasion This position requires the ability to push, pull, stoop, kneel, reach, grasp This position involves repetitive motion--primarily typing This position requires the ability to talk and hear Position Type/Expected Hours of Work Standard Business Hours with ability to work nights, weekends and holidays as required. Required Education and Experience High school diploma or equivalent. Three to five years' quality control or auditing experience. Preferred Education and Experience Technical or training experience desired. Additional Eligibility Qualifications (Certification/Licenses/Registrations) N/A