Lube Technician

Dealership:L0436 Michael's Toyota of Bellevue

Michael's Toyota of BellevueEntry Level Technician

Pay to be offered at $19 flat rate.

Schedule is on a rotation and will include some Saturdays.

This position is located onsite in Bellevue WA and reports to the Service Manager.

We're looking for Entry Level Automotive Technicians to join our busy service team! This is an opportunity to learn and contribute to this dealership's overall success while gaining new industry skills! Apply with us and grow within an industry you already know you LOVE!

If you have automobile experience and basic mechanic skills, this is the next step in your career path to be a technician! We recognize that your knowledge, skill and presence as a team member is central – it is the backbone of everything we do! Join the Lithia family and take your career to the next level with the largest retail automotive teams in the nation!

We have developed a talented team of professional technicians and support staff throughout the dealership. To maintain our great environment and work culture for all employees, we require technicians to positively contribute to the dealership's success while showing your willingness to grow.

Start your automotive career journey with one of the LARGEST and most SUCCESSFUL publicly traded retail automotive groups in the nation!

Who we are looking for:

• Basic mechanical understanding of an automobile.

• We prefer experience as an express/quick lube technician, but do not require it.

• Operate several cars, light trucks, and vans, with the ability to drive both manual and automatic transmissions.

• A team player who is focused on providing outstanding customer service.

• Acceptable driving record and a valid driver's license in your state of residence.

Responsibilities

• Perform work as outlined on repair order with efficiency and accuracy, observing Lithia and manufacturer standards

• Diagnose cause of malfunction

• Complete all work according to the applicable safety requirements

• Road-test vehicles to ensure quality of repair work

• Record time spent repairs using company time clocking procedures

• Document work performed on repair order and document test procedures/results

• The technician provides and maintains an inventory of normal mechanics tools. These tools include screwdrivers, wrenches, socket wrenches, pliers, hammers, chisels, and punches, and other tools needed to perform the work for which the technician is trained. The service department does not normally inventory these tools as "special tools.""

• Return special tools to proper place

• Maintain an organized and clean workspace, completing a stall cleaning every day.

• Ensure that you return customer's vehicles to them as clean as they were before servicing them.

• Complete all required training

• Acquire and maintain manufacturer and ASE certifications by completing the necessary and required training

• Participate in and use technical training as assigned by management

• Review the technical bulletins and other publications as assigned by management

• Constructively communicate with other dealership personnel to satisfy customer needs.

• Report to management any situation or condition that jeopardizes the safety, welfare, or integrity of the dealership, its personnel, or customers.

• Maintain personal grooming, hygiene, and uniform standards according to departmental policies. Tuck clean gray work shirts in and crease gray work trousers. Belts work on trousers to be of no buckle design to avoid scratching paint on customer's vehicles.

• Arrive at work, take breaks, and depart work at the times designated by management.

Actual pay offered will be based on qualifications, and physical location. Final compensation will be established through the interview process observing applicable pay equity and transparency laws. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:

• Competitive pay

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

• Paid Holidays & PTO

• Short and Long-Term Disability

• Paid Life Insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Lithia Learning Center

• Vehicle Purchase Discounts

• Wellness Programs

Flat rate pay range for this role is $19-$21 per flagged hour. This is a flat rate position that is also eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives as part of total compensation. Information about LITHIA's comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug-free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.