Work With Us!

For those who love the sense of accomplishment that comes with problem solving and satisfaction that comes from doing a job well, Art’s Automotive is a great place to be.

What’s so great about Art’s?

Proper equipment

You’ll have the tools you need to be successful. I’m sure most people reading this have had the experience of trying to do a job without the necessary tooling or information. While that’s a great way to build skills and demonstrate your creative abilities, it’s not so great to work that way day after day.

That’s why we subscribe to factory service information, own factory scan tools, and buy the necessary tools to do jobs properly. In addition to OE information and tooling, we also subscribe to Alldata, Motologic, and Identifix, and own aftermarket scan tools like Autel, XTool, and Escan.

Fair pay

Every technician at Art’s works hourly. We realize that for some flat-rate mechanics who like to hustle, hourly pay can sometimes seem like a negative. But we pay fairly, so you’ll be paid at a rate equal to your production. And production isn’t all we value. We also value diagnostic skill, quality work, and contributing the overall success of our shop.

We provide all the regular benefits like medical and dental, a retirement plan with matching, all shop supplies (PPE, batteries, consumables, etc), uniforms, and free lunch on Friday.

Cooperative environment

If you’ve ever worked at a flat-rate shop where the service writer’s pet gets all the “good work” and you’re left to fight for the scraps, you know how frustrating that can be. We distribute work based on skill and preference. If you like a certain type of work, we’ll try accommodate. Would you like to learn more about something you’re not great at yet? No problem. We’ll try to make sure you get work to expand your skill. And if you get stuck? We’ll assist.

Since everybody is hourly, we work together. Need help lifting? No problem, we all help each other. Need some input on a diagnostic challenge? We’re happy to help.

Reasonable management

We’re not perfect, but we do our best. In our view ruling with an iron fist does nothing but intimidate or annoy employees. We do our best to treat others like we’d like to be treated. Obviously, issues sometimes need to be addressed, but we always try to do so respectfully and in a way that will be constructive.

What are we looking for?

The person

We’re mostly looking for “the person”. What does that mean? Well, experience and skill are important, but it’s possible for an experienced and very skilled mechanic to have undesirable traits. For instance, he might have no empathy for the customer as in simply not caring about doing quality work, or no work ethic and only willing to do the absolute minimum, or a toxic attitude that makes everyone around him miserable, or no desire for growth or improvement.

On the other hand we’ve had (and have) employees that didn’t start as mechanics, but they love working on cars so much they quickly became much better at diagnosing and repairing cars than many with formal training. A passion for the work goes a long way. It almost guarantees continual growth and improvement.

Honesty

Here we mean honesty about what happens at work. Things that affect the shop. Did you forget to install something? We want to know. Did you put a ding in a car? We want to know.

Stuff like this happens. We’re not going to freak out. We’re not going to yell. But we need to know because directly affects our shop’s reputation.

Continued growth

There’s this thing that happens with some technicians. They improve and improve until one day they’re at the top of their game. Let’s imagine a technician:

He has all the ASEs. He can fix any problem that comes their way. And when someone in the shop is having trouble, he’s the guy to ask. This continues for years and years until one day things start to change.

The thing about technology is that it doesn’t stay the same. One day a newer car comes to the shop and it has new systems, and our protagonist doesn’t know how they work and that’s kind of threatening. He’s the guy who knows everything. The man. But, instead of admitting that he doesn’t know and working to learn about the new system, he avoids it; he doesn’t want to lose face. Instead he says it’s a stupid system.

I’m sure you know how this ends. Our once mighty mechanic is now relegated to working on old cars – the ones he knows. But people with old cars aren’t willing to spend much money on them so his pay stagnates while inflation continues. Eventually he retires, but far less comfortably than he could have.

Whether you’re staring as a lube tech or a master tech, we want constant learning and improvement. It’s good for us and it’s good for you. Does that mean classes? Not necessarily. There’s great content on YouTube. There’s a ton of training information on Toyota’s and Subaru’s techinfo sites. If you like reading service manuals that’s fine too.