Car Wash - Detailer

Waterway Gas & Wash Company • Denver, CO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Waterway Carwash is hiring Auto Detailers for its new Aurora location. The Auto Detailer works on a team to clean vehicle interiors and finish vehicle exteriors efficiently, provide outstanding customer service, and ensure customers are satisfied with their visit and car wash. The role also involves driving and cleaning vehicles and assisting customers at various interaction points, including the car wash entrance and finishing stations on the exit lot.

The work is performed outdoors year-round and involves exposure to varying temperatures and weather, wet surfaces, gasoline and exhaust fumes, machinery, moving parts, and brief car-wash-tunnel noise. The role requires sustained standing and movement, bending, reaching, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and working at a fast pace. Schedules may be irregular and include weekends, extended hours, overtime, and holidays. The Aurora location is scheduled to open by the end of November; team members starting before then may train at another location.

Requirements

• Current and valid driver's license.
• Professional demeanor, behavior, and appearance in accordance with company policy.
• Ability to perform all essential functions safely without endangering oneself or others.
• Ability to speak and understand English fluently for business-related communication with team members, managers, and customers.
• Maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance and work the assigned schedule, which may be irregular and include weekends, extended hours, overtime, and holidays.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, drive vehicles, reach above and below shoulder level, and sustain prolonged standing, movement, and physical effort.
• Ability to work outdoors year-round in varying temperatures and weather, on wet surfaces, and around gasoline and exhaust fumes, machinery, moving parts, and brief car wash tunnel noise.
• Ability to work at a fast pace and under pressure while maintaining a calm and professional disposition.
• Required visual abilities include far and near visual acuity, peripheral vision, and depth perception; ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech from alarms, horns, vehicles, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Complete all steps needed to thoroughly clean customer vehicles to the standard for the selected wash package.
• Greet customers enthusiastically, assist them into and out of vehicles, provide clear directions, and notify management when vehicle cleaning is complete.
• Drive vehicles onto and off the conveyor, program the wash type, and send vehicles through the wash.
• Stop the conveyor if obstructions are in the way of moving vehicles in the tunnel, monitor traffic flow, and remain aware of surroundings.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized environment, including picking up trash, sweeping and hosing customer-visible areas, pulling weeds, shoveling snow, and salting customer areas.
• Wash and dry towels and carry buckets of towels to work stations.
• Fill and stock cleaning supplies.
• Dig the car wash trench and sweep and hose back rooms and storage rooms as needed.
• Clean wash equipment, windows, doors, and walls; empty trash cans and vacuum canisters.
• Follow Waterway policies, procedures, guidance, and instructions, especially those related to safety.
• Perform other functions as identified and directed by management.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling, with daytime, evening, and weekend shifts available.
• Tuition Assistance Program offering up to $10,000 a year.
• Free car washes.
• Gas discounts.
• Advancement, promotion, and cross-training opportunities.
• Competitive rates and daily cash tips; average earnings are $23 per hour, with top earners making over $28 per hour.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed