Automotive Key Technician

Car Keys Express • Hanover, PA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Car Keys Express is hiring a mobile Automotive Key Technician in the Hanover, Pennsylvania area. The technician travels to dealerships, auto auctions, and other customers to make automotive keys and support the company's replacement-key and automotive-reconditioning business. The role includes building and maintaining business relationships with dealerships and fleet operations, developing a weekly sales route to maximize profits, and performing sales outreach and follow-up across a defined territory.

The technician also manages inventory, maintains a company vehicle, conducts audits, and keeps accurate logs of sales stops. The work is hands-on and automotive-focused, using specialized software and equipment to program keys and perform vehicle-related tasks. It involves extensive driving in a full-size company van, outdoor work in all seasons, and physical activity throughout the day. The position offers a Monday-through-Friday business-hours schedule, though the posting notes that long days are part of the job.

Car Keys Express describes itself as the world's first online retailer of automotive keys and remotes and the largest single-vendor solution for replacement keys and automotive reconditioning. It says it invented the world's first and only Universal Car Remote. Compensation comprises salary, commission, and bonus. The posting gives average compensation of $62,440 in year one, $74,571 in year two, and $81,320 after the second year.

Requirements

• Go-getter attitude; candidates should be assertive, ambitious, and self-directed.
• Sales and customer service experience; commission-based sales experience is preferred.
• Ability to work remotely without constant supervision.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 21 years of age and a valid driver's license.
• Familiarity with computers, email, and navigating the internet; ability to learn and use specialized key-programming software.
• Professional demeanor and appearance.
• A safe place to park the company van.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds, bend, stoop, squat, and stand.
• Ability to enter and exit elevated van doors 30–40 times daily.
• Ability to lift car hoods, disconnect batteries, and enter and exit other vehicles.
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and seasons.
• Comfort and confidence driving a full-size company van and spending extended time on the road.
• Willingness to perform daily outreach, prospecting, sales, and customer follow-up.
• Hands-on mechanical capability and comfort working around cars.

Nice To Haves

• Two to five years of experience in automotive work, cable installation, route sales, or a related field.
• Commission-based sales experience.

Responsibilities

• Support, grow, and maintain business relationships with dealerships and fleet operations in the assigned metro area.
• Develop and maintain a weekly sales route in the territory to maximize profits.
• Conduct daily cold and warm outreach to dealership staff, UCMs, and sales managers; prospect, pitch services, close deals, and follow up with customers.
• Make automotive keys and use specialized software for key programming.
• Manage inventory.
• Maintain the company vehicle.
• Conduct audits and keep accurate logs of sales stops.
• Perform hands-on vehicle tasks, including disconnecting batteries, lifting car hoods, removing panels, and connecting to vehicles for diagnostics.
• Drive extensively across the assigned territory in a company van.

Benefits

• Company-provided vehicle with no out-of-pocket expenses stated other than personal pants and shoes.
• Laptop and company phone.
• Gas card.
• 401(k) match.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid vacations.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid personal time off.
• Career growth and advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED