Why shop jobs need their own board
Search “technician” or “mechanic” on a general job site and the results fill up with HVAC installers, pharmacy techs, aircraft mechanics and cable installers.
A shop owner who needs another B-level tech before the spring rush has a hard time being seen in that mix, and a body tech looking for steadier hours has to scroll past dozens of posts that never touch a car.
Every listing here involves keeping vehicles on the road, whether that means brake jobs and alignments, chasing a no-start code, pulling a frame back to spec, laying down a clearcoat or writing up repair orders at the service counter.
The same job title can mean very different work from one shop to the next.
A flat-rate dealer tech, an hourly fleet mechanic, a quick-lube tech on an express lane and a collision tech paid by the labor hour can all be listed as “technician,” yet the pay plan, tools and schedule have little in common.
So jobs, pay pages and guides on this site are sorted by the work actually done in the bay or at the counter, rather than by the title a shop chose to put on the ad.
Who runs this site
I am Gabriel Meierotto, the founder of AutoTechHires, and I personally sign off on every page before it is published.
Plainly put, I am not a mechanic, body tech, painter or service advisor. I have never worked a bay or owned a shop, I hold no ASE or I-CAR credential, and the site has no tie to ASE, I-CAR, any automaker, dealer group, trade association or state licensing agency.
Nothing on these pages should be taken as legal, licensing or shop-safety advice.
My part is operating the board: getting shop openings seen by people qualified to fill them, and keeping every post readable and honest.
Where a page covers ASE tests, state inspector or emissions licences, or wages, it cites the testing body, the state agency or the federal wage survey instead of leaning on my view.
Questions about your own test results, recertification or inspector licence belong with the organization or agency that issued it.
How shop openings reach this board
Independent shops, dealer service and body shop managers, tire and lube chains, collision groups, fleet operators and recruiters can post openings directly.
We also pick up auto repair and collision jobs that employers have already published on their own career sites or public job feeds.
Those listings link back to the shop's own posting, so when you apply you are dealing with the employer directly and no middleman sees your details.
Featured is the single paid upgrade that affects order: it adds a badge and places the job above Standard posts on matching role and city pages.
No other purchase lifts a listing in the rankings.
The fact-checking rules for shop career guides
Techs, apprentices and people switching into the trade lean on ASE test details, state inspection rules and pay numbers when they plan a move.
Getting one of those wrong could cost a reader a wasted test fee or a lowball offer, so every guide follows a fixed set of rules:
- Anything said about ASE or I-CAR training, state inspector licences or emissions programs links to the organization or agency responsible for it.
- Each state page shows when its rules were last checked against the source.
- Wage numbers come from BLS OEWS and cite the occupation code behind them, and where no code matches a role closely, the page says so.
- When a rule changes, such as a state ending its safety inspection program, the page summarizes the change with a citation and does not present it as legal advice.
You will only see a “reviewed by” credit when a named, qualified shop professional really did read the page.
No reviewer on this site is invented, and no writer is credited with certifications they lack.
Treat the guides as a first step when weighing a new shop, a new pay plan or a new specialty.
For details tied to your own record, like when your ASE certifications expire, confirm them with the issuing organization.
Found a mistake?
Inspection programs end, emissions rules get rewritten, wage surveys refresh every spring and good shop jobs fill quickly, so parts of this site will go stale.
Email [email protected] with the link and the line you think is off, and I will check it and fix it.
People on the shop floor and at the service counter usually spot these changes before anyone else, so tips from working techs and advisors are always appreciated.