Manager in Training

Apply for the Manager in Training role at Mike's Carwash

Starting Pay: $20/hour, plus incentives. This position is for the Granger/South Bend Area.

This is an entry‑level position. Our APEX Award‑Winning Training Team will teach you all you need to know!

We promote from within for top management levels and focus on internal promotions for many other positions. Starting your management career with us today opens the door to many opportunities within a fast‑growing company.

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The Manager in Training position is our entry‑level management position. The primary responsibility is inspiring and leading our associates to ensure that we achieve Mike’s Purpose with every customer.

• Execute Mike’s Purpose and deliver on our Team Member Promise, acting as a “role model” for associates’ behavior and performance.
• Customer Satisfaction:
  Ensure all customers leave satisfied, maintaining wash quality, staffing, and professionally handling complaints and damages.
• Operations Management:
  Assist the General Manager in achieving location goals and ensuring operations meet all Mike’s Carwash standards.
• Associate Development:
  Complete orientation and training checklists, provide coaching, and document performance feedback.
• Property and Equipment Maintenance:
  Assist with maintenance and repairs, complete OPEX checklists, and use the fix‑it book for repairs you cannot perform.
• Personal Development:
  Participate in a structured management training program and continue learning new skills.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• Must work all scheduled shifts.
• Must work at least five days and 40 hours each week, including every other weekend (unless otherwise approved).
• Must be available to close at least two nights each week.
• Must be available to open one morning each week (Monday‑Thursday only).
• Work the five days leading up to Christmas.
• Ability to transfer between stores within the market.

The employee must communicate verbally and in writing, hear at a conversational level, use vision for depth perception, and distinguish basic shades and colors. The employee will continuously stand or walk, occasionally sit, stoop, reach, and/or twist the waist while rotating, perform repetitive movements, use hands for gripping pressure, and operate hand and foot controls. The employee will infrequently lift 50 lbs.

up to 3 feet, occasionally pull 10 lbs. up to 10 feet, and carry up to 50 lbs. for 10 feet. The employee may also repeatedly bend, kneel, and balance, and rarely climb stairs and ladders.

The employee may work with machinery with moving parts while wearing gloves, work outdoors in temperatures of 0‑100°F, work alone, and frequently handle chemicals requiring eye or hearing protection.

• Customer Focus:
  Consistently values customers, listens to feedback, anticipates needs, and meets commitments.
• Decision Making:
  Makes timely decisions, gathers input, evaluates impacts, and acts decisively.
• Empathy:
  Demonstrates genuine concern, respects diverse perspectives, and supports others.
• Flexibility:
  Adapts to shifting priorities, embraces change, and maintains productivity.
• Problem Solving Ability:
  Applies systematic processes to analyze and resolve problems.
• Resiliency:
  Pursues goals despite adversity and recovers quickly from setbacks.
• Teamwork:
  Works collaboratively, shares responsibilities, supports team decisions, and gives constructive feedback.

• Reasoning:
  Ability to solve practical problems and implement solutions.
• Mathematical:
  Score at least 80% on the Money Handling Skills Assessment without a calculator.
• Language:
  Read manuals and reports, understand workplace rules, communicate poise, and confidently deal with customers.