Car Wash Associate

About the role

As a Car Wash Associate at Spark Car Wash, you will deliver a safe, fast, and friendly experience while creating a welcoming environment for every guest. You will be the face of Spark—greeting customers, driving membership sales, and maintaining a clean, organized, and efficient site. In this role, you will rotate between the Pay Station (assisting with transactions and memberships), the Tunnel (helping load vehicles and ensuring safe operations), and the Parking Lot (keeping the grounds clean and supporting guests). By upholding site standards, you help ensure our operations run smoothly so every guest receives a consistently exceptional wash.

Responsibilities

• Be the friendly face of Spark, offering customers a smile and prompt service
• Assist guests with purchase decisions by explaining available wash options, membership benefits, promotional offers, and complementary amenities
• Receive customer payments, handle cash transactions, and ensure all sales activity is recorded accurately and managed responsibly
• Assist with proper use of the Pay Station by ensuring customer payments are processed accurately and team members follow company service, cash handling, and payment policies
• Respond quickly to customer needs and address concerns with courtesy, patience, and professionalism while resolving issues in a timely manner
• Safely guide vehicles into the car wash tunnel by directing customers clearly, maintaining awareness of moving vehicles and equipment, and following all tunnel loading procedures
• Follow all safety procedures when working in or around the car wash tunnel, including maintaining awareness of moving vehicles, equipment, chemicals, and surrounding team members
• Maintain the overall cleanliness and appearance of the lot by removing debris, checking vacuums for proper operation, and ensuring the site remains clean, safe, and customer-ready
• Help maintain clean equipment and tools, ensuring any repair issues are promptly reported to the General Manager

Requirements

• Strong people skills with a positive, professional attitude and a real sense of pride in representing Spark as the face of our brand
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while following instructions, managing time well, and staying productive with limited direction
• Experience using a pay station and comfortable processing customer transactions, payments, and related sales activity accurately and responsibly
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to quickly spot issues, identify problems, and help keep the operation running smoothly
• Comfortable performing physical work that requires the use of hands, arms, legs, and full-body movement, including walking, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, and handling tools or materials
• Capable of lifting, moving, or carrying up to 40 lbs. as needed
• English proficiency required to support customer communication and safe daily operations
• Able to see details at close range, including customer transactions, equipment, tools, vehicles, and site conditions
• Able to work in all types of weather conditions
• Maintain availability for a flexible schedule, including some evenings, weekends, and holidays

Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance-based incentive opportunities starting at $17.00 per hour
• Opportunity to earn additional compensation for each eligible membership sold
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match up to 4%
• 3 weeks of paid time off annually, prorated based on start date, plus paid federal holidays
• Employee car wash plan