Jig and Fixture Builder jobs in Petaluma, CA

Description

Mike's Bikes was recently named a “Best Place to Work” by the NorthBay Business Journal and recognized as one of “America’s Best Bike Shops” by the National Bicycle Dealers Association. We push ourselves to be the best of the best and it starts with hiring the right people. Come and check out our award winning company culture and core values.

Mike's Bikes is a growing family of local bike shops operating throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Region, all with a singular purpose—to get more people on bikes. Our company culture is built around the bike—we're both consummate experts and enthusiastic evangelists, and we like to keep it all in perspective with a sense of humor too. Our environment is a place that values fresh ideas and creative thinking in addition to being fast-paced and demanding. Each of our twelve stores dominates its local market and we're now the largest local bike shop in America and the #1 dealer for Specialized. We're proud to have built what we believe is the best family of world-class bike shops you'll find anywhere!

Our staff members will tell you that Mike’s Bikes is a great place to work. We offer one of the most competitive compensation packages in our industry. Pay is based on experience and talent. We offer medical and dental benefits to full-time employees as well as a 401K plan with company matching, and paid vacation time.

Working for Mike’s Bikes isn’t just a job at a bike shop--it is a career in the bicycle industry. Our employee development path allows for upward mobility from sales, tech, and management in our local shops to opportunities at our brand headquarters. All employees attend the 2-day Mike’s Bikes University to learn our culture, product, and processes—with group rides afterward. Other company-sponsored training includes brand-specific and fitting seminars as well as training to help match bikes perfectly with riders.

If you are open to new ideas and excited about participating in an environment where delivering an outstanding customer experience is our guiding principle, check us out. And if you're passionate about bicycles, you’ll fit right in! 

Bike Builder-General Responsibilities

Assemble and tune new bikes to a high standard of quality and with high productivity, following these steps:

• Pull unpacked bikes from a staging rack in a sequence dictated by standard priorities or by short term model specific needs

• Carry the bike to a bike repair stand and workbench

• Mount the bike in the stand.

• Run cables, mount various components, true wheels, adjust brakes and drivetrain, check fasteners and make the bike ready to ride.

• Document the work and transport the bike to a holding area.

Builders assemble one-speed children's bikes, road bikes of all grades, full suspension mountain bikes, custom builds, cargo bikes and more- all types of bicycles. The Builder's workbench is fully equipped with company provided tools.

We pay Builders based on the number of bicycles built. If you can build quickly and accurately, you can make $18-$25 per hour or more. 

Requirements

• Experience as a bicycle assembler or bicycle mechanic is preferred, but we will train. This is not an opportunity to learn bicycle building and repair.

• Excellent reliability. Proven experience showing up for work day after day, on time.

• Good communication skills. Demonstrate that you are able to follow instructions in English, verbally and in writing. Demonstrate that you are able to provide work progress status information when asked. Ability to work closely with other Builders from a variety of backgrounds.

• Ability to concentrate on work all day. This job requires eight solid hours of attention to productivity and quality.

• You must have the ability to stand and work at an assembly stand for up to 8 hours a day. You must have the ability to lift up to 50 pounds head high.

• Enthusiasm for bicycles and riding is preferred.