A ShowCar technician in the doorway of a Tesla with towel and spray

Careers

Drive your own van.

Your own van, your own route, and product worth using. For detailers who already know the work.

From the van

What the job is really like

Not a pitch from us — a ShowCar technician, in his own words, on what the work and the days actually look like.

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Pay

What detailers actually earn

Real numbers for the trade, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not our guess.

ShowCar technician $7,000 /mo
Typical detailer $2,846 /mo

A ShowCar technician at peak season, against what a typical vehicle detailer makes in a month. ShowCar pay moves with the season — quieter months run lower.

This is not a guarantee. What you actually earn depends on the season, your city, the hours you work, how many vehicles you complete and how you perform. Nothing here is an offer of employment or a promise of any particular income.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2023 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment (national median, ÷ 12)

A day

What it actually looks like

7:30 AM

Start from your driveway

The van comes home with you. No depot, no clock-in.

8:00 AM

First member

Route is set the night before. Members are expecting you.

Midday

Three to five vehicles

Homes and workplaces, clustered by neighbourhood.

What is on the van

Everything

Water, power, ShowCar Ceramics, tools. Restock from a local supply unit.

The customer

Mostly members

Same people, month after month. They know your name.

Ownership path

From the van to your own ShowCar

Every owner-operator we open with started by learning the route. This is the ladder.

  1. Technician

    Your van, your route. Your own route of members, your own van, and pay that reflects the work you do.

  2. Lead technician

    Train the next one. You ride along with new hires and run quality on your route. Extra per detail.

  3. Operator

    Run the location. Scheduling, routing, the team. Owner-investors hire operators from this bench first.

  4. Owner

    Your own ShowCar. Operators who have run a location well get first look at the next one — with the same financing partners and support the franchise page describes.

What you get

The job, honestly

Your own van

Stocked, wrapped and yours to take home. No depot, no morning pickup.

Our own products

ShowCar Care and ShowCar Ceramics on every job, not whatever was cheapest that week.

Predictable route

Members book ahead. You know tomorrow's stops tonight.

Year-round work

Memberships do not stop in winter. Neither does the route.

Respect for the craft

No upsell scripts, no rushing a car out the door. Do it properly, every time.

A ladder

Technician, lead, operator, owner. Every step has been walked by someone here.

What we look for

No experience needed. These four, yes.

01

Real experience

You have detailed professionally. You know paint, pads, and what a polisher does to an edge.

02

An eye for it

You notice the dust in the vent and the water spot on the mirror without being told.

03

Talk to people

You will meet the same members every month. Say hello. Remember the dog's name.

04

A clean driving record

The van comes home with you. You have to be insurable to drive it.

A ShowCar technician steam cleaning a Tesla interior

Hiring

Four steps to a van

  1. Send your resume

    Pick your city on the form. It goes straight to that owner, not a corporate inbox.

  2. A call

    Fifteen minutes. What you have done, what you want, where you live.

  3. A ride-along day

    Spend a day on a route. See the work before you commit to it.

  4. Offer and start date

    A few days shadowing the route, then it is yours.

Questions

FAQ

Yes — we are hiring detailers who already have it. If you can run a two-bucket wash, a polisher and an extractor, you will be up to speed in days.

No. The van comes stocked and comes home with you.

Members pay monthly. The work is year-round.

Technician. Lead. Operator. Some go on to own a location.

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Send your resume

One form for every ShowCar city. Tell us where you are and it reaches that team.

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