Auto Tech – $100k Potential / Benefits / Profit Sharing / Weekends Off

Auto Techs: Ever walk into work, and hesitate at the door for a second... knowing it's going to be just another one of those days?

Not a bad day. Just... a flat one. The kind where you do good work and nobody notices.

You don't say anything about it. Maybe you've never even put words to it.

But it's there. Every day. That quiet sense that you're better than what you're doing right now... and nobody around you seems to notice, or care.

Maybe your shop's fine. Maybe the paycheck clears and nobody's yelling at you.

But fine isn't the same as respected. And there's a difference between showing up and actually being seen.

Here's the thing. We're not writing this because we think you're miserable.

We're writing this because somewhere in you, you already know you could be doing more. You just haven't had a shop that deserved the effort.

Colby & Gale Service Station has been the shop in downtown Damariscotta since 1946.

Same little building. Same name on the sign.

Our manager, Daryl, started here in high school back in '96 and worked his way up through every bay in the place. He's still under a hood himself when things get busy, so he's not some guy in an office pretending to understand your day.

Here, you lead the job. You tell us what it needs, not the other way around.

Nobody's standing over your shoulder asking what to do next.

And when something goes wrong, and it will sometimes, we own it. No blaming the customer, no cutting corners to save face.

It's a small shop. Two bays, soon to be three.

Which means there's nowhere to hide, no politics to wade through... just good work, done by people who actually notice.

So if you've been hesitating at that door a little too often lately...

Then let's talk.

✅ HERE'S WHAT WE PROMISE OUR TECHS:

• $70K–$100K/year, all in — hourly pay plus a bumped rate on every billed hour over 40
• 100% company-paid healthcare, including family coverage
• Dental and vision available as add-ons
• Profit sharing for retirement — 100% employer-funded, you contribute nothing
• 96 hours of PTO from day one (no waiting period, increases after 5 years)
• 9 paid holidays a year
• No weekends. Ever. 7:45–5, five days a week
• $1,000 tool allowance every year
• Uniforms provided
• Heating oil and propane discounts through the family of companies
• We pay for your ASE testing, plus a $100 bonus for every one you pass
• Sign-on and relocation help available depending on the situation

✓ WORK-LIFE BALANCE (FAMILY 1ST!) – We believe people need real time to recharge. No weekends, ever — the shop runs 7:45–5, five days a week. You'll come in front-loaded with 96 hours of PTO on day one (no waiting period) plus 9 paid holidays a year, so you've got real time for your family and the things you care about.

✓ YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY – There's real variety here — Subaru, Toyota, GM, and everything in between. If you want to try something you haven't done before, like your first timing belt, we'll give you the time to do it right instead of rushing you through it.

✓ YOU WILL BE APPRECIATED (OPEN DOOR POLICY) – This is a small, independent shop where you lead the job. Our manager Daryl and service writer Dan are usually just feet away and available to help — nobody's left to figure things out alone. Your ideas get heard and acted on; the shop's current processes exist because a past lead tech pushed for them.

✓ WE WILL HELP YOU BECOME MORE VALUABLE (WE INVEST IN YOU) – We pay for your ASE testing, plus a $100 bonus every time you pass one. We've sent techs to Vision and Autel training, and every year the whole team goes to a company-wide training summit.

✓ WE PROVIDE A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT – Uniforms provided. The shop is well-stocked with updated tools, and we buy the specialty stuff — you're not expected to bankroll a timing belt tool for a one-off job out of your own pocket.

✓ NO DRAMA – We're a team, not a bunch of guys competing for the same jobs. When it's an all-hands job, it's all hands. Nobody's grinding it out alone while everyone else watches.

✓ YOU WILL NOT BE MICROMANAGED – You'll see the day's sold work and decide what to tackle based on your own read of the hours you've got left. Nobody's standing over your shoulder asking what's next.

✓ LONGEVITY – Our manager started here in high school in 1996 and never left. This is a shop people stay at, and a place you could genuinely build a career, not just fill a seat.

✓ YOU WILL BE A PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL – We've been a fixture in downtown Damariscotta since 1946, sponsoring local parades and the Pumpkin Festival Regatta every year. This isn't a shop passing through — it's part of the town.

WHAT WE STAND FOR (AND HOW WE TREAT OUR