While we don't pretend to fully understand why people keep coming to us from all over New England asking us to build them custom touring, bikepacking, gravel, mountain, fatbikes and tandems, we truly love being known as the go-to shop for those looking for something other than the stack-em high, sell-em low experience to be found at more traditional bike shops.
With that in mind, we have big plans and we're on the lookout to add another super-experienced, super-super friendly bike mechanic who also loves to walk customers through building their dream bikes to join us on the wild ride that comes with wearing one of MBW's pink staff shirts. While no one can be expected to know everything on day one, we should emphasise that this isn't a first-time-in-a-bike-shop role as we are looking for someone who can teach us a trick or two vs. the other way around. Take a look at our website for the full job listing and reach out if you dig the sound of working in a slightly left of center shop.
In the meantime, here's some brass-tacks benefits you'll get in exchange for talents, experience and life energies:
4 day work week For the past 9 years, the showroom has been open Wed to Sat 10 to 5, but we have recently swapped that to Tues to Fri to help us better align our schedule with when our suppliers and shipping companies are open. You'd need to be able to work either option as we'll probably swap back to Wed to Sat after the person we bring in to help out has been trained up. More hours can often be found outside of our normal showroom times if you have a burning desire for them and your skills are high enough where you can work in the shop by yourself outside of our normal showroom hours.
Pay commensurate with experience The more skills and potential you bring to the table on day one, the more we pay.
Year-round consistent employment With our specialist emphasis we tend to stay consistently steady business-wise throughout the year which means we're rarely rushed off our feet or yawning twiddling our thumbs.
Pick a company vehicle Choose a new bike to ride for the next year on every annual anniversary of your hire.
Paid-time-off One week annual Paid-Time-Off starting each Jan 1st & additional Unpaid-Time-Off readily available on day 1.
Predictable schedule We aim to give everyone the same schedule week after week, after week, after week to allow employees to plan their days off as far in advance as possible.
Snowdays We often like taking these random events off when other retail shops don't.
Specialist products We advertise we focus on bikes which cost $2k and up. We don't say that to be snobby, but because our low-volume, high-attention, customer-focused model wouldn't work otherwise.
All bikes, all the time We keep busy enough talking about building adventure bicycles that we're able to leave clothing, footwear, rentals, skis, snowboards and kids bikes to the regional chains and other more traditional shops.
Never box or ship a bike again! Hallelujah, amiright? Since we don't love doing either one of those tasks, we don't offer them as a service and unless something weird happens, you won't have to either.
No obligation If we offer you a position you can test it out if you'll enjoy working here long term. Don't dig it? Not a good fit? Decide you'd rather ride across the country on your bike instead? No hard feelings. We get it - while it's a kick for me, Prince Music Fridays aren't for everyone :)
Health and dental insurance options Available to new hires after 1 year's employment for those who prefer the addition of these benefits in exchange for a modified pay rate - if you want them, let's chat.
Paid 2 week MBW-RADICAL-SABBATICAL: After 3 years employment, go on an awesome bicycle adventure or do something else our customers would find interesting to see you give a presentation about here at the shop and get paid for the time you were away.
$5k MBW-DREAM BIG SCHOLARSHIP: After 5 years of employment, have some to push the boat out a little as a thank you for all your efforts.
We've worked hard over the past 8 years to establish a non-snobby, no-attitude-allowed culture with both our customers and between us colleagues, so whomever joins us will have to understand that we are aiming to be a different type of shop than pretty much anywhere else on the planet.
All of us love building, selling and working on bikes, but we all love helping people more. We also aim to be a very low volume shop who doesn't try to be all things to all people as there are 20 traditional shops in our area who better cater to the general cycling enthusiast, but that doesn't mean we are snobby or elitist in how we help folks, so if you are the type of person who enjoys showing a neighbor how to put training wheels on their kid's bike just as much as building up someone's dream $10k adventure bike, then you'll probably dig working here.
If you'd like more info about the position and how to apply, just visit the full job description on our website:
www.MaineBikeWorks.com/jobs
Cheers!
Jason
