Camper Van Technician & Builder

Greetings all applicants!

Wayfarer Vans is looking for an enthusiastic - hungry for knowledge - seasonal builder. In this role, your typical week may look like spending four days in our shop assembling components for our camper van conversions. You’ll take the cut parts from our CNC machine and build components using hand tools - nail guns, sanders, and routers - to create the furniture that will be installed in our camper vans. You’ll complete your work with a high degree of quality and attention to detail, you’ll be a problem solver and a champion of safety.

You’ll also spend some days installing components into a camper van and interacting with our customers, aka Wayfarians. You may get to introduce them to their van, educate them on how to recreate responsibly and inspire them as they start their adventure in a camper van. You’ll also have plenty of time for your own outdoor adventures with options to work a flex schedule and enjoy a three-day weekend every week, or if you stick to the five-day workweek, you can head out at 1 pm on Fridays.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the outdoors and who is interested in coupling that passion with a career path. If you are curious about design, manufacturing, business development, branding, etc. or you just want to know the ins and outs of building a camper van, this may be the position for you. Ideally, we are looking for someone to fill the position from early May to September, possibly October.

Wayfarer Vans are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Please provide a cover letter in addition to your resume. All applicants without a cover letter will not be considered.

$15 hourly

Experience and skills can be gained through traditional or nontraditional paths. Regardless of your education or professional background, please apply if you feel you can meet our job duties and be an asset to our community.

Some of the job duties are:

Assembly

• Assemble components to be installed in vans with a high degree of quality and attention to detail 
• Inspect all pieces prior to building
• Assemble components according to the direction given by the lead builder/quality control manager
• Fix any necessary items requested by the head builder
• Assist with inventory upkeep of small items
• Use power tools including but not limited to, electric saws, hammer drills, drills, reciprocating saws, band saws, jigsaws, miter boxes, pneumatic nail guns, and sanding machines
• Assemble and fasten material together to construct wood furniture, using bolts, nails, or screws
• Evaluating trends in furniture and component flaws and construction, and reporting to Head Builder or Product Coordinator
• Inspect completed furniture items and components to ensure final build quality meets or exceeds standards
• Other duties as assigned

Qualities we are seeking:

• Social empathy
• Humility
• Continual learner
• Integrity
• Positivity
• Curiosity
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Self Motivated

Wayfarer Vans is unlike any other camper van conversion company. We focus on our people, both internally and externally, and don't treat our customers like transactions. We like to think we are building a 'community' of van owners, supporting them in their endeavors and fulfilling the purpose for which they bought a camper van - from initial contact to rolling out the garage doors.

Our values are BASIC - Balance, Adventure, Stewardship, Integrity, and Community; and our Mission is: "To build simple, quality campervans that introduce and inspire connections to the outdoors and community." With how we conduct ourselves to what drives us, we wish to impart those values along to our customers as they journey into the wild - making connections with nature and others, living simply, and experiencing many adventures.