Automotive Key Technician

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance

Daybreak Metro, a well-established repossession company operating across California, is looking for an experienced automotive key technician to join our in-house locksmith team. You'll handle live jobs across the Bay Area with a fully equipped mobile key van.


About the Role


The mobile key van can be staged out of San Jose, Newark, Richmond, or Benicia — whichever location works best for you — and you'll travel to yards across all four locations as needed. The van is stocked with current-generation key-cutting machines and programming software.


This is active, outdoor work — you'll be on your feet, handling a wide range of vehicles, in all kinds of weather.


What You'll Do

• Perform key cutting, automotive key programming, and lock servicing across a variety of vehicles
• Work live jobs across Bay Area locations
• Apply advanced locksmith and programming techniques independently
• Travel between yards as part of a mobile key van team

What We're Looking For

• Minimum one year of experience in automotive key programming, locksmithing, or a related field
• Dependable, punctual, and detail-oriented
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Own cell phone
• 23 years of age or older (insurance requirement)
• Able to pass a drug screening
• Current California Locksmith license, or eligibility to obtain one through the State of California

Schedule & Pay

• Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM
• $24 -26/hour, depending on experience

Benefits

• 80% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 100% company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• Company-paid California Locksmith license