Marine Detailing Company

About Marine Detailing Company

Marine Detailing Company is a mobile service that operates across Auckland, providing professional detailing, antifouling and propspeed applications for boats. Their work includes giving older vessels stunning new makeovers, completing presale valets or completing ongoing maintenance for smooth sailing.

The company is based in Tamaki Marine Park in Auckland’s Mount Wellington, with a purpose-built facility that can houseboats of up to 12.5m. However, a lot of the team’s time is spent on the road, travelling to boats tethered anywhere around Auckland city.

Marine Detailing has been running for over four years, starting as a small operation that has grown to a flourishing business with a busy client list. Their team continues to grow too, which is what brought Marine Detailing Company to us at Employment Hero.

The challenge…

As the team at Marine Detailing Company started to grow, founders Matt Fox and Harry King realised that they needed a little more support on the HR side of things. Processes like onboarding and leave requests had become disjointed, and their old ways of doing things weren’t working as well as they used to.

Another challenge is that the team is frequently out on the road visiting clients. Marine Detailing Company needed a HR system that everyone could access from wherever they were, whether that’s in HQ or somewhere else on the coast of Tāmaki Makaurau.

Solutions…

One place for everything HR

With Employment Hero, Marine Detailing Company now has one easy-to-use platform for all their HR needs, including onboarding, leave management and compliance tracking.

This has been particularly important for their distributed team, since everyone can now access key information through the phone app and request leave on the go.

Having one portal for everything HR has made a significant difference to their everyday admin. As Matt points out, “It’s just so much more streamlined and slick now.

“Everything is in one place and it makes it so much easier for our team.”

A channel for celebrations and shout-outs

In busy companies like Marine Detailing Company, it can sometimes be tricky to manage company communications. Previously, the team shared key information through Facebook Messenger, whether it was news, updates or just check-ins. There’s always plenty going on, so it could get a little busy!

That’s why Employment Hero’s company feed has become a popular feature with the team. It’s replaced the Messenger chat and provides a single communication channel that the whole company can easily check.

Now, the team shares the latest wins and achievements on the company feed, as well as any major news.

Keeping up with compliance

As any business leader or HR specialist will tell you, keeping up with HR compliance can be a headache. From health and safety certificates to flexible working policies, ensuring that your team has achieved and acknowledged the essentials takes time.

With Employment Hero, Marine Detailing Company can track compliance across the whole team. That includes which employees have signed off on crucial policies, or whether they need to renew a certification. It’s become an important way to ensure everyone is up to date on the latest compliance requirements.

Marine Detailing Company found their first mate in Employment Hero

It’s been amazing to see how Marine Detailing Company have levelled up their HR with Employment Hero. If you’d like to learn how Employment Hero can support your team and transform your HR processes, speak to one of our business specialists today.

If you’d like to see how much time and money you can save with Employment Hero, take a look at our return on investment (ROI) report.