Drywall Specialist

Compensation: 38.87$/hour (full-time, permanent)

The Job – Drywaller/Painter

At On Side Restoration, we're seeking a skilled Drywall Specialist - Painter to join our team. As a key member of our crew, you'll play a vital role in rebuilding and restoring damaged personal and commercial property.

Key Responsibilities

• Measure, cut, and install drywall sheets
• Tear out old or damaged drywall
• Cut and install metal corner beads to protect exterior corners
• Fill joints, nail indentations, holes, and cracks using a trowel and broad knife
• Tape and embed joints
• Texture all types
• Site preparation and protection

Painter Responsibilities

• Estimate the quantity of materials required by measuring surfaces, reviewing scopes, sketches, and work orders
• Remove old coatings by stripping with solvents, heat, sanding, wire brushing, or water and abrasive blasting
• Prepare surfaces for covering by cleaning, filling nail holes and cracks, and sanding rough spots
• Apply an undercoat primer or sealer before painting, or apply sizing before wallpapering
• Match specified colours by using premixed paints, or mixing colour and thinning and drying additives
• Use brushes, rollers, or spray guns to apply liquid coatings such as paint, stain, or varnish to surfaces of wood, metal, brick, concrete, plaster, stucco, or stone
• Apply finishes that are sponged, ragged, and layered
• Apply paper, vinyl, or natural and synthetic fabric wallcoverings

What We Offer

We provide on-the-job training with opportunities for development, promotions, and national career movement. At On Side Restoration, we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion, encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.

Requirements

• Experience working in construction environments with tools and the skills to use them
• Strong people and communication skills
• Attention to detail, passion for quality, and pride in the work you do
• A safety mindset
• Valid driver's license and a clean criminal record (we do check)
• Ability to communicate in English

Additional Requirements

• Drywall Finisher and Plasterer ticket
• Painter ticket
• WHMIS
• First Aid

Rotating Schedule

Disasters can strike at any time, so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after-hours on-call work is a requirement.

Benefits

We offer an employee assistance program, RRSP matching program, excellent health plan, which includes extended medical (chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, vision, and more), dental, long-term disability (LTD), and life insurance.