Painting Crew Lead - Take Ownership of Your Job Site and Wow Clients
- Do you love working in the world of residential re-paint?
- Do you want to have the opportunity to take ownership of your job site and wow clients?
- Do you want to master your craft and be continuously improving?
- Do you want grow in your leadership ability and make a difference?
- Are you motivated by hitting production numbers and earning incentives over and above a great wage?
- Do you want to be part of a growing company with room for advancement?
- Do you embrace change and believe that growth is a journey?
Who We Are
Smile Painting is a professional painting company that provides an exceptional customer experience for our clients and our employees. We operate in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph region. We are part of the new breed of contractors and are excited to be growing a team of painting, marketing and sales professionals who want to be a part of something new.
When delivering on our promises to our clients, we keep four things top of mind:
Working on a safe job site is a vital and foundational part of delivering on our promises to our clients and to our team members.
It doesn’t matter how great the walls look, if there is paint on the floor. Taking care of our client’s property (both inside and outside) is our primary concern before we even start applying paint.
We strive for high quality prep and high quality finishes. This means smooth patches, straight lines and no drips. A high level of craftsmanship is what we aim for.
Being a professional means learning how to be efficient at what you do. Job site organization, proper tools, doing a job right the first thing and experience, help us produce work for clients in the most timely fashion possible.
This is for you if:
- You love going the extra mile to wow a client.
- You love taking ownership of a job site and managing all aspects of a job from beginning to completion.
- You love keeping a clean and organized job site.
- You are a problem solver who finds a way to overcome challenging obstacles that arise.
- You have a great attitude.
- You love working on a team and setting the pace for other team members.
- You love to share knowledge and insight with team members to help them get better.
In this role, you will be:
- Leading a crew while working on either interior or exterior residential painting projects.
- Fostering relationships to ensure happy customers that will want YOU back on their project.
- Ensuring a clean and organized job site that conveys professionalism and mastery.
- Delivering high quality surface prep and high quality painting.
- Using technology to manage your job site and communicate with clients and teammates.
- Leading and empowering a team of painters.
- Ensuring that each step throughout the project is completed from beginning to end.
- Managing job site marketing activities so that our company can “own the neighbourhood"
Experience Required:
- Minimum three years of experience in the painting industry with some experience in the residential re-paint world.
- Must have a smartphone, be tech savvy and be comfortable using various applications on your phone for work.
- Clean-cut and professional appearance.
- Vehicle and Driver’s License.
- Able to use your vehicle to move some or all supplies and equipment.
- Demonstrate excellent painting abilities and job site cleanliness; specifically on residential re-paints, interior and exterior painting, excellent surface prep, drywall repair and patching.
- Comfortable working on ladders and at heights.
- Ability to use an airless sprayer is considered an asset. Specifically, spraying exterior aluminum siding and/or spraying kitchen cabinets.
- Ability to complete other repairs outside of the realm of painting specifically (such as wallpaper installation, drywall and plaster repair, mudding and taping of new drywall, carpentry, concrete repair, etc.) is considered an asset.
- Fluent English Required.
- Own Tools
The Benefits:
- $24 to 30 per hour.
- Performance based incentive plan (above hourly wage)
- Company events; we hold regular events throughout the summer months and before the holiday season to hang out, relax and celebrate our wins.
- Opportunity to grow with a new, dynamic company and make a difference with clients and in our company culture.
- Opportunity to take ownership of your job site within our company systems and really impress our clients.
- Respect for your expertise; upfront communication and clear responsibilities.
- Paid Statutory Holidays.
- Electronic Payment every two weeks direct to your bank; no chasing paper cheques.
- Accommodating of Personal Travel Plans and/or Time-Off when communicated in advance.
If this sounds like you, let us know! Please apply and let us know why you think you'd be a good fit for our team!
You can also check out our website at www.smilepainting.ca!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $24.00-$30.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Additional pay:
Benefits:
Flexible language requirement:
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Kitchener-Waterloo, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Painting: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
