Join On Side Restoration as a Drywaller/Painter and help rebuild homes and businesses after disaster strikes. You’ll repair and finish drywall, apply textures, and bring spaces to life with fresh paint.
This posting reflects an existing vacancy.
Compensation
- Salary Range: $28-$35/hour
- Overtime opportunities (where applicable)
- On-call premium and overtime paid for rotating coverage
Benefits
- Extended health coverage (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Group RRSP, with company matching DPSP
- Life and disability insurance
- Opportunities for advancement and internal mobility
What You’ll Do
- Measure, cut, install, and repair damaged drywall
- Estimate the quantity of materials required by measuring surfaces, reviewing scopes, sketches and work orders
- Ceiling texture
- Tape, mud, sand, and texture surfaces
- Prepare and protect work sites
- Prepare surfaces and apply primers, paints, stains, or finishes
- Apply finishes that are sponged, ragged and layered
- Feathering/blending wall paint
- Stucco finishes/repairs
- Match colors and apply coatings using brushes, rollers, or spray guns
- Install wall coverings
What You Bring
- 5+ years of drywall repair experience (boarding, cutting, mudding, sanding, taping)
- Experience with restoration repairs or renovations
- Experience with brush, roller, and spray-paint application to achieve high-quality finished results
- Finish carpentry experience is an asset.
- Construction experience and tool proficiency: you have your own tools for the job
- Texturing skills (knockdown, popcorn, orange peel)
- Physically fit: able to do heavy lifting (moving materials) and long periods of kneeling/bending/crouching/reaching
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision or collaboratively within a team
- Adaptable and flexible; able to shift between job sites and priorities as needed
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using mobile apps/software for documentation and communication
- Strong communication skills with a proactive approach to identifying and reporting site issues
- Self-motivated, quality-driven, detail-oriented, and safety-focused
- Receptive to feedback and able to take direction effectively
- Valid driver’s licence and clean criminal record (we do check)
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and spoken
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A workplace that values respect, integrity, generosity, excellence and being customer driven
- Opportunities to grow your career and learn from the best in the industry
- A culture that celebrates teamwork, inclusion, and customer-driven service
Of Note:
Disasters can strike at any time so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after hours on-call work is a requirement. Meaning you’ll work regular weekday hours and participate in a rotating after-hours on-call schedule.
At On Side, everything starts with people. We live our values — respect, integrity, generosity, excellence, and customer focus — in everything we do.
Join a team that helps families, businesses, and communities rebuild when it matters most. You’ll contribute to a workplace where people come together to bring order to chaos.
Make a real impact, do work that matters, and grow your career with us.
*Your application is always reviewed by real people. We don’t use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $28.00-$35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Application question(s):
- Can you perform effectively both when working independently and when collaborating as part of a team? If you have a preference or any concerns regarding either work style, please describe them.
- Nice to have: carpentry experience and the ability to assist with finish work on site. Please speak to your in-home carpentry skill set / experience.
- Tell me about your drywall experience. What types of drywall work have you done (boarding, taping, mudding, sanding, repairs, finishing), and how many years of experience do you have?
- Tell me about a time you noticed an issue on a job site that could impact timelines or quality. What did you do, and who did you communicate with?
- Our team members may be cross-trained in areas such as carpentry, demolition, water damage, and contents work. Are you willing to learn these new skills?
- How do you handle situations when a supervisor or project manager asks you to complete a task differently than you would have done it?
- Restoration work requires documentation and tracking throughout your workday. Are you comfortable using smartphones or mobile apps to receive work orders, document job progress, upload photos, and communicate with team members?
Experience:
- Drywall Repair: 5 years (preferred)
- Brush and Roller Painting: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Canadian Driver's License (preferred)
Work Location: In person
