Drywaller/Painter – Saint John or Moncton Compensation: $23 – $26/ hour (full-time / permanent)
The Job – Drywaller/Painter
Drywallers at On Side are important team members who help rebuild and restore damaged personal and commercial property, anywhere and anytime disaster strikes. Delighting clients by making damaged drywall disappear and new drywall appear in the form of smooth walls and appropriately textured ceilings, drywallers make clients believe magic has happened.
Painters add colour to clients' dreams with fresh, clean surfaces in the perfect shade.
What you bring as a Drywaller/Painter
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 licence and a clean criminal record (we do check)
Ability to communicate in English
What you’re responsible for…
A drywaller is skilled in the following ways:
Measuring, cutting and installing 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 trowel and broad knife
Tape and embed joints
Texturing of all types
Site preparation and protection
A painter is skilled in the following ways:
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
Other stuff that’ll help you be successful but isn’t mandatory:
Drywall Finisher and Plasterer ticket
Finish carpentry skills
WHMIS
First Aid
Of Note
Disasters can strike at any time so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after hours on-call work is a requirement.
What’s in it for you?
We’re an established company in a growing industry and we need awesome people! We want to start you off on a career path you’ll love, we want you to be fulfilled by your work, and we want to provide you with a steady pay-cheque. We also love that we’re able to provide 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.
We provide on-the-job training with opportunity for development—promotions and national career movement are yours for the taking (well, with a few months under your belt). At On Side, we work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day.
Get on our side!
Both major weather disasters and minor accidents involving water, fire, and more happen every day, and in our industry this is how we keep busy, restoring properties 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Mother Nature usually doesn’t wait for an invitation, but we’re in the business of dealing with party crashers, and we’ve done it for over 40 years!
We have branches from Victoria, BC to St. John’s, Newfoundland and (almost) everywhere in between. Our fantastic team of over 1,800 employees stretches far and wide across Canada, and we’re growing—YOU could be the next great addition!
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