Drywaller / Painter – St. John’s

On Side RestorationNewfoundland, CA

30+ days ago

Salary

CA$23.00–CA$28.00 hourly

Job description

Compensation : $23 – $28 / hour (full-time / permanent)

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

Painter ticket

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.