Drywall Repair Tech / Finisher

PatchMaster Chicago North Shore•Northbrook, IL

83d•Onsite

About The Position

We fix drywall and plaster in people's homes on the North Shore. This is real repair work, not patch-and-run, involving flood cuts and water damage, ceilings opened up after a plumber's been through, cracked plaster, and whole rooms that need to look like nothing ever happened. Most jobs run one to three days. We then prime and paint so the homeowner can't find where the damage was. This is not production drywall where you hang 60 sheets a day in an empty subdivision. You will be working alone or with one other person inside somebody's occupied home for a couple of days at a time, with the job to make the repair disappear and leave the place cleaner than you found it.

Requirements

Can finish and blend a patch into an existing wall so the light doesn't catch the edge
Can match common residential textures, or has done enough that they will pick it up fast
2+ years finishing or patching drywall (residential preferred)
Valid driver's license and a clean-enough record to drive a company van
Shows up on time, every day
Can be trusted alone in a nice home — clean, respectful, no smoking on site, no phone on speaker
Enough English to greet a homeowner and explain the work
Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

painting experience
plaster experience
spray texture
Level 5 finishing
carpentry
own hand tools

Responsibilities

Work out of a stocked company van on one job at a time, usually one to three days each
Cut out damage, patch, tape, coat, sand, match the existing texture (knockdown, orange peel, smooth Level 5)
Prime and paint the repair so it blends
Set up and break down dust control — plastic, drops, HEPA vac
Talk to the homeowner: what you're doing, how long, what it'll look like
Photo the before and after, close the job out on your phone