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Drywaller/Painter – Saint John

  • Saint John, New Brunswick

Compensation: $23 – $26/ 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 Drywallers

Drywallers bring a host of abilities to their work, not the least being a ‘get it done!’ attitude. Additional abilities required include:

  • Experience with restoration repairs (vs new or renovation)
  • Experience working in construction environments with tools and the skills to use them
  • Experience using technology to record info as instructed (software and applications)
  • 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

 

What you bring as Painters

Painters bring a host of abilities to their work, not the least being a ‘get it done!’ attitude. Additional abilities required include:

  • Experience with restoration: being able to blend the original wall paint and apply new paint to disguise the drywall that was repaired
  • Experience working in construction environments with tools and the skills to use them
  • Attention to detail, passion for quality and pride in the work you do

What you’re responsible for…

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
  • Texture spraying
  • 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 you to be fulfilled by your work, we WANT you to enjoy the people you work with and we WANT to provide you with learning and advancement opportunities. We also love that we’re able to provide an employee assistance program, RRSP matching and a comprehensive health plan which includes extended medical (ex. chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, vision) dental, long-term disability (LTD) and life insurance. 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 2,000 employees stretches far and wide across Canada, and we’re growing—YOU could be the next great addition!

Applications

  • Quebec City, QC
  • Administration / Customer Support

Project Administrator I – Quebec City

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician Labourer – Vancouver

  • Kelowna, BC
  • Trades

Dispatcher – Kelowna

  • Laval, QC
  • Trades

Carpenter, CCQ – Laval

  • Ontario
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Windsor

  • Barrie, ON

Remediation Technician – Barrie

  • Ontario
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Durham Region

  • Hamilton, ON
  • Trades

Remediation Supervisor – Hamilton

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician Lead – Vancouver

  • Vernon, BC

General Labourer – Vernon

  • Grande Prairie, AB

Carpenter – Grande Prairie

  • Saint John, New Brunswick

Cleaner/Packer (Contents Technician) – Saint John

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Accounting

Accounts Receivable and Collections Specialist

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Vancouver

  • St. John’s, NF
  • Administration / Customer Support

Dispatcher – St. John’s

  • St. John’s, NF
  • Trades

Flooring Coordinator – St. John’s

  • Kitchener, ON
  • Project Management

Project Manager II & III – Kitchener

  • Surrey, BC
  • Project Management

Project Manager III – Surrey

  • Windsor, ON
  • Project Management

Project Manager III – Windsor

  • Kitchener, ON
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician Lead – Kitchener

  • Montreal East, QC
  • Project Management

Project Manager I – Montreal East

  • Calgary, AB
  • Trades

Warehouse Coordinator – Calgary

  • Montreal East, QC
  • Leadership

Operations Manager – Bilingual (French/English) – Montreal East

  • Barrie, ON
  • Trades

Cleaner/Packer – Contents Technician – Barrie

  • London, ON
  • Trades

General Labourer – London

  • London, ON
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician – London

  • Toronto, ON
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Toronto

  • Chemainus, BC
  • Trades

Cleaner/Packer – Contents Technician – Chemainus

  • Halifax, NS
  • Project Management

Project Supervisor (Construction) – Halifax

  • Halifax, NS
  • Project Management

Project Supervisor (Health Care Focus) – Halifax

  • Victoria, BC
  • Trades

General Labourer – Victoria

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba

Carpenter – Health Care Focus – Winnipeg

  • Ottawa, ON
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician – Ottawa

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Project Management

Project Manager – Vancouver

  • Calgary, AB
  • Project Management

Project Manager – Calgary

  • New Brunswick
  • Trades

Carpenter – Moncton

  • Hamilton, ON
  • Trades

Cleaner/Packer – Contents Technician – Hamilton

  • Medicine Hat, AB
  • Trades

Cleaner/Packer – Contents Technician – Medicine Hat

  • * Anywhere On Side has a branch
  • Project Management

Consultant, Large Loss

  • Calgary, AB
  • Leadership

Contents Manager – Calgary

  • Edmonton, AB
  • Leadership

Contents Manager – Edmonton

  • Quebec
  • Administration / Customer Support

Internal Estimation Support Specialist II

  • * Anywhere On Side has a branch
  • Project Management

Product Owner (Ops and Planning)

  • Laurentides, QC
  • Project Management

Project Manager II – Laurentides/Mirabel

  • Montreal East, QC
  • Project Management

Project Manager II – Montreal East

  • St. John’s, NF
  • Project Management

Project Manager II – St. John’s

  • Kelowna, BC
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Kelowna

  • Medicine Hat, AB
  • Trades

Remediation Technician – Medicine Hat

  • Laurentides, QC
  • Leadership

Territory Manager – Laurentides – Bilingual (English/French)

  • Medicine Hat, AB
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician – Medicine Hat

  • Saint John, New Brunswick
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician – Saint John

  • Barrie, ON
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician Labourer – Barrie

  • British Columbia
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician Lead – Structural Drying Assessment Technician – Chilliwack

  • Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Trades

Water Damage Technician- Health Care Focus – Winnipeg

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