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Surface Experts - Winston-Salem
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Benefits offered by this job
Job summary
Surface Experts is seeking a hands-on Technician to repair interior hard surfaces across local sites, matching colors and designs with efficiency and care. The job emphasizes creativity and independence, handling varied environments from apartments to hotels, with emphasis on timely, quality repairs.
You will receive paid training, a company truck, provided tools, and ongoing mentorship in a supportive team. Excellent customer service and a clean driving record are required.
Qualifications
- Hands-on experience doing some form of manual work – From construction and manufacturing, to painting or sculpting.
- A background in facilities maintenance is helpful but not a deal breaker.
- Must be able to see, distinguish, and replicate colors - A familiarity with color and color matching is integral to our process
Responsibilities
- Complete 4 or more creative repairs on-site each day
- Problem-solve with repairs in a variety of settings like apartments, hotels, construction sites
- Treat tenants and staff with exceptional customer service
- Update progress on repairs by entering information and notes on our CRM/Dispatch tool
- Learn and integrate our one-of-a-kind 5-step process into your creative routine
- Master each instrument and tool in your personalized tool-kit
Skills
Job description
Do you enjoy making things using your hands? Have hobbies that involve color or 3-D art? Like finding ways to be creative in different areas? Becoming a Surface Experts Technician could pair your interests perfectly with your job! Take advantage of an artistic outlet as your work creatively to complete repairs, usually in an hour or less. Your talent with color is vital in matching colors and patterns for complex repairs. Every repair has a different design, sheen, and material, so creativity is a must.
- Base Salary + Bonus Opportunity: Performance-based commissions starting on day 1
- Great Work/Life Balance: No required overtime, no nights, no weekends
- Time Off: 10 Paid holidays and two weeks accruable vacation
- Flexible Work Schedule: Can accommodate midweek appointments
- Paid New Hire Training: Onboarding includes learning alongside a trained technician
- Company Car: Each technician drives a branded company truck for job duties
- Tools Included: All necessary tools and products are provided
- Learn a New Trade: Develop skills in a brand-new emerging trade
- Supportive Work Environment: Team celebrates achievements and collaborates in their approach to problem-solving
- Small Business: Local business with an owner who works alongside the team each day. Weekly team breakfast
- Mentorship Opportunities: Ongoing repair training and career development
- Dedicated Help Lines: Technician Support Team on call to assist to questions
We're seeking candidates who are able to work independently, be self-motivated and have a positive customer service attitude. It's also necessary to have an excellent work ethic and a clean insurable driving record.
In the Field Daily
- Complete 4 or more creative repairs on-site each day
- Problem-solve with repairs in a variety of settings like apartments, hotels, construction sites, etc.
- Treat tenants and staff with exceptional customer service
- Update progress on repairs by entering information and notes on our CRM/Dispatch tool
- Learn and integrate our one-of-a-kind 5-step process into your creative routine
- Master each instrument and tool in your personalized tool-kit
- Hands-on experience doing some form of manual work – From construction and manufacturing, to painting or sculpting
- A background in facilities maintenance is helpful but not a deal breaker
- Must be able to see, distinguish, and replicate colors - A familiarity with color and color matching is integral to our process
- By combining traditional trades with our own original processes and products, we are able to provide long-lasting repairs that are pleasing to the eye. And all with a smile!
- Our competitors want to resurface everything – even damage only a few inches wide! We can repair those small spots, resulting in happy customers who keep on calling us back. Our goal is happy customer who has saved money and time while avoiding adding another damaged surface to the landfill.
- Our typical repair doesn't make a mess, doesn't leave a smell, and doesn't take more than 2 hours. Technicians usually need only a tablespoon or two of product, meaning they can carry everything with them in a small truck or car!
Technicians represent Surface Experts by traveling to a variety of local industries and are responsible for repairing interior hard surfaces in a timely manner. Spot repair saves our customers time, money and wasted material, that eventually would end up in our landfills. Building long-term trusting relationships with clients and team members, identifying additional repair opportunities while on site and staying up to date on new products, services and pricing are essential.
Compensation: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour
Surface Experts is an all-inclusive surface repair service provider. We repair small damage to surfaces like Floors, Countertops, Bathtubs, Cabinets, Appliances, Furniture, Elevator Panels ... Almost Everything!. We pride ourselves in our ability to provide incredibly fast service, while maintaining a friendly and professional atmosphere in our support center and on jobsites. We combine old school skill sets with new technology and products, resulting in a durable and appealing repair all provided with a smile.
- Most repairs are simple and smaller than a dinner plate, yet our competition focuses on complete resurfacing. Our objective is a happy customer and a long-term relationship. We focus on saving our customers time, money and wasted materials that end up in a landfill.
- Our typical repair requires only 1 to 2 tablespoons of product so our technicians can carry their entire set of tools and equipment in a small vehicle. Our approach is clean and free of odors in less than two hours.
Ourmissionis to develop outstanding teams by investing in strong relationships. Together we work to solve our customers' problems by reducing the waste of time, moneyand materials which end up inlandfills.
To establishandlead a nationally recognized market for surface repair as an alternative to replacement or complete refinishing. Our goal is to be represented in every major metropolitanarea,andfor our brand to be synonymous with spot repair among all facilitiesandmaintenance management.
Serve Others
- Put Relationships First
- Be Humble
Be a Problem Solver
- Be Curious
- Seek to Understand the Cause of the Problem
- Work Smart
- Constantly Improve
Trust the Process
- Be Organized
- Be Teachable
- Put Business Needs Above Personal Wants
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to Surface Experts Corporate.
Do you have a valid drivers license and clean driving record? *
Are you open to an extensive background check? *
I was referred to this position by a current employee
Paid Training
Competitive Compensation with Bonus Potential
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