Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Technician — Experienced

cleanriteri; South Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 66,125,000 - 71,635,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Six holidays

Certifications assistance

Uniform provided

Tools provided

Job summary

Clean Rite Cleaning and Restoration in Rhode Island is hiring a skilled cleaning technician to work in customers' homes, read fiber and soil, and determine the right method before starting. You’ll use truck-mounted or portable extraction and handle carpets, upholstery, tile, stone, and wood with care.

You’ll join a team that values certification, hands-on expertise, and strong people skills. The role includes a competitive hourly wage, commissions, shift differentials, and a benefits package

Qualifications

• Hands-on cleaning experience with truck-mount or portable systems.
• IICRC certification preferred (CCT/UFT/OCT or stone & tile counts).
• Judgment on fiber, soil, and cleaning method.
• Excellent people skills; you are in customers' homes and often the only Clean Rite person they meet.
• Experience running a route, training a helper, or handling customer conversations.

Responsibilities

• Carpet and area rug cleaning including wool and delicate fibers.
• Upholstery and drapery cleaning per cleaning codes.
• Tile, grout and natural stone cleaning and sealing when required.
• Hardwood cleaning.
• Pet odor and urine treatment and stain work.
• Operate truck-mounted and portable extraction equipment and maintain it.
• Drive company vehicle including box truck as needed.
• Read the job, set expectations, and work carefully in customers' homes.
• Support restoration crews on larger water losses when scheduled.

Skills

Hands-on cleaning

IICRC certification

Fiber & soil judgment

People skills

Route supervision

Tools

Truck-mounted extraction

Portable extraction

Job description

If you know what viscose does when it gets wet, we should talk.

We're looking for someone who has already done this work. Somebody who can walk into a house, read the fiber, read the soil, and know what the job needs before they've unrolled the hose. Who has pre-treated a traffic lane and set the right dwell time. Who knows when hot water extraction is right and when low-moisture is the smarter call, and who has told a customer the truth about a stain that isn't coming out.

That person is hard to find and worth paying for, which is why this posting exists.

What you'd be doing

• Carpet and area rug cleaning, including wool, natural fibers, and delicate specialty rugs
• Upholstery and drapery cleaning, working to the cleaning code rather than guessing
• Tile, grout, and natural stone — cleaning, and sealing where the job calls for it
• Hardwood cleaning
• Pet odor and urine treatment, spot and stain work, and knowing which ones to walk away from
• Running truck-mounted and portable extraction equipment and keeping it maintained
• Driving a company vehicle to and from jobs, including the box truck when the work calls for it
• Reading the job in front of you, setting realistic expectations, and doing the work carefully in somebody's home
• Supporting the restoration crews on larger water losses when the schedule calls for it

What we're looking for

• Real hands-on cleaning experience — truck mount, portable, or both
• IICRC certification is a strong plus. CCT, UFT, OCT, or stone and tile certifications all count, and they move your starting pay
• Judgment about fiber, soil, and method. We would rather hire someone who knows when not to clean something
• Someone who is good with people. You're in customers' homes, around their things, and you are often the only Clean Rite person they will ever meet
• If you've run a route on your own, trained a helper, or handled the customer conversation start to finish, say so — that matters here

Pay

The hourly rate is where it starts, not where it ends.

• $23–$25 per hour for experienced technicians, with flexibility if you hold the right certifications
• Commission on top of your hourly.
• Shift differential — premium rates for evening, overnight, and weekend hoursli>
• On-Call pay
• Certifications raise your rate — and we assist in paying for the certifications
• Team bonus tied to how the company performs each month, shared across the whole team
• Monthly phone stipend
  

Between commission, shift differential, overtime and call-out pay, there's more than one line on a check here. We'll walk you through exactly how all of it works as we go through the interview process.

Benefits

• Health insurance with no waiting period — available the first of the month after you start, and Clean Rite covers the majority of the premium on the base plan
• Dental available
• 401(k) with a company match, eligible after six months
• Paid time off that grows the longer you're here
• Six paid holidays — New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
• Certifications — IICRC and others. Certification is employer-sponsored through our education assistance program. We'll walk you through how it works before you start
• Full uniform provided — shirts, quarter-zip pullover, raincoat, Carhartt winter coat, ball cap, winter beanie, work pants
• Every tool and piece of equipment provided, and maintained. No buying your own wands, no fighting a machine that should have been serviced last season

And the stuff that isn't technically a benefit: cookouts, team breakfasts, and the occasional team outing. Nobody here has ever described a week as boring.

The schedule

Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to around 4 p.m., with some overtime. You also take your turn in the on-call rotation, same as everyone else — emergency work doesn't wait for business hours, and this is a team where everybody plays.

Where it goes

Plenty of people start on the cleaning side, pick up their restoration certifications on our dime, and end up running emergency water and fire jobs. Others stay on the cleaning side and become the person everyone else asks. Both paths are open, and both pay. Promotions and raises here are based on performance, not on how long you've been around.

What you need

• A valid driver's license and a clean driving record
• To be at least 21 — a DOT and insurance requirement
• To pass a DOT box truck medical clearance before you start
• To pass a background check and drug screening
• To lift 50 pounds and be on your feet all day, hauling hose and equipment in and out
• To take your turn in the on-call rotation, including nights and weekends
• Care with people's homes and their things
• A positive attitude. Genuinely the most important thing on this list

About us

We're a Rhode Island company serving RI, southeastern Connecticut, and Massachusetts. We do cleaning and we do restoration, which means the work stays interesting and the equipment is real. The team works well together and we like each other. Small enough that you're a person here, busy enough that you'll never be bored.

Clean Rite Cleaning and Restoration is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal or Rhode Island law.