Drywall Finisher & Painter

Framework First, Inc.; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid vacation

Holiday pay

Sick leave

Employee discount

Health insurance (starting 2026)

Dental & Vision (starting 2026)

Job summary

Framework First, Inc. in Salinas, CA, builds homes and ADUs primarily inside a climate-controlled factory, ensuring year-round work. This role combines drywall and painting, with pay that reflects dual-skill proficiency and reliable performance.

You will hang, tape, mud, sand, texture drywall, prep and apply paint, and touch up after on-site installs. Expect steady hours, a safety-conscious team, and opportunities to grow within the company.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in drywall and painting.
• Able to read plan sets and finish schedules.
• Owns their work; walls must be straight, smooth and sellable.
• Punctual, reliable; comfortable working in English.
• Trade school or training is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hang, tape, mud, sand, and texture drywall to a clean, ready-to-paint finish.
• Prep, prime, and lay down paint by spray, roller, and brush with sharp cut-ins.
• Patch and touch up drywall and paint after on-site installs.
• Move between drywall and paint as the build requires, mainly inside the factory.
• Keep area clean, materials stocked, and finishes consistent across units.

Skills

Drywall

Painting

Read plans

Teamwork

Education

Trade school

Job description

About the role

If you can hang and finish drywall and lay down clean paint, you already know how this trade usually goes. The work dries up the second the weather turns or a job wraps. Rained-out weeks, seasonal layoffs, and hours you can never count on. At Framework First, finishing happens inside a climate-controlled factory in Salinas, so the work does not stop when it rains and the paycheck keeps coming all year.

We are a family-owned company that builds homes and ADUs about 97% inside our own Salinas factory, then crane-delivers and sets them on-site. This is a real operation with a full factory floor and an office, backed by a craftsman trainer with 40+ years of building experience. Because you cover both drywall and paint, you are worth more to us than a single-craft hire, and the pay range reflects it. There is room to grow here, and the people who work hard move up.

What you'll do

• Hang, tape, mud, sand, and texture drywall to a clean, ready-to-paint finish.
• Prep, prime, and lay down paint by spray, roller, and brush, with sharp cut-in lines and no runs or misses.
• Patch and touch up drywall and paint after a home is set on-site so it looks move-in ready.
• Move between both crafts as the build needs, mostly inside our climate-controlled factory.
• Keep your area clean, your materials stocked, and your finish consistent from one unit to the next.

Who you are

• Real hands-on experience in BOTH drywall and paint. This is one role for one person who does both, not a single-craft painter or a single-craft drywaller. Not entry-level.
• Able to read a plan set and finish schedule and build to them without hand-holding.
• You own your work. When your name is on a wall, it is straight, smooth, and sellable, and if a detail is off you fix it before anyone has to ask.
• Punctual, reliable, and comfortable working in English on a team.
• Trade school or training is a plus, not a requirement.

Job specifics

• Location: Salinas, CA. Most of your week is inside our climate-controlled factory, with occasional on-site touch-ups after a home is set.
• Schedule: Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM (40 hrs/week). Steady hours year-round and a paycheck you can count on.
• Pay: $35–$45/hour to start (DOE), about $72,800–$93,600/yr at 40-hour weeks, before overtime. Time-and-a-half when we push to finish a build.
• Tools and workstations provided. You bring the skill, we supply the rest.
• Benefits: 401(k), paid vacation, holiday, and sick leave, and an employee discount. Starting in 2026, we are also adding health, dental, and vision coverage.

What happens next

We read every application. If your experience looks like a fit, we reach out to schedule a short virtual interview, a real conversation, not a form.

No videos to record and no hoops to jump through. If the call goes well, we invite you to a paid working tryout on our factory floor so you can see the operation and we can see your craft.