Field Technician — Shade & Screen Installation $20–$38/hr

Shadeboys; Murrieta (CA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Shadeboys on-site installer role: work with the operations manager to install zip-track shades, awnings, screens and pergola structures at customers' homes or on restaurant patios.

You will learn the product, go through onboarding, and be trained to lead installations end to end. This is a 1099 independent contractor position with weekly invoicing and national travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Construction, installation or skilled-trade experience in shade, awning, screen, window, door, solar or exterior work.
• Comfortable on ladders and lifts, and able to handle materials up to roughly 50 lb with a second set of hands.
• Accurate with a tape measure; most issues stem from measurement.
• Presentable and straightforward with customers.
• Valid driver's license, clean record, and right to work in the United States.
• Willing to travel nationally on occasion.

Responsibilities

• Install zip-track shades, awnings, screens and pergola structures alongside the operations manager.
• Measure and verify openings before the build, and flag the ones that will not go as drawn.
• Handle the customer on site: what is happening, how long, what it will look like when it is finished.
• Service and warranty calls — diagnose, repair, and report what actually failed.
• Keep the truck, tools and job photos in order; the photos become install documentation and training material.
• Travel to out-of-state jobs and dealer training with the operations manager.

Skills

Installation experience

Trade background

Customer facing

Driver's license

Travel ready

Job description

You will be on site with the operations manager, doing the work and talking to the customer while you do it. Both halves matter here. A shade install happens at someone's house or in the middle of a restaurant's patio during service — how you handle the person is as visible as how you handle the bracket.

The path is explicit: learn the product and the standard, then get trained to run your own installation team. We are telling you that now because it is the reason the role exists, not a hypothetical we would hint at in a year.

Pay

$20–$38/hr. Hourly, invoiced weekly. Where you sit in the range moves as you take on measurement and then crew responsibility.

What you will own

• Install zip-track shades, awnings, screens and pergola structures alongside the operations manager
• Measure and verify openings before the build, and flag the ones that will not go as drawn
• Handle the customer on site: what is happening, how long, what it will look like when it is finished
• Service and warranty calls — diagnose, repair, and report what actually failed
• Keep the truck, tools and job photos in order; the photos become install documentation and training material
• Travel to out-of-state jobs and dealer training with the operations manager

What we need

• Construction, installation or skilled-trade experience — shade, awning, screen, window, door, solar or general exterior work
• Comfortable on ladders and lifts, and able to handle materials up to roughly 50 lb with a second set of hands
• Accurate with a tape measure. Most of what goes wrong on this product went wrong at measurement.
• Presentable and straightforward with customers
• Valid driver's licence, clean record, and the right to work in the United States
• Willing to travel nationally on occasion

Engagement

• 1099 independent contractor engagement, not employment
• No daily hour cap. Invoice the time the work actually takes — install days run long and that is paid
• Weekly invoice, paid bi-weekly
• Where you sit in the range moves as you take on measurement, then crew responsibility
• Travel and job-related expenses covered against receipts

90-day onboarding

• Days 1–30: Install with the operations manager. Learn the product, what a finished job looks like, and the ways it goes wrong.
• Days 31–60: Run measurement on your own jobs, with a check before the build is released to the shop.
• Days 61–90: Lead a straightforward installation end to end — measurement, install, customer walkthrough and job photos.

60-month plan

Every hire, in every role, starts with a written 60-month plan built with you in your first weeks. It has three lines — personal, professional and financial — and it is what the regular PPF meetings review. From installer to running your own installation team — the reason this role exists.