Drywaller/Painter – Saint John

📍Location: Saint John, NB🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time/Permanent📅 Posting Date: June 18,

Join On Side Restoration as a Drywaller/Painter and help rebuild homes and businesses after disaster strikes. You’ll repair and finish drywall, apply textures, and bring spaces to life with fresh paint.

This posting reflects an existing vacancy.

Compensation

• Salary Range: $22-$28/hour
• Overtime opportunities (where applicable)
• On-call premium and overtime paid for rotating coverage

Benefits

• Extended health coverage (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Group RRSP, with company matching DPSP
• Life and disability insurance
• Opportunities for advancement and internal mobility

What You’ll Do

• Measure, cut, install, and repair damaged drywall
• Estimate the quantity of materials required by measuring surfaces, reviewing scopes, sketches and work orders
• Ceiling texture
• Tape, mud, sand, and texture surfaces
• Prepare and protect work sites
• Prepare surfaces and apply primers, paints, stains, or finishes
• Apply finishes that are sponged, ragged and layered
• Feathering/blending wall paint
• Match colors and apply coatings using brushes, rollers, or spray guns

What You Bring

• 5+ years of drywall repair experience (cutting, mudding, sanding, taping, painting)
• Experience with restoration repairs (vs new or renovation)
• Level 5 drywall finishing technique
• Brush/roller/spray gun paint experience to finish the area for uniformity and completion
• Construction experience and tool proficiency: you have your own tools for the job
• Previous experience reading and executing work orders
• Texturing skills (knockdown, popcorn, orange peel)
• Leadership to guide helpers and train less experienced workers
• Physically fit: able to do heavy lifting (moving materials) and long periods of kneeling/bending/crouching/reaching
• Ability to work independently or in a team
• Tech-savvy (comfortable using apps/software)
• Strong communication and people skills
• Detail-oriented, quality-driven, safety-focused
• Valid driver’s licence and clean criminal record (we do check)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and spoken

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• A workplace that values respect, integrity, generosity, excellence and being customer driven
• Opportunities to grow your career and learn from the best in the industry
• A culture that celebrates teamwork, inclusion, and customer-driven service

Of Note:

Disasters can strike at any time so a rotating schedule of 24/7 after hours on-call work is a requirement. Meaning you’ll work regular weekday hours and participate in a rotating after-hours on-call schedule.

At On Side, everything starts with people. We live our values — respect, integrity, generosity, excellence, and customer focus — in everything we do.
Join a team that helps families, businesses, and communities rebuild when it matters most. You’ll contribute to a workplace where people come together to bring order to chaos.
Make a real impact, do work that matters, and grow your career with us.

*Your application is always reviewed by real people. We don’t use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this role.