Creative Repair Specialist

Surface Experts of Northeast Philadelphia

  • Saint Clair Shores, MI
  • 30+ days ago
  • $18–$24 Per Hour

Highlights

You'll use your artistic eye to complete small, detailed repairs-usually in an hour or less-while helping customers restore and preserve their spaces. Surface Experts repairs minor damage to hard surfaces-bathtubs, cabinets, floors, appliances, countertops, furniture, elevator panels, and more.

Numbers & Facts

LocationSaint Clair Shores, MI
Salary$18–$24 Per Hour

Description

Responsive recruiter

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Bonus based on performance
  • Company car
  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible schedule
  • Free uniforms
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off

Creative Repair Technician - Surface Experts of Metro Detroit

Combine Creativity and "Handy Man" skills to a Career with Real Impact

Do you enjoy making things with your hands? Have hobbies that involve color, detail, or artistic expression? Becoming a Surface Experts Technician pairs your creativity with a stable, rewarding career. You'll use your artistic eye to complete small, detailed repairs-usually in an hour or less-while helping customers restore and preserve their spaces.

See the role in action:

A Day in the Life of a Surface Experts Technician

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ0nCFdtqqs

What We Offer

  • Base Salary + Bonus Opportunity (performance‑based bonus starting day one)

Great Work/Life Balance - no required overtime, no nights, rarely weekends

Paid Time Off - paid holidays + accruable vacation

Flexible Scheduling - midweek appointments available

Paid Training - learn alongside an experienced technician

Company Vehicle - branded car provided for daily job duties

Tools & Materials Provided - everything you need is supplied

Learn a New Trade - develop skills in a growing, creative industry

Supportive Team Culture - collaborative, achievement‑focused environment

Local Ownership - small business with hands‑on leadership

Mentorship & Growth - ongoing repair training and career development

Dedicated Technician Support Line - help available whenever you need it

What You'll Do

In the Field Daily

  • Complete 4+ creative repairs on‑site each day

  • Work independently while delivering excellent customer service

  • Problem‑solve in diverse environments: apartments, hotels, moving sites, construction sites, and more

Customer Service & Communication

  • Treat tenants, staff, and clients with professionalism and care

  • Enter repair notes and updates in our CRM/dispatch system

  • Collaborate with our Support Team when unique challenges arise

Follow Our Repair Process

  • Learn and apply our one‑of‑a‑kind 5‑step repair process

  • Master each tool in your personalized technician kits

  • Use your artistic skills-every repair requires a unique, creative and handy solution

Who Thrives Here

Calling all creative types!

Technicians with backgrounds in painting, sculpting, whittling, drawing, or other visual arts excel at Surface Experts. Your ability to see, match, and replicate color is essential. Every repair has a different sheen, pattern, and material-creativity is a must.

Qualifications

  • Hands‑on experience in any manual trade (construction, manufacturing, painting, sculpting, etc.)

  • Facility maintenance experience helpful but not required

  • Ability to see, distinguish, and match colors accurately

  • Strong problem‑solving skills and customer‑focused mindset

About Surface Experts

Surface Experts repairs minor damage to hard surfaces-bathtubs, cabinets, floors, appliances, countertops, furniture, elevator panels, and more. Our proprietary process blends craftsmanship with innovation to create long‑lasting, visually seamless repairs.

Unlike competitors who resurface entire fixtures, we specialize in micro‑repairs, saving customers time, money, and unnecessary waste. Most repairs take less than two hours, leave no mess or odor, and require only a small amount of product-making this a clean, efficient, and highly creative trade.

Join a team where your creativity makes a visible difference every day.

Compensation: $18.00 - $24.00 per hour

About Surface Experts

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.

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop outstanding teams by investing in strong relationships. Together we work to solve our customers' problems by reducing the waste of time, money and materials which end up in landfills.

Our Vision

To establish and lead a nationally recognized market for surface repair as an alternative to replacement or complete refinishing. Our goal is to be represented in every major metropolitan area, and for our brand to be synonymous with spot repair among all facilities and maintenance management.

Core Values

Serve Others

  • Put Relationships First
  • No Jerks
  • 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.

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