Water Fire Restoration Technician
Pekin
Water Fire Restoration Technician
Full Time • Pekin
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Benefits:
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Company parties
- Dental insurance
- Free uniforms
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
Water & Fire Restoration Technician at SERVPRO TEAM FLETCHER
START AT $18/HOUR — BUILD A CAREER, NOT JUST A JOB
SERVPRO Team Fletcher is hiring Full-Time Water & Fire Restoration Technicians.
If you're looking for more than another minimum wage job, this could be the start of a career. You don't need years of restoration experience to get started. We provide online training, hands-on field training, and real-world experience to help you learn a skilled trade, take on greater responsibility, and advance.
Start at $18/hour. Build your skills. Earn more responsibility. Advance your career.
YOUR EARNING & CAREER PATH
Restoration Technician — Starting at $18/hour
· Work a regular schedule, complete training, gain experience, and participate in a rotating on-call schedule.
· Additional hours and overtime may increase weekly earnings.
Lead Technician — Approximately $22–$27/hour
Employees with strong performance, reliability, technical ability, and leadership skills can advance into the Lead Technician role.
Project Manager — Approximately $47,000–$65,000+ compensation + commissions
For employees who demonstrate exceptional performance, leadership, and continued growth.
MORE THAN A 40-HOUR, $18/HOUR JOB
Restoration work is driven by customer emergencies, weather events, and active projects. This is not necessarily a simple 40-hour/week clock-in/clock-out job. Our rotating on-call schedule can provide additional hours and overtime. Overtime is based on business and customer needs and is not guaranteed every week.
Illustrative weekly gross pay, assuming $18/hour and 1.5× overtime after 40 hours:
· 40 hours — $720
· 45 hours — $855
· 50 hours — $990
· 55 hours — $1,125
Illustrative only; actual eligibility, hours, and earnings depend on applicable law, schedule, and business needs.
WHY SERVPRO TEAM FLETCHER
When a home or business is damaged by water, fire, mold, or other disasters, our customers need someone who can show up, work hard, solve problems, and help begin putting their lives back together. That's what we do.
VISION: “Restore Lives as 1 Team”
We Restore Lives as 1 Team by helping customers through some of their most difficult moments, with the goal of making it “Like it never even happened®!”
OUR CORE VALUES
· Driven to Help — We step up and make a difference.
· Driven to Care — We care about customers, teammates, and the work we do.
· Driven by Integrity — We do the right thing, even when no one is watching.
· Driven to Win — We pursue excellence and work together to achieve results.
We're looking for dependable, motivated, detail-oriented people who are comfortable working with their hands and interested in building a skilled trade career.
TRAINING & CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Step 1 — Restoration Technician
Starting pay: $18/hour. Adjustments may be based on experience. No previous restoration experience is required.
· Approximately 3 months of online training (amidst on-the-job training)
· Approximately 3 months of hands-on field development
· Daily experience alongside experienced team members
Step 2 — Lead Technician
Potential advancement at approximately 12 months from hire for employees who demonstrate strong performance, reliability, technical ability, and leadership. Lead Technician pay starts at approximately $22/hour and can progress to approximately $27/hour with additional skills and training.
· Lead restoration jobs
· Take primary responsibility for projects
· Handle greater customer and jobsite responsibility
· Supervise and support technicians to grow to Lead Technician
· Take on additional leadership responsibilities while on-call
Step 3 — Expand Your Restoration Expertise
Water • Fire • Mold • Trauma
Additional Lead Technician-level training may take approximately 3 months per category.
Step 4 — Project Manager
Employees demonstrating exceptional performance, leadership, and continued growth may develop toward a Project Manager role. Development includes sales, CRM, project management, technology/company platforms, business operations, and leadership. Not every restoration category must be completed before consideration; overall performance and readiness matter.
WHAT YOU'LL DO AS A TECHNICIAN
· Prepare rooms and affected areas for restoration work.
· Set up staging areas and restoration equipment.
· Communicate with management and other technicians throughout projects.
· Perform production work including water extraction, cleaning, and demolition.
· Complete end-of-day and end-of-job cleanup and equipment breakdown.
· Keep jobsites clean, safe, and orderly.
· Follow company safety, production, and jobsite procedures.
· Provide professional customer service throughout the restoration process.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
· Valid driver's license.
· Strong work ethic, reliability, and desire to learn and advance.
· Ability to work extended shifts beyond 8 hours when needed.
· Ability to work more than 40 hours when needed.
· Availability for after-hours and weekends on a rotating/on-call basis.
· Willingness to complete online and hands-on training while working.
· Previous restoration experience is helpful, but not required — we will train the right person.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
· Lift 50 lbs. regularly and occasionally lift up to 100 lbs. with assistance.
· Kneel, bend, climb ladders, and work at ceiling heights and in tight spaces.
· Work in crawl spaces, attics, and other physically demanding environments.
· Work in hot and cold conditions.
· Perform repetitive pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying.
· Work with cleaning agents and restoration-related materials.
READY TO BUILD SOMETHING?
If you're looking for a place where you can start with limited experience, learn a skilled trade, develop valuable skills, and work toward greater responsibility and compensation, we'd like to hear from you.
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Employees are hired, employed, and supervised solely by the independently owned and operated SERVPRO® franchise. Employees are not employed by Servpro Industries, LLC or Servpro Franchise, LLC.
Compensation: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
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