About this opportunity
PatchMaster Chicago North Shore lists this General Manager opportunity in northbrook, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
General Manager — PatchMaster of Chicago's North Shore
Location: Chicago and The North Shore — Chicago, Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Northbrook, Glenview, Deerfield, Lake Forest and nearby communities
Type: Full-time
Reports to: Owner
Compensation: $60,000–$80,000 base + $25,000–$40,000 performance bonus (paid quarterly)
About Us
PatchMaster of Chicago's North Shore is a specialty drywall, plaster, and painting company. We handle the work most contractors pass on: holes, cracks, water damage, flood cuts, ceiling repair, plaster restoration, texture matching, and the painting that finishes the job. Our customers are homeowners, property managers, restoration firms, plumbers, HVAC and GCs who need a repair done right and done quickly.
We're a small team, and this role has a lot of say in how the business runs.
The Role
We're hiring a General Manager to run our day-to-day business — the crews, the schedule, the estimates, and the numbers. It's a hands-on role that splits time between the office and the field, so you'll be on job sites and in customers' homes regularly.
It's a good fit for someone who's been running part of a services or trades business and is ready to take on the whole thing.
What Your Week Looks Like
No two weeks are identical, but most of them include some mix of the following:
Getting back to homeowners and property managers who've reached out, and setting up visits
Meeting customers at their homes to look at the damage and talk through what the repair involves
Putting together estimates and sending quotes
Building the schedule and making sure crews have what they need
Checking in on jobs in progress and on finished work you're proud to put our name on
Bringing on new techs, painters, and subs as the work grows, and helping them get up to speed
Building relationships with restoration companies, property managers, plumbers, contractors and others in the community who send work our way
Looking at how jobs came out financially and where we can do better
You won't be doing all of this alone, and you won't be expected to have it figured out on day one. The owner is available and involved, and we'll sort out together what you take on first.
What We're Looking For
Experience running a residential services, trades, or construction operation — drywall, painting, restoration, remodeling, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, or similar
Some responsibility for a budget or P&L
Estimating experience: you can walk a job and price it well
Experience hiring and managing crews or subcontractors
Good with people, in person and on the phone, and comfortable in a customer's home
Comfortable with everyday software — we use Jobber for scheduling and quotes
Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and reliable transportation
Nice to have
Hands-on drywall, plaster, painting, or finish carpentry knowledge
Experience with insurance or restoration work
Existing North Shore relationships with property managers, GCs, or restoration firms
Bilingual English/Spanish
Franchise or multi-unit experience
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary of $60,000–$80,000, depending on experience
Performance bonus tied to revenue and margin, paid quarterly
Room to grow as the territory grows
PatchMaster of Chicago's North Shore is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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Worksite address
northbrook, IL, 60065, US
Who can apply
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