Filling out the team

Envirowash is looking for a few good people. 

Six, to be exact.

While the company stays busy throughout the year, March to November is packed with customer requests, which the company tries to fulfill in a timely manner.

“When it’s nice outside, homeowners want to enjoy their decks, their patios, their porches, and they want them to be fresh and clean,” says Sales Manager Curtis Galbraith. “People host friends and family in the warmer months more than they do in the winter, and they want their homes to make a good impression.”

Envirowash’s year-round team of a dozen currently needs to grow by 50 percent to accommodate the surge in demand. “During the main part of our busy season, we need help to get all of our jobs completed while keeping the quality high for every customer,” Galbraith says.

“The job is an easy introduction to the construction or home improvement industry,” he notes, since power washing usually happens at the start and finish of many projects. Additionally, he adds, it’s common for technicians to hit the 40-hour mark in four days’ time; some weeks, there’s Saturday work and plenty of opportunity for growth.

Seasonal Envirowash team members often pair their Envirowash job with another seasonal job in the winter or work for themselves during the off-season. Or, if they’ve been able to save well, they may choose to work less in the colder months. “It creates a nice opportunity to take long breaks at Thanksgiving and Christmas,” Galbraith says.

New Envirowash technicians spend their first few weeks learning on the job working alongside a mentor technician, usually one of the Envirowash team employees who have been with the company for 10+ years. Every employee is provided with attire – shirts, pants or shorts and boots – so they don’t have to invest in work clothes. And technicians drive Envirowash vehicles to work sites, not their own cars, which saves on gas costs, and wear and tear. Comfort with heights – since some jobs require walking on roofs – is preferred, but not required. And while there is some need for strength, no one should assume they can’t do the job.

“There is a physical requirement to the work in pulling hoses and moving ladders, but it’s not terribly strenuous,” Galbraith says. “While we don’t currently have any women working with us on crews, we do have a woman project manager, and we’d be happy to welcome more women to the company.”

Perhaps the best benefit, Galbraith says, is the work itself.

“A landscaper might get tired of cutting grass and edging every day, but pressure washing is always different,” Galbraith notes. “We see some really unique and beautiful properties on a daily basis, which is a nice change of scenery. We don’t just do washing – we stain, seal, even paint, so our employees are always learning and doing something new. Plus, our work creates very visible change. There’s satisfaction at the end of the day, seeing a transformation. You can say, ‘That was me, I worked on this property and made something new again.’”