Lead Handyman - Chicago

Job Description

Are you a skilled handyman or maintenance technician looking for steady, full-time work with a great team, strong pay, and excellent benefits? Honey Homes is hiring in the Chicago & North Shore Area. We’ll keep you local — projects are within a small territory commute from your residential zone.

We are offering a $500 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates who successfully complete training and remain onboard for at least 30 days.

Join Honey Homes! We’re a fast-growing company helping homeowners eliminate the stress of residential home repair by pairing them with a dedicated, highly-skilled residential handyman — someone like you!

What You Get

• Full-time handyman and maintenance technician work – No more searching for clients. We provide steady, 40-hours-per-week residential handyman jobs.
• Great pay – $32-36/hr ($67,000 - $75,000 per year) plus equity in the business.
• Great hours – Monday–Friday, 8:30am–5:00pm (no nights, weekends, required overtime, or on-call).
• Generous time off – 12 paid holidays 13 PTO/sick days.
• Benefits & perks – 100% company-paid health, vision, and dental; 401(k); life insurance; flexible spending accounts; and a company phone.
• Mileage reimbursement – Paid for all local driving between appointments.
  
  

What You’ll Do

• Perform residential home repair and maintenance technician tasks across multiple trades.
• Complete handyman projects including:
• Carpentry (doors, trim, framing, repairs)
• Painting and drywall patching
• Plumbing (toilets, faucets, minor pipe repairs)
• Electrical (fixtures, outlets, small wiring tasks)
• Smart home device installation
• Work with a small group of homeowners to help them maintain their homes — you’ll manage about 40 residential homes within a small territory.
• Provide outstanding customer service and build strong relationships — you will become the trusted handyman for each home.
• Use our app to track jobs, tasks, and schedules.
  
  

Job Requirements

• 5 years of handyman or multi-trade experience required.
• Skilled across multiple trade areas under and learning from skilled carpenters, drywallers, painters, plumbers, and electricians.
• Prior work as a maintenance technician, carpenter, plumber, or electrician strongly preferred.
• Experience in residential home repair and upkeep across multiple trade areas.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability — can independently assess and fix most issues in a home.
• Attention to detail (clean caulk lines, professional patching, and painting).
• Customer-friendly attitude — great listener, strong communicator, proactive.
• Reliable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and tools.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly (with or without reasonable accommodation).
• Comfortable working on ladders or scaffolding at heights up to 12 feet.
  
  

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. Women and under-represented minorities are encouraged to apply.