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Handyman | $35/hr | $1500 Sign On | Chicago

Honey Homes

Evanston, ILFull-time$35/hrPosted 1w agoStill listed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$35/hr
Location
Evanston, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License

Job overview

Honey Homes is hiring a full-time handyman or maintenance technician for residential repair, maintenance, and remodeling work in Evanston or Chicago’s North Side. The role offers steady local work in a dedicated territory or on a remodeling crew, with a Monday-to-Friday schedule and no evenings, weekends, or on-call shifts. The company provides paid benefits, equity, mileage reimbursement, and a sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CarpentryPlumbingElectrical WiringPaintingCustomer ServiceTroubleshooting (Problem Solving)Electrical WorkDrywall RepairAttention to DetailLifting and CarryingLadder WorkOverhead WorkConfined-Space Work

Qualifications

5+ Years Hands-on ExperienceReliable VehicleValid Driver's LicenseOwn Tools

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

$35/hr + $1,500 Sign On Bonus | Full Time | 5+ Years Experience | Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm | No Evenings, No Weekends, No On Call | 100% Paid Health, Vision and Dental | 12 Paid Holidays + 13 Days Paid Time Off 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 Evanston and Chicago's North Side. This is a full time, W2 hourly job with paid benefits, not a gig, contract, or part time role. We keep you local: you'll work either on a dedicated territory of 40 to 50 homes near where you live or on our residential remodeling crew. No client hunting, no unpredictable schedules, no weekends. Just steady, well paid home repair and maintenance work close to home. We serve over 4,000 homeowners across California, Texas, and Illinois, and we're growing fast, with real support from a Field Manager and a Member Success team behind you every day. There's real room to grow here: take courses from our General Contractor, with opportunities to move up to Senior Handyman and then to Field Trainer. We're offering a $1,500 sign on bonus for qualified candidates, paid out in full after you complete training and remain onboard for 30 days. What You Get Pay

  • $35/hr, about $73,000 per year, plus equity in the business

  • $1,500 sign on bonus, paid in full after training and 30 days onboard

  • Mileage reimbursement for all local driving between jobs

Schedule

  • Full time, 40 hours per week, steady residential work. No searching for clients.

  • Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

  • No evenings, no weekends, no on call, no required overtime

  • Work close to home in a small Evanston or North Side territory, not the whole Chicago area

Benefits

  • 100% company paid health, vision, and dental insurance

  • 401(k)

  • 12 paid holidays plus 13 days of paid time off

  • Life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and a company phone

  • Referral bonus: $50 when someone you refer completes a phone screen, and $500 when they're hired and stay past 30 days

What You'll Do

  • Perform residential home repair, maintenance, and remodel work across multiple trades:

  • Carpentry: door installation, trim and molding, framing, dry rot repair, deck and fence repair

  • Painting and drywall: interior painting, drywall repair and patching, caulking

  • Plumbing: toilet repair, faucet replacement, valves, minor pipe repairs, clearing drains

  • Electrical: light fixture installation, outlets, switches, ceiling fans, thermostats, small wiring tasks

  • Smart home device installation and TV mounting

  • Keep home systems and appliances on a preventive maintenance schedule for your route homes.

  • Provide outstanding customer service and build strong relationships. You're in members' homes, and they need to trust you.

  • Use our app to track jobs, tasks, and schedules.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands on experience as a handyman, maintenance technician, carpenter, remodeler, or in another multi trade residential role.

  • Skilled across carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, and drywall, with strong troubleshooting ability. You can assess and fix most issues in a home on your own.

  • Attention to detail and a customer friendly attitude. You're in members' homes and they need to trust you.

  • Reliable vehicle, valid driver's license, and your own tools.

  • Able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, work on ladders and overhead, and work in tight spaces such as attics and crawlspaces (with or without reasonable accommodation).

You do not need a contractor's, electrical, or plumbing license. Permitted work is handled separately. Related job titles: handyman, handy man, maintenance technician, residential maintenance technician, property maintenance technician, apartment maintenance technician, home repair technician, carpenter, remodeler, punch list technician. #ZR 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 7,033 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$35/hr
  • Illinois median$25–32/hr176 hourly ranges
  • US median$26–33/hr3,281 hourly ranges

This rate, $35/hr, is 20% above the Illinois median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Maintenance Technician hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 233 open Maintenance Technician jobs in Illinois and 7,033 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 3,870 postings).
Education
28 of the 7,033 open Maintenance Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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