Innovation Technician - $1,500 Sign-On Bonus

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$1,500 Sign‑On Bonus

What do our Innovation/Utility specialists do?

The primary purpose of this role is to perform the dynamic combined aspects of pest control, exclusion services, minor construction, and TAP (Thermal Acoustical Pest Control) insulation installation allowing you to make a significant impact in the communities we serve.

• Pest Control:
  Conduct inspections to identify pest activity, perform pest control services for residential and commercial clients, and install and maintain termite control systems.
• TAP Insulation Installation:
  Efficiently install Thermal Acoustical Pest Control (TAP) insulation, ensuring quality service and customer satisfaction while managing job‑site preparations and clean‑up.
• Construction and Repair:
  Assist with light construction projects, including minor repairs and replacements related to pest damage.
• Customer Interaction:
  Communicate effectively with customers to explain services, ensure satisfaction, and provide guidance on pest control measures.
• Service Delivery:
  Perform exclusion services and wildlife removal, setting up and building exclusion traps, and ensuring safety protocols are followed.
• Continuous Learning:
  Stay updated on industry trends, technologies, and regulations. Participate in training to enhance your skills in pest control and related services.

• Working around animals, insects, and termites.
• Working in tight, confined spaces such as basements, attics, crawl spaces, narrow aisles, or passageways.
• Setting up and building exclusion traps, cutting flashing, and forming hardware cloth to specifications.
• Removing animals trapped in exclusion devices.
• Working in a safety harness from rooftops as needed during exclusion services and wildlife removal.
• Completing production forms documenting services provided.
• Working around mechanical parts, vehicles, electrical current, heights, scaffolding, fumes, dust, and chemicals; receive training to handle these conditions safely.
• Moving up to 50 pounds by lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise repositioning objects.
• Maintaining balance when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Pushing objects forward, downward, or outward with sustained force using the upper extremities to press with steady force and drag, draw, haul, or tug objects.
• Operating effectively both inside and outside in local climate on company‑provided weather.
• Regularly sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling up and down stairs, ladders, scaffolding, ramps, and poles.
• Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), such as an OSHA‑compliant respirator.
• Safely operating a motor vehicle and keeping it and all other equipment clean.

• Clean shaven face—required for safety reasons (rebreathers must seal your face).
• High school diploma or GED; related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Availability to work Monday–Friday and Saturdays as needed.
• Solid reading, writing, and verbal communication skills and the ability to present information in both internal and external settings.
• Basic math skills—add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Must be able to follow instructions for mixing on product labels.
• Licenses or certificates required by federal, state, and/or local regulations (covered by us).
• Customer‑facing experience preferred.

Base Pay Range Hourly: $18.00 – $20.00. While starting pay falls within the given range, it can vary based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and experience. Total earnings may also be affected by overtime, incentives, commissions, performance, and route assignment (where applicable).

This positions guarantees a non‑negotiable sign‑on bonus of $1,500.

We are a drug‑free workplace.

Rentokil is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws related to the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities.

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