Tile Setter — Midwest Residential (hiring at two levels) Toledo & Northwest Ohio · Full-time · 1099 · $30-36/hr DOE → $40 · We buy your consumables + pay for training
We manage remodels like a business, not a side job — and we're rebuilding our tile division. We want craftsmen who are genuinely into tile to help build it.
We used to self-perform all our tile. We got away from it, and we're done eating callbacks on subbed-out work. We're bringing tile back in-house and hiring setters who install to spec, hold a real standard, and produce — and who want to be part of building something.
We're hiring at two levels:
- Tile Lead — showers, waterproofing, and the specialty work (large-format, natural stone, mosaics, heated floors, custom pans). You anchor the division.
- Tile Setter — floors, walls, backsplash. Strong, clean, productive. (We'll grow you into showers over time.)
What you'd own:
- Set tile to a craftsman standard: clean grout lines, no lippage, thoughtful layout, proper substrate prep — and on showers, proper slope and waterproofing that does not leak.
- Lay out a room so the cut never lands on the focal wall; coordinate transitions and heights with adjacent floors.
- Keep your work clean as you go (no thinset everywhere), protect the home, and follow through — caulk, trim, the details.
- Cut with the right tool for speed and finish (snapper, wet saw, in-place cuts, miters, radius, remade factory edges), and use lasers.
What we need:
- 5+ years setting tile; remodel experience a plus. Training/certs (NTCA, CTEF, Schluter) are great.
- Lead applicants: shower + waterproofing competence is a must, plus the specialty skills above.
- Setter applicants: strong floor/wall/backsplash; showers not required.
- Pride in clean, to-spec work — and the discipline to follow our system, not wing it.
- Owns your main kit (wet saw, snapper, lasers, leveling). Reliable transportation.
What we offer:
- $30-36/hr (1099) depending on level and experience, growing to $40 as you certify and take on leadership.
- We invest in you — we buy your consumables (blades, hole saws), help with the costly tools, and pay for certs and manufacturer training. Most shops make you buy everything yourself.
- Steady, full-time, year-round work — no sub feast-or-famine.
- Real craft and variety — showers, custom, large-format, stone — not monotonous tract floors.
- Ground floor of a rebuild — help build the division and own it. A real path to lead.
How to apply: Send a note on your experience and photos of your work — showers, custom layouts, stone, big-format, detail shots. No photos, no interview.
Midwest Residential is an equal-opportunity contractor. This is a full-time 1099 contract position.
Pay: Up to $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Professional development assistance
Work Location: In person
