Experienced Residential Remodeling Subcontractor CrewFraming, Tile, Flooring and Bathroom Remodeling
Company: Mended Rose Construction
Service Area: Iowa City–Cedar Rapids Corridor and surrounding Eastern Iowa communities
Engagement Type: Independent subcontractor
Crew Requirement: Minimum three-person crew
Compensation: Project-based pricing established in writing before work begins. Listed compensation was a placeholder and does not reflect actual earning potential.
Opportunity Summary
Mended Rose Construction is seeking an established residential remodeling subcontractor with a dependable crew of at least three qualified tradespeople.
This opportunity is intended for an experienced, self-managed contracting business—not an individual laborer, one-person operation, or crew requiring training in the primary scopes. The subcontractor must have demonstrated proficiency in residential framing, tile installation, hard-surface flooring, and complete bathroom remodeling.
The selected subcontractor must be capable of reviewing a written scope, planning the work, staffing the project appropriately, coordinating with our project manager, and completing professional-quality work with limited oversight.
Available projects may include bathrooms, additions, decks, basements, kitchens, structural repairs, flooring installations, and other residential remodeling work.
Required Crew Structure
The subcontractor must:
- Maintain a dependable crew of at least three qualified workers.
- Provide a competent working foreman or crew leader on every project.
- Ensure the crew leader can communicate clearly with project managers, homeowners, inspectors, suppliers, and other subcontractors.
- Staff projects adequately to meet agreed schedules and production expectations.
- Maintain a consistent core crew throughout each assigned project.
- Supervise and remain responsible for all employees, workers, and lower-tier subcontractors under its control.
- Notify Mended Rose Construction before adding or replacing crew members assigned to an active project.
- Provide qualified supervision whenever work is being performed.
Primary Areas of ExpertiseResidential Framing
The subcontractor must be proficient in:
- Reading plans, written scopes, measurements, and construction details.
- Laying out walls, openings, floors, ceilings, roof components, decks, stairs, and structural repairs.
- Framing work that is plumb, level, square, properly fastened, and ready for the following trade.
- Installing headers, beams, posts, blocking, backing, ledgers, rim boards, joists, and other framing components.
- Framing window, door, shower, tub, niche, cabinet, and mechanical openings.
- Modifying existing framing during remodeling projects without unnecessarily damaging surrounding areas.
- Identifying damaged, undersized, improperly installed, or structurally questionable existing conditions.
- Following approved plans and immediately reporting conditions that differ from the plans or written scope.
- Understanding proper load paths, fastening schedules, moisture considerations, and applicable residential building requirements.
- Coordinating structural work with required inspections.
Structural changes must follow approved plans and may not be made without authorization.
Tile Installation
The subcontractor must be proficient in:
- Evaluating and preparing walls, floors, and other tile substrates.
- Installing cement board, approved backer systems, uncoupling membranes, waterproofing membranes, shower pans, curbs, benches, and niches.
- Properly waterproofing showers, tub surrounds, and other wet areas.
- Planning tile layouts to provide balanced cuts, consistent grout joints, proper transitions, and an intentional finished appearance.
- Accurately cutting and installing ceramic, porcelain, mosaic, and natural-stone tile when specified.
- Controlling lippage and maintaining flat, straight, and properly aligned finished surfaces.
- Installing tile around drains, valves, niches, windows, corners, fixtures, and other penetrations.
- Selecting and using appropriate mortars, grouts, sealants, profiles, and setting materials.
- Grouting, cleaning, caulking, sealing, and completing final tile details.
- Following approved manufacturer installation instructions and recognized industry practices.
- Protecting finished tile from damage during the remaining construction process.
Improperly prepared or waterproofed tile work will not be accepted.
Flooring Installation
The subcontractor must be proficient in:
- Removing existing flooring while limiting damage to adjacent finishes.
- Inspecting subfloors for moisture, movement, deterioration, elevation differences, and flatness concerns.
- Repairing or replacing damaged subfloor where included in the written scope.
- Preparing floors through fastening, patching, leveling, underlayment installation, or other approved methods.
- Installing luxury vinyl plank, luxury vinyl tile, laminate, engineered flooring, tile, and other specified hard-surface products.
- Maintaining proper expansion space, layout, transitions, and manufacturer-required clearances.
- Undercutting jambs and completing clean flooring transitions at doors, cabinets, stairs, and adjoining materials.
- Installing baseboard, shoe molding, reducers, thresholds, and transition strips when included.
- Protecting completed flooring from damage by other work.
Bathroom Remodeling
The subcontractor must be capable of completing or coordinating the general-construction portions of full bathroom remodels, including:
- Establishing dust containment and protecting the customer’s home.
- Selective demolition of fixtures, flooring, wall finishes, showers, tubs, vanities, trim, and accessories.
- Identifying water damage, mold-like conditions, deterioration, or concealed construction concerns.
- Repairing framing and subfloor components included in the approved scope.
- Framing shower walls, niches, benches, soffits, partitions, door openings, and accessory backing.
- Installing approved wallboard, cement board, waterproofing systems, underlayment, and tile.
- Installing flooring, vanities, cabinets, doors, trim, hardware, mirrors, and accessories when included.
- Coordinating work sequences with authorized plumbing, electrical, HVAC, glass, and inspection personnel.
- Maintaining required access and clearances for plumbing, electrical, ventilation, and fixtures.
- Completing punch-list items promptly and leaving a clean, professional finished project.
The subcontractor may not perform regulated or licensed trade work unless properly authorized and qualified to do so.
General Project Responsibilities
- Review the complete scope, drawings, selections, and site conditions before beginning work.
- Verify critical field measurements before ordering, cutting, or installing materials.
- Immediately report missing information, conflicts, concealed damage, or conditions outside the written scope.
- Follow approved plans, specifications, manufacturer instructions, and applicable codes.
- Complete work in the proper sequence and coordinate with other trades.
- Provide regular progress updates and jobsite photographs.
- Communicate schedule concerns or material needs before they delay the project.
- Obtain written authorization before completing extra work or changing the approved scope.
- Do not make unauthorized material substitutions or design changes.
- Maintain safe access to the property and work areas.
- Protect floors, walls, furnishings, landscaping, driveways, and completed work.
- Use appropriate dust control and debris-containment procedures.
- Keep tools, materials, cords, and equipment organized.
- Remove work-related debris and leave the project broom-clean unless otherwise stated in the work order.
- Correct deficient work and complete assigned punch-list items promptly.
- Treat homeowners, neighbors, inspectors, suppliers, and other trades professionally.
Business and Documentation Requirements
Before receiving work, the subcontractor must provide:
- Completed Form W-9.
- Current certificate of general liability insurance.
- Workers’ compensation coverage or other documentation permitted by applicable law.
- Commercial automobile or appropriate vehicle insurance.
- Current contractor registration and any licenses required for the assigned work.
- Legal business name, mailing address, telephone number, and primary contact information.
- Names and responsibilities of the proposed crew leader and key crew members.
- At least three professional references from contractors, builders, or recent customers.
- Photographs or a portfolio showing completed framing, tile, flooring, and bathroom-remodeling work.
- Information regarding crew size, service area, availability, and typical project capacity.
- Any additional onboarding documentation required by Mended Rose Construction.
All registrations, licenses, and insurance must remain active throughout the subcontractor relationship.
Tools, Equipment and Crew Management
Unless a written work order states otherwise, the subcontractor is responsible for:
- Providing and maintaining its own professional tools and equipment.
- Providing transportation for its crew, tools, and equipment.
- Supplying required personal protective equipment.
- Supervising, directing, and compensating its crew.
- Handling its own payroll, taxes, insurance, and employment obligations.
- Ensuring its crew is properly trained for assigned work.
- Maintaining a safe, orderly, and professional jobsite.
- Securing tools and equipment at the end of each workday.
Material purchasing and delivery responsibilities will be identified separately for each project.
Minimum Qualifications
- A consistently available crew of at least three qualified tradespeople.
- A crew leader with at least five years of verifiable residential remodeling or construction experience.
- Demonstrated professional experience in framing, tile, flooring, and bathroom remodeling.
- Ability to work from plans, measurements, scopes, specifications, and schedules.
- Ability to manage the assigned project without continuous supervision.
- Strong workmanship standards and attention to finish details.
- Reliable transportation, professional tools, and appropriate equipment.
- Ability to meet agreed project schedules and communicate delays promptly.
- Ability to provide accurate invoices and supporting documentation.
- Professional conduct while working in occupied homes.
- Willingness and ability to correct workmanship issues for which the subcontractor is responsible.
- Successful completion of Mended Rose Construction’s subcontractor onboarding and reference review.
Preferred Qualifications
Preference may be given to subcontractors with:
- Extensive whole-bathroom remodeling experience.
- Advanced shower waterproofing and tile-layout capabilities.
- Experience with Schluter, Wedi, or comparable approved waterproofing systems.
- Experience with additions, decks, structural remodeling, and finish carpentry.
- Lead-safe renovation certification when applicable.
- A documented safety program.
- Strong customer-service and communication skills.
- The capacity to operate more than one qualified crew when project volume requires it.
- Established relationships with properly qualified plumbing, electrical, HVAC, drywall, painting, or glass contractors.
Workmanship and Conduct Standards
Mended Rose Construction expects subcontractors to:
- Produce professional work that meets the written scope.
- Complete work correctly rather than covering or concealing deficiencies.
- Communicate problems before they create delays or rework.
- Respect customers, their homes, and their personal property.
- Maintain professional language, appearance, and behavior.
- Avoid smoking or vaping inside customers’ homes.
- Follow jobsite safety requirements.
- Keep music and noise at a reasonable level.
- Avoid unauthorized use of customer property, tools, bathrooms, or household items.
- Refrain from discussing pricing, contract terms, or unrelated project changes directly with customers unless authorized.
- Direct scope changes and customer requests to the Mended Rose Construction project manager.
Compensation and Project Assignment
- Work will be assigned through a written subcontract, work order, or purchase order.
- Pricing will be established and approved before work begins.
- Assignments may be labor-only or may include designated material responsibilities.
- Payment requirements, invoicing procedures, milestones, retainage if applicable, and closeout expectations will be identified in the subcontract documents.
- Additional work will not be paid unless it is documented and authorized according to company procedures.
- Project opportunities depend on scheduling, customer demand, performance, trade needs, and successful completion of onboarding.
- This posting does not guarantee a specific volume or duration of work.
About Mended Rose Construction
Mended Rose Construction is a veteran-owned residential remodeling and construction company serving the Iowa City–Cedar Rapids corridor and surrounding Eastern Iowa communities. Our projects include additions, bathrooms, basements, decks, roofing, siding, windows, doors, and other residential improvements.
We value dependable trade partners who communicate clearly, protect the customer’s home, honor project commitments, and take pride in completing work correctly.
How to Apply
Please provide:
- Business name and primary contact information
- Current crew size
- Name and experience of your working crew leader
- Years in business
- Primary trades and areas of expertise
- Current service area
- Current project availability
- Photographs of framing, tile, flooring, and bathroom-remodeling projects
- Three professional references
- Current insurance and contractor-registration information
- Typical project size and crew capacity
- Labor rate sheet or preferred pricing structure, if available
Submissions that do not demonstrate a reliable two to three-person crew and professional experience in the required scopes may not be considered.
Pay: $100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
