Commercial Door, Frame, Hardware, & Access Control Professionals
Technician | Lead Technician | Service Manager/Operations Leader
Sky Staff, LLC
Denver, Colorado | Full-Time
Sky Staff, LLC (“Sky Staff”) is seeking experienced commercial door, frame, hardware, automatic door, and access control professionals on behalf of an established door and hardware supply company with more than 30 years of industry experience. Successful candidates will be employed by Sky Staff and assigned to support a Colorado facility system and related projects.
Sky Staff operates within the FGC2 platform of 30 operating and affiliated companies spanning construction, healthcare, industrial, emergency response, restoration, equipment rental, manufacturing, supply and distribution, technology, real estate development, and insurance recovery services.
Sky Staff is a family. Our culture is faith-friendly and values-led, and we treat our people accordingly. We invest in your safety, your credentials, and your long-term future. Benefits and employment remain with Sky Staff as assignments and project needs evolve.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Commercial Door, Frame, Hardware & Access Control Professional supports the full life cycle of commercial openings, including installation, inspection, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, service, repair, replacement, modernization, documentation, and turnover. The work directly affects life safety, fire and smoke compartmentation, accessibility, security, infection prevention, energy performance, and uninterrupted facility operations.
This opportunity is designed for self-motivated professionals who can work independently, diagnose complete opening-system failures, communicate clearly with facility personnel, and safely install, repair, replace, adjust, and maintain doors, frames, hardware, automatic operators, and access-control components. The opportunity may be structured around the right candidate when technical capability, leadership, transferable experience, and cultural fit justify doing so.
Most work will be performed in active, occupied facilities where professionalism, cleanliness, communication, documentation, and coordination are as important as technical skill. Candidates must be capable of working with minimal supervision while knowing when to escalate safety, code, access-control, or customer-impact issues.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Commercial Door & Hardware Technician | 2+ years’ experience
- Performs installation, service, repair, replacement, adjustment, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of commercial openings and related mechanical or electronic components.
Lead Commercial Door & Hardware Technician | 5+ years’ experience
- Leads field execution, plans daily work, mentors technicians, coordinates with facility representatives, verifies quality, resolves complex failures, and ensures work is completed safely, efficiently, and completely.
Service Manager/Operations Leader | 15+ years’ experience
- Leads service operations, scheduling, dispatch, estimating support, manpower planning, customer relationships, technician development, quality assurance, safety, productivity, financial performance, and continuous improvement. Management candidates must remain technically credible and capable of supporting field teams on difficult issues.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Installation, Service, & Repair
- Install, service, repair, replace, adjust, inspect, test, and maintain complete commercial door and opening systems.
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical, alignment, hardware, operator, sensor, control, and access-control failures and provide complete solutions rather than temporary fixes.
- Complete preventive maintenance and identify developing conditions before they become safety, security, or operational failures.
- Protect adjacent finishes, occupied spaces, patients, staff, customers, and facility operations while performing work.
- Coordinate shutdowns, restricted access, security impacts, noise, dust, infection-control requirements, and temporary protection with facility representatives.
- Verify operation, code-related functions, life-safety performance, accessibility, security interfaces, and customer acceptance before leaving the work area.
Planning, Documentation, & Customer Service
- Review drawings, specifications, door and hardware schedules, submittals, manufacturer instructions, service history, and work orders before starting work.
- Document existing conditions, diagnosis, work performed, parts used, testing completed, deficiencies identified, and recommended follow-up actions.
- Communicate proactively regarding arrival, access, progress, changes, delays, safety concerns, parts needs, and completion status.
- Maintain clean, organized work areas, vehicles, tools, parts inventories, and digital records.
- Represent Sky Staff and the client company professionally in occupied healthcare, commercial, industrial, educational, government, and mission-critical environments.
Lead & Manager Responsibilities
- Plan labor, tools, materials, access, permits, shutdowns, sequencing, and customer coordination before work begins.
- Mentor technicians, verify work quality, reinforce safe practices, and develop the next level of field leadership.
- Manage scheduling, dispatch, backlog, response times, customer commitments, work-order completion, callbacks, and technician utilization.
- Support estimating, proposal review, procurement, warranty administration, manufacturer relationships, recruiting, and performance management.
- Use measurable operating information to improve safety, quality, productivity, gross margin, customer retention, and team development.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Experience by Level
- Technician: 2+ years of relevant commercial door, hardware, automatic door, access control, locksmith, facilities, or closely related technical experience.
- Lead Technician: 5+ years of progressively responsible field experience with demonstrated leadership, customer communication, and complex troubleshooting capability.
- Service Manager / Operations Leader:15+ years of relevant industry experience with proven success leading technicians, service operations, customers, schedules, quality, and financial performance.
Required Capabilities
- Self-motivated, dependable, punctual, organized, and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and practical electrical or low-voltage troubleshooting ability.
- Ability to determine root cause, select the correct repair path, identify required parts, and complete work without unnecessary callbacks.
- Ability to read plans, specifications, schedules, wiring diagrams, manufacturer instructions, and service documentation.
- Professional written and verbal communication with facility personnel, customers, teammates, manufacturers, and other trades.
- Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record for assignments requiring operation of company or rented vehicles.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States and ability to satisfy lawful background, credentialing, drug-testing, health-screening, and facility-access requirements applicable to the assignment.
Physical & Working Conditions
- Ability to safely lift, carry, position, and control doors, hardware, tools, and materials commonly encountered in the work, with assistance or mechanical means when appropriate.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, climb, reach, kneel, use ladders or lifts, and work in active facilities and construction environments.
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors and around noise, dust, weather, occupied spaces, restricted areas, and operating facilities, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Preferred
- Commercial door and hardware experience is strongly preferred.
- Allegion hardware experience.
- ASSA ABLOY hardware experience.
- Dormakaba, BEST, Dorma, RCI, Precision Hardware, Stanley Access Technologies, Horton Automatics, NABCO Entrances, Boon Edam, and other commercial opening manufacturer experience.
- Access-control platform experience.
TRAINING & CREDENTIALS
Sky Staff invests in the credentials that make our people safer, sharper, and more valuable in healthcare environments. Training is provided to employees based on position and assignment.
- AAADM: Automatic-door safety, inspection, and manufacturer-specific training where applicable.
- DHI / FDAI / CFDAI: Door, hardware, and fire-door education and credentials appropriate to the role.
- Manufacturer training: Allegion, ASSA ABLOY, Dormakaba, Stanley, Horton, NABCO, and other product training as available and relevant.
- Access control: Platform, device, wiring, and integration training based on assignment responsibilities.
- Safety: OSHA, lift, ladder, lockout/tagout, infection-control, facility orientation, and other required training.
- LEAN: Standard work, 5S, visual management, root-cause problem solving, and continuous-improvement methods.
TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS
This position primarily supports local assignments within Colorado. Transportation will be supplied or compensated based on the specific project, assignment, company policy, and applicable law. Many team members are expected to work at the same facility or within the same facility system for extended periods, providing consistency and the opportunity to build strong customer relationships.
Some assignments may require travel between Colorado facilities, occasional overnight travel, or schedule flexibility based on customer needs. As the client’s business expands, regional or national travel opportunities may become available for high-performing team members with the right technical capability, leadership, reliability, and willingness to travel. Future travel is an opportunity, not a guarantee.
CAREER PATH
- Progression from Technician to Senior Technician, Lead Technician, Service Supervisor, Service Manager, Operations Leader, Project Manager, Estimator, Branch Leader, or regional leadership.
- Increasing technical complexity, customer responsibility, leadership scope, and earning opportunity as performance and capability are demonstrated.
- Potential to help build standards, train others, improve operations, develop customer relationships, and support future regional or national growth.
- Opportunity structure may be tailored for an exceptional candidate whose experience and capabilities create value beyond a traditional job description.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Sky Staff rewards performance and invests in the long-term security of its people. Actual compensation will be based on position level, relevant experience, certifications, technical capability, leadership, assignment, and other lawful business factors.
- Opportunity structure may be tailored for an exceptional candidate whose experience and capabilities create value beyond a traditional job description.
- Compensation range: $20-50/hr depending on experience on role.
- Additional compensation: Overtime and performance-based incentive opportunities may be available depending on role, assignment, eligibility, and company policy.
- Transportation: Company transportation, mileage reimbursement, or other project-specific transportation support will be provided or compensated as applicable.
- Retirement: Cash balance account and profit sharing, subject to plan terms and eligibility, guaranteed non-matching employer contributions, subject to applicable plan terms, vesting, and eligibility.
- Benefits: Health coverage; and other benefits offered under applicable plans.
- Work resources: Specialty tools, PPE, uniforms, phone, tablet, service vehicle, or allowances may be provided based on role and assignment.
- Professional development: Manufacturer training, certifications, technical development, and leadership advancement opportunities.
WHY SKY STAFF
At Sky Staff, our professionals are more than technicians. They are trusted experts who help keep critical facilities safe, secure, code-compliant, and fully operational. We believe in accountability, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and building lasting relationships with our customers and teammates. Whether you're an experienced technician, a field leader, or an operations professional, you'll find an environment where your expertise is valued, your contributions make an impact, and your career can continue to grow.
If you're ready to work on challenging projects, solve complex technical problems, and build a long-term career with one of the nation's fastest-growing construction organizations, we'd love to hear from you.
Please email your resume and cover letter to Howard Katzeff at [email protected].
SKY STAFF, LLC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Pay: $20.00 - $50.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
