Overview
Owner-Operator Window Installer / Finish Carpenter — 1099 Subcontractor
Wagoner Roofing | Urbandale, Iowa | Statewide Travel Required
Position Overview
Wagoner Roofing is seeking an experienced window installer and finish carpenter to work with us as a 1099 independent subcontractor.
This opportunity is for a hands-on installer who will personally review, bid, manage, and complete residential window installation projects. The installer will be responsible for the complete installation from start to finish, including removal, window installation, weatherproofing, exterior finishing, and interior trim carpentry.
Our work spans the state of Iowa, and the installer must be willing and able to travel to jobsites as needed.
We are looking to build a long-term working relationship with a dependable installation professional who provides consistent workmanship, clear communication, reliable scheduling, and a high standard of quality on every project.
Owner-Operator Requirement
We are not looking for a subcontracting company that bids projects and then dispatches different crews to perform the work.
The person who reviews, bids, and accepts each project must also be the primary installer personally performing and overseeing the work onsite.
A consistent helper or established crew may assist when necessary, but projects may not be passed between rotating crews or installers. We need one accountable point of contact who understands the complete project from the initial review through final completion.
This requirement allows us to maintain:
- Consistent workmanship
- Clear and direct communication
- Reliable scheduling
- Accountability throughout the project
- A consistent experience for our customers
Applicants who primarily manage or dispatch rotating installation crews are not a fit for this opportunity.
Responsibilities
- Personally review each project and provide an installation bid before work is scheduled
- Serve as Wagoner Roofing’s primary point of contact throughout the project
- Personally perform and oversee the installation onsite
- Travel to assigned jobsites throughout Iowa
- Remove existing windows while minimizing damage to the home
- Inspect and properly prepare window openings
- Install replacement or new-construction windows according to manufacturer specifications
- Properly flash, insulate, seal, and weatherproof each opening
- Complete exterior trim, flashing, caulking, and necessary siding work
- Complete all required interior finish carpentry
- Install extension jambs, casing, trim, stools, and aprons as needed
- Match or replicate existing interior trim whenever reasonably possible
- Identify and communicate concealed damage, rot, framing problems, or changes in the scope of work
- Protect the homeowner’s flooring, furniture, landscaping, and property
- Maintain a clean and organized jobsite
- Remove installation debris and leave the property clean upon completion
- Communicate professionally with homeowners and Wagoner Roofing representatives
- Maintain a consistent standard of workmanship on every project
Project Scheduling and Completion
Once an installation begins, the subcontractor is expected to work the project on consecutive scheduled workdays until it is fully completed.
Each project must remain the installer’s priority from the first day of installation through final completion.
Work may only be interrupted for circumstances outside the installer’s reasonable control, including:
- Unsafe weather conditions
- Material delays or shortages
- Concealed damage requiring approval
- Changes to the original scope of work
- Other circumstances approved by Wagoner Roofing
Reliable attendance, consistent progress, and timely completion are required. Failure to report to an active jobsite as scheduled without prior communication is not acceptable.
Travel Requirements
Wagoner Roofing completes projects throughout the state of Iowa. The subcontractor must be willing and able to travel to jobsites across the state as needed.
The subcontractor must:
- Be willing to accept projects in different areas of Iowa
- Provide reliable transportation for themselves, their tools, and necessary equipment
- Review the project location before submitting an installation bid
- Account for travel-related costs when bidding each project
- Reliably arrive at scheduled jobsites
- Complete projects within the agreed-upon timeframe
The location and scope of each project will be provided before the subcontractor submits a bid. Travel requirements should be included in the subcontractor’s agreed-upon installation price.
Required Qualifications
- Professional window installation experience
- Strong interior trim and finish carpentry experience
- Knowledge of proper window flashing, insulation, sealing, and water-management practices
- Ability to accurately measure, cut, fit, and install interior and exterior trim
- Ability to troubleshoot damaged, uneven, or out-of-square window openings
- Willingness and ability to travel throughout Iowa
- Ability to personally participate in and oversee every assigned installation
- Ability to commit to each project and work consecutive scheduled days until the installation is complete
- All necessary tools and installation equipment
- Reliable transportation capable of carrying tools and equipment
- Ability to provide a completed W-9
- Dependable scheduling, communication, and project completion
- Professional appearance and conduct
- Ability to provide professional references and photographs of previously completed work
Insurance Requirements — No Exceptions
The subcontractor must maintain both:
- Active workers’ compensation insurance
- Active commercial general liability insurance
There will be no exceptions to these insurance requirements.
Current certificates of insurance must be provided before the subcontractor receives any work. Both policies must remain active throughout the working relationship with Wagoner Roofing.
Updated certificates must be provided upon renewal or at Wagoner Roofing’s request.
Applicants who do not carry both workers’ compensation and general liability insurance will not be considered.
Compensation and Bidding
This is a 1099 independent subcontractor opportunity paid per completed job. It is not an hourly or salaried position.
Before each installation:
- The subcontractor will receive the project location and scope of work.
- The subcontractor will review the project and installation requirements.
- The subcontractor will provide a bid for the complete installation.
- Wagoner Roofing and the subcontractor will agree upon the scope and installation price.
- Work will be scheduled after the price has been approved.
The agreed-upon price should account for all labor, travel, tools, equipment, and ordinary costs associated with completing the installation unless otherwise specified.
Payment will be based on the agreed-upon price for the completed project.
Any additional work resulting from concealed damage or a change to the original scope must be communicated and approved before proceeding.
Invoicing and Payment
The subcontractor must submit an invoice for all completed and approved work.
Invoices received by 10:00 a.m. on Monday will be paid by check on the following Friday.
Invoices submitted after the Monday 10:00 a.m. deadline will be included in the following week’s payment cycle.
Payment will only be issued for completed work unless a different arrangement has been approved in writing by Wagoner Roofing.
About Wagoner Roofing
Wagoner Roofing is a locally owned exterior remodeling company based in Urbandale, Iowa. We complete projects throughout the state and are committed to quality workmanship, honest communication, and treating every customer’s home with care and respect.
How to Apply
Please submit the following:
- A description of your professional window installation experience
- Confirmation that you will personally perform and oversee each installation
- Information about any regular helpers who work with you
- Confirmation that you are willing to travel throughout Iowa
- Your home base and the areas you currently serve
- Photographs of completed window and interior trim projects
- Professional references
- Confirmation that you carry both workers’ compensation and general liability insurance
Applicants must personally perform and oversee the installations, carry both required insurance policies, be willing to travel throughout Iowa, and commit to working each project through completion once it begins.
Pay: $500.00 - $5,000.00 per week
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person
