About the Role
Seeking a hard-working, innovative, detail-oriented, and creative team player for a full-time Pest Control Technician position. This role involves resolving customer pest concerns, maintaining equipment, and serving as a subject matter expert for customers.
Responsibilities
- Running a daily route to resolve customer pest concerns and issues.
- Maintaining truck and equipment in proper working order.
- Keeping accurate records of treatments provided.
- Mixing, applying, and working with pesticides following state and federal laws.
- Serving as the subject matter expert for customers by implementing efficient pest solutions.
- Maintaining and servicing all route customers according to company standards and procedures.
- Advising customers of potential problems.
- Keeping management informed of any problems encountered on service routes.
- Maintaining proper inventory of pesticides in usage.
- Carrying a product backpack that weighs approximately 50 lbs.
Requirements
- No experience necessary; training will be provided.
- A US driver's license valid for a minimum of 3 years is required.
- A clean driving record is required (no more than one moving violation in the past year and no more than 2 moving violations in the past 4 years).
- A drug test and background check will be performed on all new hires.
Skills
- Pest control
- Customer service
- Record keeping
- Pesticide application
- Route management
Location
- Buffalo, NY area
- Amherst, NY (office reporting)
Work Type
- Full-time
- On the road
- Outside work
Experience Level
- No experience necessary
Salary/Compensations
- $20.00 - $23.00 an hour
Benefits
- Uncapped customer upgrade and referral bonuses
- Annual incentive trip
- Company iPhone provided
- Company vehicle provided (can be taken home nightly)
- Company gas card provided
- Ability to make overtime
- Paid training
- Group Health, Dental, and Vision plans
- Pet insurance
- Life insurance
- EAP benefits
- 401K with employer match up to 4%
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Opportunity for advancement
About the Company
- Aptive Environmental provides pest control services to 34 states in the US.
- Co-founded in 2015 by Vess Pearson and David Royce.
- Aptive aims to become a world-recognized brand.
- Included in Inc. Magazine’s “Best in Business” list in 2021.
- Featured on Glassdoor's 2019 list of Top 100 US workplaces.
- Ranked one of Entrepreneur Magazine's Best Companies in America.
- Proud member of the EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program.
- Partnered with the United Nations Foundation’s "United to Beat Malaria".
