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About the Role

Skyline Windows is seeking experienced window mechanics to perform full window and terrace door removals and installations. The ideal candidate will be comfortable reading shop drawings, using laser levels for benchmarks, and working safely at elevation on active construction sites.

Responsibilities

• Perform full window and terrace door removals, including brick-to-brick rip-outs on occupied, landmark, and active construction sites.
• Install replacement and new-construction units such as double hung, casement, slider, tilt-and-turn, window wall, receptors, and terrace doors.
• Level, shim, plumb, and square openings to tolerance, anchoring per approved details.
• Set up and shoot benchmarks and control lines with a laser level, transferring lines floor to floor and verifying against drawings.
• Glaze windows and install locks and hardware on window and door frames.
• Cut and fit capping, angles, tubes, panels, panning, and other extrusions, completing panning trim.
• Caulk and silicone frames, perimeters, and joints to ensure a clean, finished, watertight condition.
• Cap and trim out openings to ensure finished work is presentable.
• Perform adjustments, troubleshooting, and repairs, correcting punch-list and warranty items.
• Read and work from approved shop drawings, elevations, and installation details.
• Identify field notes, detail flags, and discrepancies before starting work.
• Set up materials and plan daily work to ensure productive starts.
• Complete all orders and daily reports accurately and on time.
• Perform all duties in accordance with OSHA and NYC DOB standards.
• Remain alert to unsafe conditions and stop work when necessary.
• Use fall protection, staging, and PPE when working at elevation.
• Load and unload materials from the truck onto the work site.
• Maintain company tools in good working order.
• Protect the customer’s space and ensure cleanup inside and outside of job locations.
• Represent Skyline professionally with tenants, building staff, GCs, and ownership.

Requirements

• Demonstrated hands-on experience removing and installing windows, including window wall, receptors, retrofit, and replacement work.
• Familiarity with commercial and residential window types and their hardware systems.
• Proven caulking and weatherproofing ability.
• Ability to read shop drawings and detailed work orders.
• Experience setting benchmarks and layout with a laser level.
• Working knowledge of hand and power tools.
• Strong safety awareness and a clean work ethic.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a partner and multiple crews.
• Professional, courteous, and customer-service oriented demeanor.
• Good communication skills to raise problems and ask questions early.
• Ability to lift, pull, push, and carry up to 75 lbs, multiple times daily.
• Ability to stand for extended periods on a consistent basis.
• Ability to bend and squat on a consistent daily basis.
• Ability to walk stairs and ramps multiple times daily.
• Ability to work on an open construction site, which may include high elevation.
• Must be able to travel throughout the NYC area to jobsites.

Skills

• Window installation
• Terrace door installation
• Brick-to-brick rip-outs
• Reading shop drawings
• Laser level operation
• Caulking
• Weatherproofing
• Hand tool operation
• Power tool operation
• Safety procedures
• Customer service

Location

• Bronx, NY

Work Type

• Full Time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED
• NYC DOB 40-Hour Site Safety Training (SST) card
• Valid OSHA safety training cards

Salary/Compensations

• $30.00 - $35.00 Hourly

Benefits

• Benefits provided per union contract (Local 522, Teamsters)
• Tool Reimbursement Program

About the Company

• Skyline Windows is a fourth-generation, family-owned and operated business and one of the premier custom window manufacturers in the United States, employing over 350 people.
• We design, manufacture, install, and service custom windows, window wall systems, and terrace doors.
• Our products and designs meet the most exacting standards of architects, engineers, construction management firms, and building ownership.

Equal Opportunity

• Skyline Windows is an equal opportunity employer.