Your Team Shows Up on the Worst Day of Someone’s Life.
In restoration, every call is urgent and every technician is your brand at its most critical moment. SmartHire Solutions helps residential and commercial restoration companies hire the reliable, compassionate, and skilled people who show up ready — any hour, any day.
Avg. Time-to-Hire:
~4 Weeks
Fee Model:
Flat Rate. No Surprises.
Serving:
Restoration Companies Nationwide
What We’ve Learned About Hiring in Restoration
Restoration is unlike almost every other industry on this list — because the call doesn’t come at a convenient time. A flooded basement at midnight, a house fire on a Sunday, a mold discovery the day before a commercial tenant moves in. Your team has to be ready, and the person who walks through that door has to be someone a homeowner or property manager can trust completely at the worst possible moment.
That sets the hiring bar higher than most companies realize. Certifications matter. Reliability matters. But so does how someone carries themselves under pressure, how they communicate with a family that just lost their kitchen, and whether they show up with the kind of calm that makes a desperate situation feel manageable. We’ve placed restoration technicians, project managers, estimators, and office staff for residential and commercial companies — and the standard we hold is the same for every single role.
That’s where we come in.
Restoration Roles We Place
Water Mitigation Technicians
Fast, certified, and calm under pressure
Fire & Smoke Restoration Techs
Detail-oriented specialists in damage restoration
Mold Remediation Technicians
Certified, safety-conscious, and thorough
Contents Technicians
Careful, organized, and client-facing
Lead Technicians
Field leaders who set quality and crew standard
Project Managers
Residential and commercial loss coordinators
Estimators
Xactimate-proficient and insurance-savvy
Reconstruction Supervisors
Build-back leaders who close the loop on every job
Customer Service Staff
Empathetic, professional, and client-focused
Office Administrators
Scheduling, documentation, and operations support
Business Development
Insurance and adjuster relationship builders
Operations Managers
Business-level leaders who build scalable systems
How SmartHire Works Differently
We hire for composure, not just certification
A certified restoration tech who falls apart under pressure or handles a grieving homeowner poorly is the wrong hire — regardless of their credentials. We evaluate how people show up under stress, how they communicate, and whether they’re the kind of person you’d trust to represent your company at 2am.
We go well beyond the job boards
The experienced water mitigation tech or commercial project manager you need probably isn’t browsing job listings right now. We use direct outreach and proactive sourcing to find people who are good at what they do and open to the right opportunity.
You only meet people worth meeting.
Every candidate goes through our Smart Screen process — structured interviews, video assessments, and skills validation — before they ever land on your calendar. Your time is too valuable to spend it on people who were never right for the role.
One flat fee. No recruiter math.
We charge a simple, transparent flat fee — not a percentage of salary. You’re never penalized for paying your people well, and there are zero surprises at the finish line. You know the cost before we start, and it doesn’t change.
A Note From Tina
“HVAC owners are some of the most hardworking people I’ve ever met – and some of the most burned out when it comes to hiring. I’ve seen great companies plateau simply because the owner couldn’t find the right people fast enough. That’s why I started Smart Hire. If you’re tired of being on the hiring hamster wheel, we genuinely want to help.”
~ Tina McKenna, Owner/Founder, Smart Hire Solutions
