Job Opportunities

Are you a home inspector, general contractor, carpenter, remodeler, tradesperson, or construction professional looking for a less physically demanding way to use your experience?

Do you know how buildings are put together? Can you look at a home and recognize problems, explain them clearly, and help a homeowner understand their options? Do you enjoy working with people and solving problems?

If so, Thoughtful Craftsmen may be the right next step for you.

We are a close-knit company dedicated to preserving America’s architectural heritage through expert historic restoration. We’re looking for a Historic Restoration Sales Consultant to work with homeowners, architects, preservation organizations, and other property owners throughout Wisconsin and surrounding states.

Areas of service at Thoughtful Craftsmen:

• Historic window restoration

• Historically-appropriate new Storm Window construction

• Historic door restoration

• Built-in gutter restoration

• Custom copper work

• Historic porch restoration

• Roofing

• Siding restoration

• Architectural restoration

Let’s be transparent: this is a sales position, but with a consultant’s approach.

You’ll be responsible for meeting with prospective customers, evaluating their restoration needs, recommending appropriate solutions, developing proposals, following up on opportunities, and ultimately earning the customer’s business. What makes this different from traditional sales is that you won’t be selling something you don’t understand. Your construction and building knowledge will be a major part of the value you bring to the customer. Rather than spending your days swinging a hammer or working on a jobsite, you’ll use your experience to identify problems, educate homeowners, recommend solutions, and guide projects from the initial consultation through a signed proposal.

If you’ve spent years in the trades and are ready for a role that’s easier on your body—but still lets you use what you’ve learned—we’d like to talk with you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Meet with homeowners and property owners to evaluate restoration needs and discuss potential projects.

• Inspect historic windows, doors, porches, roofing, siding, built-in gutters, and other architectural details.

• Use your construction knowledge to identify issues and help customers understand their options.

• Recommend appropriate restoration solutions based on the property’s condition, history, and the customer’s goals.

• Prepare and present proposals and actively follow up with prospective customers to close projects.

• Build long-term relationships with homeowners, architects, preservation organizations, and referral partners.

• Generate new opportunities through networking, referrals, and exceptional customer service.

• Maintain consistent communication throughout the sales process.

• Work closely with our production team to ensure a smooth transition from signed proposal to completed project.

• Continue expanding your knowledge of traditional building materials, historic construction, and restoration techniques.

• Maintain accurate project records and customer information.

Why This Could Be a Great Next Step for Someone in the Trades:

Maybe you’re a home inspector who knows how to evaluate buildings but wants to get away from crawling through attics and under houses all day. Maybe you’re a general contractor or remodeler who has years of construction experience but is ready to spend less time doing physical labor. Maybe you’re a carpenter or restoration professional who enjoys talking with homeowners as much as you enjoy working on buildings. Or perhaps you’ve spent years in another trade and have developed the practical knowledge, problem-solving ability, and communication skills that homeowners trust.

This position allows you to take that experience off the tools and into a customer-facing consulting and sales role. You’ll still be talking about buildings, materials, construction, and restoration every day. The difference is that your job is to help customers understand what needs to be done, why it matters, what their options are, and why Thoughtful Craftsmen is the right company to do the work.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for someone with practical building knowledge who is ready to apply that experience in a consultative sales role. An ideal candidate may have experience in:

• Home inspection

• General contracting

• Historic restoration

• Finish or rough carpentry

• Remodeling

• Window or door restoration

• Exterior restoration

• Roofing or siding

• Other building trades

Previous sales experience is helpful, but not required. What matters is your ability to build trust, understand a customer’s needs, explain technical information clearly, and confidently ask for the business. We will help you learn our products, restoration methods, and sales process.

The Ideal Candidate Is:

• Honest, professional, and dependable.

• Comfortable meeting with homeowners and discussing their properties.

• A strong communicator who enjoys helping people.

• Confident enough to make recommendations and ask for the sale.

• Organized and self-motivated.

• Comfortable working independently.

• Able to manage leads, follow-ups, proposals, and customer relationships.

• Interested in transitioning from primarily physical work into a customer-facing career.

• Excited to continue learning about historic buildings and restoration.

A valid driver’s license and reliable personal transportation are required.

Compensation:

We offer a compensation package designed to reward initiative, professionalism, and sales performance:

• $20,000 annual base salary

• Up to 6% commission based on performance

• Six-figure earning potential for successful Project Consultants

• Flexible scheduling

• Health insurance

• Holiday pay

• Opportunity to grow with one of Wisconsin’s premier historic restoration companies

Because this is a sales position, your ability to develop opportunities, convert them into signed projects, and build lasting customer relationships will directly influence your income.

If this role sounds like the next chapter you’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you. Join Thoughtful Craftsmen and help us preserve history, one project at a time.