Tile Mason

About The Company

ONX Homes is a transformative, vertically integrated single-family home developer. ONX’s mission is to provide high quality and affordable homes with a focus on sustainability and long life. ONX uses its proprietary design/engineering methodology and off-site fabrication technology to dramatically increase the speed of construction. Once built, ONX then takes its customers through an advanced, technology-enabled sales and closing experience that is both efficient and comfortable. Beginning in Texas and Florida, ONX plans to bring its unique model to major growth across the US in the next several years.

What You Will Be Doing

The Tile Mason performs various duties such as: installing and repairing ceramic tiles on floors, walls, and partitions; mixing mortar, laying pavers and constructing or repairing walls, partitions, sewers, using hand tools, or power tools, including floats, trowels, and screeds. Employees are required to effectively use and maintain tools and machinery related to the mason trade and inspect and perform preventive maintenance using equipment/materials according to OSHA guidelines. 

Essential Job Functions 

• Cut tiles and shape them properly to ensure they fit around obstacles and in tight corners and odd spaces using power and hand tools 
• Form tile beds using concrete, plaster, mastic, cement, glue or mortar utilizing tools such as screeds, brushes and trowels 
• Align tiles and straighten them with straightedges, levels and squares to ensure patterns are even and precise 
• Cut, install, polish and surface granite and marble and ensure accuracy during the installation process for lasting results 
• Prepare various surfaces for tiling with waterproofing material or lath and by cleaning the surfaces properly 
• Create decorative wall and floor designs by laying and setting mosaic tiles in kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms 
• Tap tiles into place carefully using tools to properly adhere tiles to the base, making sure not to break or damage tiles 
• Follow blueprints precisely and mark and measure surfaces that need to be tiled to determine how to go about jobs 

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent 
• 5+ years of experience setting tiles in construction industry. 
• Carpentry and renovation experience a plus 
   

Physical Requirements 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift heavy loads, work in awkward spaces safely and stand for long hours. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.