Christmas Lighting Installer
Carmel
Christmas Lighting Installer
Full Time • Carmel
Benefits:
- Bonus based on performance
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
Shine of Carmel / Indianapolis | Starting the last week of September 2026
Shine is hiring holiday lighting installers for the Carmel and Indianapolis area. We offer weekly hourly pay, an additional daily performance bonus, and full-time employment opportunities on our window cleaning and pressure washing team after lighting season.
We’re looking for dependable people who are comfortable with ladders and tools, work well with others, and take pride in the finished job. Experience in landscaping, construction, roofing, painting, window cleaning, or other hands-on work is welcome.
Pay and benefits
- $20–$25 per hour, based on relevant experience and skills.
- $50 daily performance bonus on qualifying workdays, in addition to hourly pay.
- Full-time employment opportunities beyond lighting season for those interested in joining our window cleaning and pressure washing team.
- Weekly pay.
- 30-day pay review, with an opportunity to increase your hourly rate within the advertised range based on demonstrated skills, reliability, and work quality.
- $100 work-gear allowance after 30 days toward boots or cold-weather clothing.
- Schedules communicated in advance, with updates when weather affects the work.
Daily performance bonus requirements will be explained during hiring.
What you’ll do
- Install roofline lighting, wrap trees and shrubs, and hang wreaths and garland at homes and commercial properties.
- Prepare materials and work with your crew to complete professional installations.
- Test displays and handle lighting maintenance throughout the season.
- Remove, label, and pack lighting after the holidays.
- Keep equipment, vehicles, and job sites organized.
What we’re looking for
- Consistent attendance and transportation to the reporting location.
- Comfort with heights, ladders, and physical outdoor work.
- Ability to carry equipment and work outdoors in changing fall and winter weather.
- Willingness to take direction and learn installation methods.
- Respect for teammates, equipment, and customers’ property.
- A steady work pace without cutting corners on safety or quality.
Previous holiday lighting experience is helpful, but not required.
Schedule and employment options
The holiday lighting season starts the last week of September and runs through February, including installation and post-holiday takedown. Hours vary with workload, the phase of the season, and weather.
Seasonal applicants and those interested in staying with Shine full time are both welcome. If you’re interested in moving onto our window cleaning and pressure washing team after lighting season, let us know when you apply.
Compensation: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Do you like people? Do people like you? Then...
It’s a great time to shine!
This is your opportunity to forgo a suit, grab a Shine t-shirt, and start helping people while making a living. Let your light shine!
You can be a light for people - helping them stay safe while enjoying and maintaining the largest financial investment of their lives - their homes. You can be a light to your own team of like-minded people. You can be a light in your community and provide the type of services that everyone loves and needs, but don't have the time and expertise to get it done safely and correctly. Choosing to lead by serving is our passion.
Shine Window Care specializes in the following services:
- Window Cleaning
- Pressure Washing
- Gutter Cleaning
- Holiday Lighting
THE SHINE STORY: What started as one guy with a desire to create opportunities for others is now a nationwide family of businesses - working to spread light, caring excellence, and team success. In 1998, Chris Fisher graduated college and set out on a journey to build a company. From one guy with a squeegee, Shine is now a growing national franchise employing great people who make exceptional teams.
Our Franchises Need People Like YOU!
Whether you are already a window cleaning expert or have no experience at all, we are looking for those who display strong character, work ethic, and are driven to be the best! Shine provides all the training, technology, support, and know-how to help you get it done. You bring a smile and a heart for learning and the Shine business will work very well for you. Shine is the name we chose to describe the work we do, the people that do it, and the God we serve.
Our hope and intention is that our communities will see something different in us - something inspiring - something attracting.
Let your light shine!
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Potential for Growth
There is a potential for growth within the organization for the individual who is willing to work hard to help us achieve our goals.
Competitive Compensation
Typical hourly rates are higher than the industry average.
Commitment to Giving Back
Shine has a Heart for taking care of others and for being part of the community. We feel strongly that it is part of the responsibility of any business to give back to the local community as well as to causes close to your heart.