Pool & spa maintenance job descriptions

Every role a $20M business in this industry hires for: 21 Role Blueprints, from leadership to the field. Open any role for its full template and a free Word file.

Leadership 4

  • Chief Executive Officer

    A pool service chief executive officer sets the growth plan: which markets to enter, whose routes to buy, and how far to push into equipment repair.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    A pool service chief operating officer builds the system behind every weekly route, repair job and seasonal opening or closing, and holds the field supervisors to it.

  • Chief Financial Officer

    A pool service chief financial officer runs cash, budgets and forecasts.

  • General Manager

    A pool service general manager runs a single branch: the weekly cleaning routes, the repair and equipment techs, the office and the customers they serve.

Managers 8

  • Field Supervisor

    A pool service field supervisor runs a group of route techs, checking their work after the fact, fixing problem pools, and handling the customer calls that escalate.

  • HR Manager

    A pool service HR manager recruits and onboards the route techs, repair techs and office staff a pool company needs, and has spring hires ready before the season.

  • Marketing Manager

    A pool service marketing manager fills weekly routes with homeowners and sells the extras: spring openings, green pool cleanups and equipment upgrades.

  • Office Manager

    A pool service office manager runs the office behind the routes: billing, collections, customer calls and repair quotes.

  • Operations Manager

    A pool service operations manager runs the week for a branch: the cleaning routes, the repair techs, dispatch and the trucks.

  • Production Manager

    A pool service production manager owns the quality of the work at every pool: water chemistry, equipment repairs, and seasonal openings and closings.

  • Sales Manager

    A pool service sales manager oversees two kinds of selling: weekly service accounts and equipment jobs such as pumps, heaters and automation.

  • Warehouse Manager

    A pool service warehouse manager oversees the building where chlorine, acid, salt and pool equipment come in.

Office and sales 6

  • Customer Service Representative

    A pool service customer service representative answers homeowners' calls and emails about weekly service, green water, broken pumps and heaters, and the spring opening or fall closing.

  • Dispatcher

    A pool service dispatcher keeps each weekly cleaning route on its day and fits repair calls, storm cleanups, openings and closings around it.

  • Bookkeeper

    A pool service bookkeeper handles the money for a company that bills most customers monthly for weekly visits and invoices repairs on the side.

  • Inventory Specialist

    A pool service inventory specialist tracks the chlorine, acid, salt and repair parts that route and repair trucks use every day.

  • Sales Representative

    A pool service sales representative goes to owners' homes to quote weekly cleaning and equipment work such as new pumps, heaters, salt chlorinators and automation panels.

  • Rehash Specialist

    A pool service rehash specialist calls pool owners who were quoted and never said yes: a new pump or heater, a green pool cleanup, or weekly service that never started.

In the field 3

  • Apprentice / Helper

    A pool service helper rides along with a route or repair technician, skimming, brushing, vacuuming and emptying baskets while learning to test and balance water.

  • Lead Technician

    A lead pool service technician takes the jobs a route tech can't finish: dead pumps, leaking filters, heaters that won't fire, and salt systems or automation that stop working.

  • Technician

    A pool service technician runs a weekly route of backyard pools and spas, cleaning each one, testing and balancing the water, and checking the pump, filter and heater.

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