Despite widespread workforce concerns in the roofing industry that include a rapidly-aging core of roofing contractors, there’s a crop of young, dedicated individuals positioning themselves now to be leaders in the not-so-distant future. Roofing contractors in their 20s and 30s are more than just new faces in an established industry. The Roofing Contractor editors call them Young Guns, and we offer these brief introductions into who they are before they and their contemporaries change the roofing industry forever. In this installment of Young Guns, we feature up-and-coming roofing professionals that are already using their talents to help make their respective companies successful. They also put a premium on coaching and mentorship, and shared how important learning from the experiences of others shaped who they are.
Andrew Schmidt’s start in the roofing industry was hardly what one would call typical.