Carpenter

Job Summary

Normandy Schools Collaborative is seeking skilled professionals at the carpenter level to support the construction, alteration, repair, and maintenance of wooden structures, equipment, and articles across our facilities. Employees in this class are responsible for performing a wide range of skilled carpentry tasks in alignment with standard trade practices. This position involves the hands-on construction and upkeep of various wooden articles and structural components, requiring the proficient use of standard hand tools and power-driven machinery. Typical duties include repairing or installing doors, windows, and other structural elements of buildings; restoring or building decks, chairs, and concrete forms; and carrying out precise hand and bench carpentry work in a shop setting.

Reports to: Facilities Maintenance Manager/Supervisor

Supervises: None

Pay Grade: Classified

Term of Employment: 12 Months

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of rough and finished carpentry work.
• Performs skilled mill and cabinet work involving construction, finishing, and repairing of buildings, doors, and other building-related items.
• Refinish furniture.
• Builds forms, and operates planers, shapers, jointers, lathes, handsaws, and other
  woodworking machinery.
• Maintains tools and machinery in safe and efficient operating conditions.
• Effectively and safely operate a variety of tools and equipment used in the skilled
  carpentry trade.
• Prepares drawings and sketches of construction and repair projects.
• Estimates cost and orders materials needed.
• May assist in cement work, fence repair, and other outside maintenance work.
• May be required to work in other trade areas on a temporary basis.
• Performs Other duties assigned

Minimum Quolifications:

• High School Diploma or Graduation from a technical High School, and/or Associate or
  Technical Degree

Knowledge,Skills, Abilities:

• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the appropriate tools to construct objects,
  structures, and buildings.
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and
  maintenance.
• Knowledge of equipment, tools, mechanical devices, and their uses to produce motion,
  light, power, technology, and other applications.
• Ability to work with numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including
  arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Considerable knowledge of the standard practices, methods, tools, and equipment of the carpentry trade.
• Knowledge of hazards and safety precautions of the carpentry trade.
• Ability to work from blueprints, sketches, and specifications.
• Skill in the use of the tools and equipment of the carpentry trade.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.

Experience:

• Five years of carpentry-level experience (preferred)
• One or two more years as a journeyman (desired)

Education:

• High School Diploma or Graduation from a technical High School, and/or Associate or
• Technical Degree (preferred)

• Standing, walking, sitting, climbing, stooping, or crouching, kneeling, reaching, pushing, grasping, talking, and hearing.
• Verbal, auditory, and written capabilities to effectively communicate in an articulate manner.
• Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more and 20 inches or less, bring objects into sharp focus and see up and down or to the right or left while fixed on a point.
• Medium work – exerts up to 10 pounds of force continuously and/or over 60 pounds of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle and have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force, constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling object(s) weighing up to 75 pounds.
• Climbing ladders and working from heights as necessary.
• Standing and walking for extended periods of time.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee continuously is interacting with the public and staff. The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individual currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

Position Type: Full-Time