Journey-Level Finish Carpenter

The Site Lead will manage and supervise all on-site construction activities, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to the required quality standards. The role involves coordinating with subcontractors, suppliers, and site workers, as well as ensuring compliance with safety regulations and project specifications.

Key Responsibilities

Site Management: Oversee day-to-day site operations, including the scheduling of tasks and coordination of materials, labor, and equipment.
Team Supervision: Lead and manage construction crews, providing guidance, training, and resolving any on-site issues that arise.
Quality Control: Ensure that all work meets the required standards and project specifications and conduct regular inspections to maintain quality and code compliance.
Safety Management: Enforce safety protocols, conduct site safety meetings, and ensure compliance with OSHA and other relevant safety regulations.
Coordination: Communicate with project managers, architects, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment of project goals and requirements.
Problem Solving: Identify and address construction challenges, delays, or resource shortages, finding solutions to keep the project on track.
Reporting: Maintain accurate records of site activities, including progress reports, materials used, and any incidents that occur on-site.
JobTread Software: maintain daily logs and photos, weekly labor allocation, review and code crew timecards daily/weekly, daily schedule review and reporting.

Knowledge, Skills and Tools

Jobsite skills: Must have advanced knowledge of remodeling and new construction trades, practices, procedures, techniques, equipment, materials, specifications, quality control, cost control, safety, and applicable building codes. Must be familiar with reading and interpreting building plans and specifications.
Leadership skills: Must be able to hold people accountable, assertively enforce policies and procedures, and solve problems.
Communication skills: Must be very comfortable talking to and fielding questions from clients and subcontractors, negotiating, finding compromises, and deescalating emotionally charged conversations both verbally and in writing. Must be able to speak and write fluently in English.

Administrative skills: Must be able to organize and access all documents and documentation related to the onsite management of the project including building plans, specifications, purchase orders, client communications, time budgets, project budgets and change orders.
Self-management skills: Demonstrates consistent ability to work independently, manage their time, be flexible, meet deadlines and commitments and make decisions. Must be able to plan and implement strategies for timely completion of construction projects.

Technology skills: Must be able to manage an online calendar, access and save files to a cloud-based file storage platform, operate web-based project management software, and generate and respond to email and text messages. The Site Lead should be familiar with the following software programs, in order of importance:
Construction management software (training available)
Bluebeam pdf editing and markup software (training available)
MS Outlook and Outlook Calendar
Cloud-based file management system

Physical requirements: Must be able to stand and walk for a full shift (eight to ten hours); lift and carry heavy loads of up to 51 lbs.; and work from ladders, scaffolds, or lifts.

Tools: We provide our employees with all necessary tools and equipment, with the exception of hand tools.
Knowledge of high-performance home construction principles: Were looking for team members who are either PHIUS Certified or interested in pursuing certification. As we continue to take on high-performance building projects, a strong understanding of Passive House principles is essential. If youre not yet certified but eager to grow in this area, were committed to supporting your training and development.

Working Conditions

This role requires spending time both in an office environment (onsite office or TBB HQ) for planning and at construction sites for oversight.

Must be able to travel to different project sites as needed.
Ability to work in various weather conditions and environments.
May require extended working hours to meet project deadlines.
Relationships

The Site Lead works closely with carpenters, laborers, project managers, clients, subcontractors, and vendors.
Reports to the Project Manager.
Carpenters, Carpenter Apprentices and Laborers report to the Site Lead.
Advancement
There is always room for advancement at TBB. Vertically, the next step of advancement from Site Lead is that of Project Management.

Schedule and Pay

Our service area includes Whatcom and Skagit Counties. While we make every effort to assign crews to construction projects located near their homes, employees must be prepared to travel to work anywhere within our service area.
Full-time, hourly, 40 hrs/wk. Overtime pay occasionally available.
Field employees work Monday Friday 8:00am 4:30pm

Pay range, health insurance, paid time off (PTO), sick pay, and other benefits are listed in the Benefits Package.