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Skilled/Craft Carpenter
Job Description
HKA Enterprises is unable to support C2C. 3rd party submissions and C2C requests will not be considered for any positions.
**Open to travel on a weekly basis anywhere from the upstate of SC to Jacksonville, NC Durham**
Well established General Contractor looking for skilled/craft carpenters with a strong work ethic that are looking for a long-term employment position with growth potential. Applicants must be dependable with reliable transportation.
Duties and abilities required, but not limited to:
• Build wooded structures, such as stairs, concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports, and temporary frame shelters, according to blueprints, or oral instructions, & lays out and installs partitions & cabinet work.
• Install foundations, walls, floors, ceilings, and roofs using materials such as: wood, steel, metal, concrete, plastics, and composites of multiple materials.
• Examine blueprints, sketches or building plans for to determine material required and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
• Know and understand how to select, load, and haul job material to work site.
• Prepare layout of form or fixture to be fabricated using lines or grades.
• Measure boards, timbers, or plywood using square, measuring tape and ruler and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber. Shape materials to required sizes using saws, chisels, and planes.
• Verify accuracy of structure with transit, plumb bob, square and level.
• Use carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable, wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bars.
• Shape or cut materials to specified measurements using hand tools, machines or power tools.
• Nail cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms.
• Brace forms in place w/ timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls.
• Erect framework for structures and lays sub-flooring.
• Cut and assemble timbers to build trestles and cofferdams.
• Erect scaffolding for buildings and other structures and install ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, & gangways.
• Construct forms, chutes, and aligns form panels for pouring concrete and grout.
• Fit and install window frames, doors, door frames, door hardware, weather stripping interior & exterior trim & finished hardware.
• Fit and nail sheathing on outer walls and roofs of buildings. Sets and braces anchor bolts.
• Perform minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment.
• Ability to tie rebar.
• Operation of electric and pneumatic tools.
• May rig materials.
• Maintain a clean work environment.
• Follow established rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.
• Ensure all duties are performed with established quality standards and best practices.
• Identify and rectify job hazards on an immediate basis.
• Responsible for observing & complying with all safety and project rules. Performs other duties as required.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
Work Environment:
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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.
Job Requirements
Requirements:
• A high school diploma or at least 3 years of on-the-job experience.
• Familiarity with construction means and methods.
• Proven ability to work effectively both independently and in a team-based environment.
• Demonstrated willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• Strong multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Responds well to time constraints and generally works at a brisk pace.
• Must be dependable with reliable transportation.
• Willingness to travel up to 250 miles.
• Pass drug/chemical screening.
Additional Information
HKA Enterprises is a global workforce solutions firm. If you're seeking a new career opportunity or project experience, our recruiters will work to understand your qualifications, experience, and personal goals. At HKA, we recognize the importance of matching employee goals with those of the employer. We strive to seek credibility, satisfaction, and endorsement from all of our applicants. We invite you to take time and search for your next career experience with us! HKA is an EEO Employer who participates in the US Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program.