Lead Carpenter

3rd Generation Builders • Full-time • Lake Katrine, New York State, United States • $35 - $43 / hour • 1m ago

Job title: Lead Carpenter

Reporting to: Project Manager/Field Manager

Summary:

The Lead Carpenter role requires a passionate, driven individual with the technical ability to oversee and advise a team, in a variety of different disciplines on both large and small projects, ensuring high-quality craftsmanship and maximum productivity. Successful candidates for Lead Carpenter, who excel in this role can be considered for further promotion in ether Project, Operations or Field management.

The Lead Carpenter is responsible for managing a small crew as a belt-on leader, to execute construction plans and contractual scope within budget and timeline, ensuring maximum productivity through clear communication, direction and leading by example. Actual compensation will depend on the individual's qualifications, education, skills, and experience.

Lead Carpenter - Attitude and Client Service:

Maintaining an effective communication channel with the client to manage customer expectations, anticipate issues and ensure consistent, positive engagement and long-term customer loyalty

Modelling respectful interactions, clear communication, collaboration and positivity
Demonstrating a solution-orientated approach through positive and proactive thinking and encouraging your team to see obstacles as opportunities for improvement and learning
Actively applying and demonstrating 3GBs Core Values in all aspects of the workday. Reinforcing the Core Values with the onsite team in all aspects of their behaviors and tasks

Lead Carpenter - Organization, Awareness and Safety:

Coordinating and communicating job planning, advance material needs, timelines, deliveries, sub-contractor scope/performance, with daily updates to Management
Ensuring the team actively understands and consistently follows 3GB policies and expectations, including but not limited to: P.I.C.O.K. (P*ay attention, Initiate, Clean, Organize, K*eep Moving), time clock protocols, break policies, and phone/media usage
Consistently coordinating and facilitating a clean, organized, and safe work area each day, through understanding and adherence across the build team, to 3GB standards and OSHA safety and operational regulations, along with any specific directives from the Field Manager/Project Manager
Ensuring the team onsite consistently performs tasks following all necessary, personal, safety standards, including but not limited to: appropriate operation and storage of tools and machinery, and proper use of safety equipment/PPE
Maintaining a clean, organized and fully stocked 3GB vehicle (if applicable)
Inspiring and teaching peripheral awareness and anticipation of potential safety, organization or operational issues
Awareness of critical priorities, and adaptability to shift in response to changing events and circumstances
Identifying and communicating potential design/installation issues and finding solutions to complex problems
Anticipating and relaying equipment/materials/tools needed and leading the team to do the same, by example
Using 3GB systems effectively, including but not limited to: Outlook, OneDrive, designated email addresses (e.g, “bids@/HR@/photos@), QuickBooks Workforce

Lead Carpenter - Knowledge and Technique:

In addition to a skill set that includes a mastery of all basic carpentry techniques: the ability to execute independently and in a non-standard situation the following:

Laying out walls and plates correctly from blueprints
Accurately building forms for cast in place steps/exposed form work
Laying out roof rafters
Understanding point loads and load transfers in structural work
Cutting stair stringers correctly
Calculating layout of stairs taking into account run and rise
Installing crown molding
Installing complex tile patterns and mitered edges
Constructing and install custom built-ins
Laying out paneling/shiplap, with consideration for seam placement and nail patterns
Scribing to an undulated surface correctly
Executing mortice and tenon work correctly
Installing appliances and hardware

Lead Carpenter - Leadership and Management:

Actively managing the 3GB team to achieve excellence in all aspects of their work and interactions, including but not limited to:
- Accountability: instilling a culture of accountability for decisions, successes and mistakes- Leading by example: actively demonstrating behaviors and techniques that embody 3GBs Core Values- Sharing knowledge: creating appropriate opportunities for learning and development amongst the team to ensure employee growth and maximum productivity
Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of 3GB standard operating procedures and ensuring compliance in the field, e.g., Change Order management
Providing impactful employee feedback consistently using the EEC model (E*xample, Effect, Change or C*ontinue)
Comprehensively informing the Field Manager and/or Project Manager when execution or design issues arise, proposing solutions and working to resolve them quickly and effectively while maintaining clear communication with your crew
Making informed decisions, identifying and engaging stakeholders in the process, creating space for consensus and buy-in
Ability to resolve conflict calmly and effectively

Lead Carpenter - Qualifications and requirements:

At least 7 years construction/carpentry experience

Carpentry technical skills inc. all basic carpentry skills, AND layout, stair-building, rafters, bird’s mouth cut-outs

Extensive knowledge of building codes and regulations

Extensive understanding of OSHA construction regulations

Excellent math and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to multi-task and deal with a high-pressure work environment

Ability to read, understand and action complex blueprints, architectural plans etc.

Desire to lead a team and work collaboratively

Tools: must own at a minimum, construction basics plus extensive pack out system – e.g., oscillating multi-tool, jigsaw, planer, grinder

Compensation: final compensation to be determined based on successful candidates experience and skill set.