Cabinet Maker - Architectural Millwork

​​​​​​ USAM DC is seeking a Cabinet Assembler to join our growing team. This position will ensure complete customer satisfaction by manufacturing jobs to meet customer requirements, including but not limited to, delivery, productivity, quality, cost and safety. Maintains professional, cooperative relationships with all internal and external clients

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Incorporates high skill level and advanced knowledge of cabinet making, custom and fixture woodworking with blueprint reading, machine set-up and operation, assembly of custom woodworking, assembly of wood or laminated fixtures, electrical wiring, glass and glazing, hardware installation and finishing to complete projects assigned to meet customer requirements. Has the ability to work with all types of materials.
• Completes projects in the time allotted with little direction or supervision.
• Makes sound judgments and works unsupervised, competently handling any project assigned with minimal direction.
• Develops and maintains a cooperative working relationship with members of the company, clients and other outside contacts.
• Anticipates and balances the workload based upon general guidelines established. Can meet short and/or unpredictable deadlines.
• Understands and conforms to company policies and procedures.
• Recognizes and utilizes the company’s resources effectively and efficiently.
• Develops and maintains a sufficient working knowledge of the organization as a whole.
• Plans, organizes and carries out assigned job responsibilities within established time parameters.
• Confers with supervisors with regard to overtime requirements.
• Develops mutual working relationships with supervisor in order to anticipate work needs.
• Uses company time conscientiously. Arrives for work on time, not abusing unplanned time off, and being consistently present at workstation.
• Consistently projects a positive, professional attitude and approach to the job, the company and co-workers.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Assumes other responsibilities as assigned or apparent.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• High skill level and advanced knowledge of cabinet making.
• Has experience in more than one area of custom and fixture woodworking.
• The highest level of cabinet maker is capable to be in charge of any project if directed.
• Possesses the ability to make common sense decisions and ability to work unsupervised.
• Has the capability of becoming a lead person.
• Minimum 1-year experience in millwork and cabinet making.
• Skilled use of sanders, routers, saws and woodworking hand tools.
• Proficient at using tape measure
• Experience working in an AWI custom shop

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  
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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.  

WORK ENVIRONMENT: 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 works on or near the Shop floor where there may be moving mechanical parts with occasional exposure to the risk of electrical shock, outdoor weather conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and occasionally high.