Carpenter Helper

Carpenter Position

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is currently looking for an experienced Carpenters to join our team in the College Station, TX area! Benefits offered: 10 Days Paid Time Off, Paid Weekly, Medical, Dental & Vision insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, 401K with Company Match

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

• Study blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to the type of material required and suggest use of specified types of lumber or other material.
• Prepare layouts using rulers, framing squares, transits, and level instruments; mark cutting lines and assembly lines on materials using chalk, pencils and marking gages.
• Assemble, cut, and shape materials, and fasten them together with nails, dowel pins, glue, or screws.
• May erect, climb, and work on scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level at heights up to 100 feet or below ground level at depths down to 50 feet.
• Verify the trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter's level.
• Erects framework for structures and lays sub-flooring.
• Construct forms and chutes for pouring concrete.

Minimum Requirements:

• HS Diploma or equivalent required.
• One (1) + years of construction experience required.
• Knowledge of operating electric and pneumatic tools.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Must be able to pass pre-hire screenings.
• Skill of mathematics; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of units of measure.
• May be required to travel between, to and from jobsites.

Work Environment:

While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions to include heat, humidity, dust, cold, and at times inclement weather. The noise level in the jobsite environment is usually loud. Must be comfortable and able to work in unpleasant and hazardous environments.

Physical Demand:

This position lifts heavy objects, walks and stands for long periods of time and performs strenuous activities under adverse field conditions. Climb ladders and climb into equipment, work on scaffolds, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch. This employee lifts, pushes, pulls, or carries objects; uses abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue. The position requires good manual dexterity (hand with arm, two hands) and multi-limb coordination. The position requires the ability to quickly move arms to signal, grab, pull, push, carry, or turn objects, materials, or tools. Sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and reach with hands and arms. Use hands to operate equipment and to use tools. Close vision, distance vision, color vision, adjust focus. 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.

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.