Carpenter

Job Description

Job Description

Perform rough and finish carpentry work at interior and exterior locations. Duties include construction, installation, repair, and maintenance of wood structures, fixtures, and other carpentry-related components. Perform concrete and hardscape work as needed to support Facilities Management projects and maintenance needs.

Responsibilities

• Interior carpentry: Hang doors, minor wall framing, install cabinets and countertops, assemble and install metal and wood shelving. Hang plaques and pictures. Maintenance: Repair broken windows, broken tables and desks, mini blinds, and screens. Repair doors, chairs and drawers
• Exterior carpentry: Fabricate and install pedestal and related hardscape. Install plaques and perform exterior building repairs. Perform miscellaneous concrete work including patching sidewalks and driveways, filling potholes in parking lots (cold patch). 
• Install exterior campus signage including parking lots requiring digging and concrete installation. 
• Assist with rain leak emergencies including roof patching, sandbag filling, and placement, etc.
• Replacement of ceiling tiles in all buildings that have been damaged by rain, equipment leaks and by unknown persons. 
• Measure, order and schedule completion of campus projects paying attention to completing and maintaining all necessary paperwork required by the department. Advise on applications techniques and materials choices and execute designs, per print, verbal instructions or sketches for campus partners. 
• Contact contractors and vendors as necessary and follow-up to make sure work is completed to University standards.
• Assist other trades as requested or situation requires. 

Required Qualifications

• Ability to plan, prioritize and complete carpentry projects.
• Ability to communicate and interact with all levels of campus staff, faculty and student population.
• Journey level knowledge and experience in use and operation of hand tools, hand power tools (drills, circular saws, reciprocating saws, belt sanders, etc.) and shop power tools (table saw, miter saw, wood planer, drill press, etc.). Journey level knowledge of materials, techniques and specialized carpentry tools.
• Ability for work in a variety of physical environments including ladders, man-lifts ect with heights of up to 30 feet.
• Ability to maintain a clean and safe area at all work locations including field locations, shop and break room.
• Ability to work positively in a team environment

Chapman University is a nationally ranked institution offering traditional undergraduate and graduate programs in the heart of Orange County, one of Southern California’s most diverse and vibrant regions. The university achieved R2 status in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a distinction held by just 10 percent of all U.S. universities.

Chapman University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status or sexual orientation in the administration of its education policies or any other policies or programs administered by the university.

Company Description

Chapman University is a nationally ranked institution offering traditional undergraduate and graduate programs in the heart of Orange County, one of Southern California’s most diverse and vibrant regions. The university achieved R2 status in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a distinction held by just 10 percent of all U.S. universities. \r\n\r\nChapman University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status or sexual orientation in the administration of its education policies or any other policies or programs administered by the university.