Journeyman Carpenters | High End Residential GC

Description

Journeyman Carpenters report directly to the Foreman and/or Superintendent and work closely with site leadership to ensure that all work meets the highest standards of quality and adheres to both design intent and structural requirements. They serve as role models on the jobsite, setting the tone for professionalism, productivity, and collaboration.

• Identify potential problems and ask pertinent questions.
• Interpret plans.
• Model safety behavior and practices always.
• Layout complete buildings, including ceilings, floors, walls, and related trades.
• Complete daily/weekly timecards accurately.
• Maintain personal tools in safe working order.
• Install, repair, and replace all types of doors, windows, cabinets, and appliances.
• Wear safety clothing, gloves, eye and hearing protection, dust masks and other appropriate safety devices.
• Install, repair, and adjust all door, window, and cabinet hardware.
• Identify electrical, mechanical, and other details.
• Use all power tools in a safe manner.
• Understand and comply with OSHA standards for job site safety.

Requirements

This role is often paired with an Apprentice Carpenter to promote efficiency and support ongoing development of junior team members. Proficiency at the Journeyman level qualifies a team member for progression to the Foreman role.

Journeyman Carpenters at MatPel Builders are highly skilled team members with deep building knowledge and craftsmanship. They have completed a minimum of four years of hands-on experience and training, demonstrating the ability to independently interpret plans, specifications, and execute tasks with precision and efficiency.

Complex Plan Reading

Building Skills

• Have plumbing/leveling skills to frame walls and for specialty framing.
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Impeccable communication skills.
• Have thorough knowledge of building codes.
• Must own hand tools common to the trade.
• Physically able to do the work.
• Strong reading and math skills.
• Exposure to fumes or airborne particles.
• Experience supervising others in a professional, positive, and effective manner.
• Have thorough concrete/form work skills.
• Have geometry and math skills for calculating volume, angles, etc.
• 7+ years’ experience in residential construction.
• Reliable, focused and detail oriented.
• Understand related general trade work.
• Physical strength and stamina, ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50lbs.
• A 3-4year carpentry apprenticeship plus a minimum of 4 years’ experience in residential construction OR
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, bend, dig, go up and down stairs and ladders, crouch, crawl, and lay down.
• Manual dexterity and multi-limb coordination, ability to handle, feel, lift, operate, and move objects, tools, or controls.
• Have thorough trim work skills: interior, exterior, built-ins, including unorthodox and unique details.
• Ability to work in a construction environment.
• Ability to read and interpret plans.
• Exposure to heat and/or cold, and inclement weather.
• Have knowledge of proper flashing details and waterproof membrane installation.
• Have knowledge of roof framing, stair and soffit framing and deck building.
• Experience working in high-end residential construction.
• Excellent vision and depth perception.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Commuter transit benefits
• Generous PTO and sick leave
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Company-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Optional paid training for professional advancement in leadership, management, and industry technology
• Competitive base pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Technology stipend
• Nine paid holidays

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance