Carpenter

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chalk River; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Building Maintainer (Carpenter) to join their team. This hands-on role involves a variety of carpentry tasks, from repairs to construction, ensuring customer satisfaction and adherence to safety standards. The successful candidate will interpret sketches, provide cost estimates, and maintain a safe working environment while mentoring trainees. With a commitment to advancing clean energy and environmental protection, this company offers a rewarding opportunity to contribute to significant projects in a pristine natural setting. Join a team dedicated to innovation and excellence in the nuclear science sector.

Benefits

Paid time off

Benefits effective day one

Tuition support

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Completion of a 7200-hour apprenticeship or equivalent is required.
• Knowledge of safety codes to ensure a healthy work environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled carpentry tasks, including repairs and construction.
• Provide cost and labor estimates for renovations and additions.

Skills

Carpentry

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Knowledge of Safety Codes

Woodworking Tools Operation

Education

Secondary School Diploma

Carpenter Qualification

Certification in Tube and Clamp Scaffolding

Tools

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

Woodworking Tools

Job description

Are you looking for a hands-on role where your skills will have a direct impact? Can you see yourself handling various carpentry tasks, from repairs to construction, ensuring buildings meet customer needs? If you do, we are looking for a Building Maintainer (Carpenter). If you're ready to apply your expertise and make a difference, apply today!

What will you be doing!

• Building items based on customer requisitions by interpreting sketches or plans and performing skilled carpentry work promptly and accurately.
• Performing skilled and semi-skilled building maintenance and construction work, including repairs and finishing, and ensuring customer satisfaction and a safe working environment.
• Providing cost and labor estimates to assist customers with budgeting for renovations and additions.
• Managing a small spare parts inventory and replenishing items as needed to maintain workflow continuity.
• Maintaining good housekeeping practices in work areas, tools, and equipment, adhering to provincial, federal, and AECL regulations to ensure a safe and efficient environment.
• Attending monthly safety meetings, reporting safety concerns or infractions, and applying CNL’s Event Free Tools procedure while modelling safety practices to others.
• Assisting in training, coaching, and mentoring trainees in safe workshop practices, work planning, and skill development, while monitoring progress and identifying further training needs.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • A secondary school diploma and qualification as a Carpenter are typically acquired through the completion of the required 7200-hour apprenticeship or equivalent.
  • Certification in Tube and Clamp scaffolding.
• Experience
  • Completion of the required 7200-hour apprenticeship or equivalent.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Knowledge of all applicable codes and standards to provide a safe and healthy work environment.
  • Demonstrated use and endorsement of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
  • Written and verbal communication skills to work in multi-trade groups and communicate with CNL staff across a broad range of disciplines to ensure proper coordination and prioritization of work.
  • Knowledge of and ability to operate a variety of woodworking tools.
  • Ability to estimate quantity, quality, size and price of materials required.
  • Ability to improvise, analyze, troubleshoot and implement conceptual drawings.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Working Conditions:

• Temperatures, loud noise, confined space, and heights.
• 4 x 10 work schedule.

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package:

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
• Benefits effective day one, that’s right, no waiting period;
• Tuition support;
• A pension!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.

Location:

CNL’s Chalk River laboratory is nestled in the Ottawa Valley and affords our employees an environmentally pristine area with extensive forests, hills, and numerous small lakes. These support a variety of wildlife typical to the southern edge of the Canadian Shield. Many surrounding towns, such as Pembroke, Petawawa, and Deep River, provide unparalleled outdoor adventures at your doorstep!

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Please read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects, including accommodations for all employees.

CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.