Architectural Millwork Door Builder

Carter Lumber Company; Kentucky; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Disability

Life insurance

Supplemental life insurance

401(k)

Vacation time and holidays

Vendor incentives

Growth from within

Military friendly

Job summary

Carter Lumber Company is seeking an experienced woodworker to join our architectural millwork team as a Custom Door Builder. You will assemble and build doors from approved drawings and shop orders to ensure a high-quality product and on-time delivery, with minimal supervision.

The role requires reading drawings, planning joinery, laying out components, and using hand tools and equipment safely to meet tight tolerances.

Qualifications

• Experienced cabinetmaker, bench carpenter, or millworker with proven custom fabrication ability.
• Ability to read architectural drawings, shop drawings, and work orders.
• Proficient in shop math, geometry, and tolerance control.
• Knowledge of wood products, veneers, laminates, and joinery.
• Ability to plan builds and work with limited supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and accountability for quality and schedule.
• Familiarity with architectural woodwork standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review approved drawings, details, specs, and production notes to understand design intent and quality requirements.
• Plan the build sequence, joinery, tooling, templates, fixtures, material usage, and assembly approach.
• Verify field dimensions, tolerances, materials, grain direction, and hardware before fabrication.
• Identify unclear details and coordinate with Engineering or Production Supervisor before proceeding.
• Lay out components accurately using drawings or templates.
• Fabricate custom millwork from hardwood, veneer, plywood, MDF, laminates, etc.
• Build complex assemblies using joinery, adhesives, dowels, splines, biscuits, fasteners, clamps, jigs, fixtures.
• Cut, shape, route, drill, sand, fit, and assemble components with hand tools and equipment.
• Construct nonstandard components per approved design.
• Fit moldings, trim, doors, drawers, panels, hardware, and specialty components to achieve alignment.
• Fabricate or integrate solid-surface components as trained.
• Develop reusable templates and build methods to improve accuracy and safety.
• Perform first-piece and in-process inspections for dimensions and quality.
• Build to project specs, CAM quality requirements, and woodwork standards.
• Communicate concerns and propose practical manufacturing solutions.
• Coordinate handoffs with machining, finishing, quality, and shipping teams.
• Protect finished products and maintain identification throughout fabrication.
• Record production progress and material issues in CAM systems.
• Follow all safety and housekeeping rules, inspect tools, and report unsafe conditions.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area and participate in continuous improvement.

Skills

Cabinetmaking

Millwork

Architectural drawings

Shop math

Quality control

Detail oriented

Job description

Carter Lumber Company is seeking an experienced woodworker to join our architectural millwork team as a Custom Door Builder. You will assemble and build doors from approved drawings and shop orders to ensure a high-quality product and on-time delivery, with minimal supervision.

The role requires reading drawings, planning joinery, laying out components, and using hand tools and equipment safely to meet tight tolerances.