Carpenter

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & vision

401(k) plan with match

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare West in Houston, TX, is seeking a Carpenter/Cabinet Maker to construct, repair and maintain wooden structures within our hospital facilities.

The role requires five years of carpentry experience and prior hospital maintenance preferred. You will work with a team to support patient care areas, ensure safety, and uphold quality standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Five years of carpentry experience.
• Hospital or building maintenance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Construct, repair and maintain wooden structures such as furniture and partitions for hospital facilities.
• Measure, cut, shape and join materials to specification using hand and power tools.
• Operate tools safely and keep work areas organized and clean.
• Collaborate with facilities teams to support patient care areas and projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and quality workmanship.
• Prepare materials in advance to prevent delays and return trips for parts.
• Demonstrate reliability and adaptability to changing workloads.

Skills

Carpentry

Hospital maintenance

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Carpenter today with HCA Houston Healthcare West.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Under the general direction of the Director of Plant Operations, the Carpenter/Cabinet Maker constructs, repairs and maintains wooden structures such as furniture, equipment, partitions, and other parts of the Hospital buildings using hand and power tools. Applications include the professional measuring, cutting, shaping and joining of materials and finishes

What you will do in this role:

• Supports the philosophy of Kingwood Medical Center by facilitating cooperation of hospital staff in a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
• Consistently provides outstanding service to all patients, physicians, fellow employees, and guests.
• Displays initiative to see processes through to completion and offers assistance without being asked.
• Maintains awareness of own limitations and seeks guidance from appropriate personnel as needed.
• Prioritizes activities of self based on demands for service.
• Remains alert to the detection of errors in own work and the work of others with appropriate corrective actions initiated.
• Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed decision-making, and privacy.
• Is aware of resources available for ethical concerns and makes appropriate referrals.
• Practices cost-efficiently.
• Performs technical skills proficiently in accordance with established standards, as evidenced by annual validation processes. (Skills Competency Assessment Checklist attached).
• Utilizes specialized knowledge and skill to perform job requirements.
• Prepares materials needed in advance for scheduled jobs to prevent the return to the department or supplier for parts or tools.
• Consistently demonstrates the ability to adapt to changes in the work load or assignments.
• Demonstrates reliability in the conscientious and complete manner in which work assignments are performed.
• Maintains work area in a manner conductive to efficiency and safety; cleans and organizes department on own initiative.

What qualifications you will need:

• Five (5) years experience in carpentry field.
• Prior experience in hospital or building maintenance preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast-array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.