Carpenter

Bates College; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Excellent benefits

Retirement contribution with match

Job summary

Bates College in Lewiston, Maine is seeking a skilled Carpenter to execute carpentry and masonry work across campus, including renovations, maintenance, and repairs using high‑quality craftsmanship, attention to detail, and safety. The role requires reading blueprints, coordinating with other trades, and communicating with faculty and staff to understand needs.

You will install windows, doors, and finishes, operate carpentry equipment, and complete work orders with a focus on durable,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Trade school diploma or carpentry/masonry credentials desired.
• 5 years of residential and/or commercial building experience.
• Ability to read blueprints and CAD drawings.
• Knowledge of tools, supplies, and hardware used in building trades.
• Ability to operate carpentry and masonry equipment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate carpenter and masonry work with other building trades.
• Read and interpret blueprints.
• Communicate with customers, staff and faculty to understand needs.
• Provide sketches for objects to be built and installed campus-wide.
• Operate carpenter-related equipment.
• Complete work orders and preventive maintenance slips.

Skills

Carpentry

Masonry

Blueprint reading

Problem solving

Communication

Teamwork

Math skills

Education

High school diploma

Trade school credentials

Tools

CAD drafting

Table saws

Band saws

Planers

Masonry tools

Job description

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized asa leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highlypersonalized education that centers on deep and sustainedinteractions among students, faculty, and community. We areengaging the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, andtechnology — that are transforming higher education and the worldinto which our students graduate.

Title: Carpenter

Position Purpose:

Executing all varieties of carpentry-mason related construction,maintenance, renovation, and repair projects on campus, using highquality carpentry/masonry skills.

Job Duties:

• Coordinate all carpenter and or masonry work with otherbuilding trades
• Read and interpret blueprints
• Communicate well with all customers, staff and faculty andunderstand their needs
• Provide sketches of objects to be built in the carpenter shopand installed throughout the campus buildings
• Operate all carpenter related equipment
• Perform all carpentry related functions
• Complete work orders and PM (Preventive Maintenance) slips

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Trade school diploma or other carpentry and or masonrycredentials desired

Experience

• 5 years of residential and/or commercial buildingexperience
• Ability to work with wood, metal, or materials necessary forfabrication, repair, and renovation of all buildings
• Knowledge of tools, building supplies, and hardware associatedwith building trade
• Computer experience and ability to understand CAD drafting usesand blueprints
• Knowledge of roofing, concrete work, window, and doorinstallation also desired
• Ability to use table saws, band saws, planers, and other toolsgenerally associated with building trades
• Some experience with tile work preferred includinggrouting
• Some masonry experience preferred including repointing, andlaying brick

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of aculturally and educationally diverse community.
• Basic math and computer skills.
• Ability to logically trouble-shoot equipment problems.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions in the conductof the job.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with supervisors,co-workers and outside contacts.
• Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate physicalstrength.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy to effectively handle a broadrange of interpersonal situations and to respond appropriately toconflicts and problems.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends, evenings, on-call andother non-traditional schedules.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits(health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for anadditional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, freeparking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), anda supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-freeworkplace.

Hiring Range:

The hiring range for this position is $23.76to $28.00. Placement within the range depends on experience andother factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunityand providing an educational and work environment free fromdiscrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basisof race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexualorientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability,genetic information or veteran status and other legally protectedstatuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in theadministration of its education policies and programs, or in therecruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to allapplicable state and federal equal opportunity laws andregulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors,visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding andcomplying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance withapplicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII,Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed toGwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at [e-mail] .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal artscollege, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and aroundthe world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole personthrough creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborativeresidential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence,Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race,religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Batesprepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal forresponsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages theforces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology —that are transforming higher education and the world into which ourstudents graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percentof its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earngraduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburncommunity, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population ofapproximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre,traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city withan entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamicbusiness community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 milesnorth of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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Sep 28 2026 Eastern Daylight Time