Carpenter

Harris County; Tomball (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris County Precinct 4 seeks a skilled Carpenter to join a dedicated team. The position involves constructing and repairing wooden structures, ensuring all work meets local building codes. Candidates should have a high school diploma and at least three years of carpentry experience, exhibiting strong teamwork and problem-solving skills. This role offers competitive benefits, including health insurance and retirement plans.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation and sick time

Retirement program participation

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience in carpentry.
• Knowledge of building codes and safety regulations is desired.
• Ability to work with various tools and materials.

Responsibilities

• Construct and repair structures as per specifications.
• Study blueprints and prepare layouts for projects.
• Install fixtures and perform maintenance tasks.

Skills

Knowledge of carpentry

Problem-solving

Ability to read blueprints

Team-oriented

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Working At Harris County Precinct 4:

You will be surrounded by team members who bring “heart, hustle, and higher standards” to work each day. These leaders advance opportunity and justice as they deliver services to and advocate for the residents of Harris County. The team you will be joining is innovative, dynamic, and forward-looking.

What you will do for Harris County Precinct 4 (HCP4)

Harris County Precinct 4 is seeking a Carpenter. This position constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, and wallboard, conforming to local building codes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Studies blueprints, sketches, or building plans for information pertaining to the type of material required, such as lumber or fiberboard, and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
• Selects specified type of lumber or other materials.
• Prepares layout.
• Marks cutting and assembly lines on materials.
• Shapes materials to prescribed measurements.
• Assembles cut, shaped materials, and fastens them together with nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Verifies trueness of structure with plumb bob and carpenter’s level.
• Erects wood and/or metal stud framework for structures and lays subflooring.
• Builds stairs, lays out, and installs partitions and cabinetwork.
• Applies shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, and decorative paneling to ceilings and walls.
• Fits and installs weather stripping, interior and exterior trim, and finish hardware, such as locks, letter drops, and kick plates.
• Finnish: knowledge of carpentry, siding, sheetrock, and concrete are all desirable skills.
• Constructs forms, installs wire, ties rebar for pouring concrete.
• Erects scaffolding and ladders for assembling structures above ground level.
• May require working before, during, or after an emergency or disaster at the department's discretion.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Education:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years of related experience and/or training as a carpenter
  • Equivalent combination of trade school education and experience may be considered

Licensure:

• Valid Texas driver’s license with a good driving record.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manual.
• Can write routine reports and correspondence.
• Knows how to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of Precinct 4.
• Capacity to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Excellence in applying concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Practical problem-solving with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Skilled in interpreting a variety of instructions furnished.
• Ability to work with others and be team oriented.
• Flexible personality, open to new ideas, and suggestions.
• Good observational skills.
• Initiative, ingenuity, and perseverance to complete projects.
• Polite communication and direction to others as necessary.
  
  
  

NOTE : Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation butONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. See Resume will not be accepted for qualifications.

Experience:

• Blockwork and/or masonry skills (preferred)

Position Type, Salary and Typical Hours of Work:

• Regular | Full-time | 40 hours per week

• This may include weekends and holidays.

• Salary | Dependent on Qualifications

Location:

• Location: Tomball, Tx

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach with hands and arms; frequently required to sit, climb, or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
• The carpenter must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is periodically exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; vibration; night-time shifts; and routine use of a computer monitor.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Featured Benefits:

Harris County employees receive a competitive salary plus medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost to the employee after the first two months of full-time continued employment. Vacation, sick-time, and floating holidays allow our employees to recharge and balance work and personal time. Mandatory participation in our retirement program allows employees to save for retirement. Various other benefits and discounts lead to the satisfaction and engagement of our employees.

HOW TO APPLY:
If this job sounds interesting, you meet the required qualifications, and you can see yourself working for Precinct 4 as a Carpenter, we invite you to apply online.

Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.

Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.