Carpenter (Evergreen - BHL)

Calista Corporation; Georgia; On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Brice Highway LLC is seeking a Carpenter to work on-site in Houston, TX, performing skilled carpentry per project plans and supervisor instructions. Responsibilities include reading blueprints, building, repairing, and maintaining structures while ensuring safety codes and regulations are followed.

You will collaborate with senior management on estimating, bid packages, and cost data, contributing to successful project bids across our network in the region.

Qualifications

• Experience in skilled carpentry on-site and reading blueprints.
• Ability to interpret plans, drawings and specs accurately.
• Familiarity with estimating processes and cost data is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical project performance data to support accurate estimating and future bid development.
• Assist with maintaining historical cost data, bid management systems, and estimating software.
• Work collaboratively with senior managers to ensure estimating deliverables meet standards and bid requirements.
• Utilize HCSS HeavyBid per established processes.
• Maintain and update HCSS HeavyBid libraries.
• Review project plans and specifications to confirm scope and compliance with codes.
• Identify risks, cost impacts, and procurement items for bids.
• Prepare instructions to bidders and bid documents as needed.

Skills

Carpentry

Blueprint reading

Tools

HCSS HeavyBid

Estimating software

Job description

Brice Highway LLC

Regular

This is an evergreen position, meaning we accept applications year-round and review them on a rolling basis as new opportunities become available.

Why choose us?

As a proud subsidiary of Calista Brice, we’re part of a family of 20+ companies tackling tough construction, environmental, and technical challenges. Working at a Calista Brice company means joining a team where cultural values and practical innovation come together to create meaningful impact. You’ll experience the stability of a large organization while enjoying the tight-knit community and entrepreneurial spirit of a smaller company, with opportunities to grow your career across our diverse family of businesses.

Calista Brice is owned by Calista Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. ANCs were created to support economic development and self-determination for Alaska’s Indigenous peoples. Our work directly contributes to advancing the social, cultural, and economic welfare of over 35,000 Alaska Natives in the Calista Region.

What does Brice Highway LLC do?

Brice Highway specializes in vertical and horizontal construction, supporting transportation and utility projects that stand the test of time. Our design-build delivery methods bring together team members with diverse backgrounds and skills, creating an environment where mentorships form naturally and where your contributions are visible in the completed projects that people depend on daily.

Brice Highway is a proud subsidiary of Calista Brice, a group of 20+ companies delivering construction, engineering, and environmental solutions across the United States.

What can you expect?

As the Carpenter, you will work on site in Houston, TX and surrounding areas and you will be responsible for completing the skilled carpentry work according to project plans and supervisory instruction. Under general supervision you will perform master-level work in the design, construction, repair and maintenance of structures and related physical facilities and perform related work as required. You will be responsible for the full range of rough skilled carpentry work, using, or working from one or more blueprints, as-built, specifications, drawings, or instructions to design, build, retrofit, maintain, and construct various types of facilities and structures. This position must inspect completed work for conformance with specifications, requirements and compliance with applicable building and safety codes and regulations with supervisor.

How will you do it?

• Analyze historical project performance data to support accurate estimating and future bid development.
• Assist with maintaining historical cost data, bid management systems, and estimating software.
• Work collaboratively with senior company managers to ensure estimating deliverables meet established standards, including bid packages, formats, and budget tracking tools.
• Utilize HCSS HeavyBid in accordance with established processes and procedures.
• Maintain and update HCSS HeavyBid libraries as assigned.
• Update equipment rates annually and labor rates quarterly, accounting for project-specific wage requirements when applicable.
• Ensure project estimates conform to company standards for budget creation and cost data usage.
• Review project plans and specifications to confirm scope completeness.
• Identify potential risks, cost impacts, constructability concerns, and long-lead procurement items.
• Solicit subcontractor and supplier pricing and maintain supporting documentation within estimating software.
• Maintain bid history records and track prospective work opportunities.
• Prepare instructions to bidders, bid forms, and other solicitation documents as required.
• Review general conditions, schedules, scopes of work, site logistics, and related exhibits in coordination with Operations