Carpenter - Facilities Services

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson, Northern (MS, KY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS is seeking a Carpenter - Facilities Services to perform journeyman-level carpentry work. The role involves constructing, erecting, installing, or repairing structures and fixtures using wood, concrete, plaster, tile, brick, metal and glass.

Minimum education is a high school diploma or GED with at least 1 year of carpenter experience; a valid driver's license is required, and vocational certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 1 year carpenter experience.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Vocational/technical certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform journeyman carpentry per drawings and specs.
• Repair and maintain building components.
• Measure, shape, and cut materials to dimensions.
• Sand, paint, and stain desks and wooden items.
• Assemble frameworks using hand tools, screws, nails.
• Replace damaged structural components.
• Construct rough wooden structures like barricades and scaffolds.
• Operate power equipment (saws, jointers, lathes, sanders, planers).
• Maintain safety and environmental compliance; document work.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Communication skills

Safety compliance

Communication (verbal/written)

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Power tools

Saws

Jointers

Lathes

Job description

Job Requisition ID: R00053271

Job Category: Professional and Technical

Organization: Fac Services-Carpenter

Location/s: Main Campus Jackson

Job Title: Carpenter - Facilities Services

Job Summary: To perform journeyman-level carpentry work to construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures. Utilize a variety of materials, including but not limited to wood, concrete, plaster, tile, brick, metal, and glass.

Education & Experience: High school diploma/GED and one (1) year of carpenter experience.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required: Valid Driver's License required.

Preferred Qualifications: Vocational or technical certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair buildings and structures. Skills in installing, repairing, and selecting the appropriate equipment necessary to complete the job. Verbal and written communication skills. Ability to read blueprints correctly. Ability to comply with safety and environmental guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Performs skilled carpentry work by following instructions, rough sketches, or detailed drawings for the construction, repair, maintenance, and alteration of buildings, doors, partitions, and related fixtures.
• Repairs and maintains building components, including floors, walls, ceilings, screens, windows, sashes, doors, and furniture.
• Measures, shapes, and cuts materials to specified dimensions using hand tools, machinery, and power saws.
• Sands, paints, and stains desks, chairs, and other wooden items.
• Completes various finishing tasks and assembles frameworks or structures using hand tools, screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.
• Removes and replaces damaged or defective structural components.
• Constructs rough wooden structures such as barricades, boxes, scaffolds, and frameworks.
• Operates power equipment including saws, jointers, lathes, sanders, planers, and boring and mortising machines.
• Maintains a clean work environment, adheres to safety and environmental regulations, and ensures compliance with accrediting and licensing standards.
• Completes and documents work in a timely manner while maintaining quality standards.

The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands: Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type: Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No

Pay Class: Hourly

FTE %: 100

Work Shift: Day

Benefits Eligibility: Grant Funded: No

Job Posting Date: 08/20/2026

Job Closing Date: open until filled if no date specified

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