Carpenter I

Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is seeking a Carpenter I to join our Facilities team in Boston. You will repair, install, maintain, and modify carpentry-related structures and furnishings under supervision, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and quality workmanship.

Responsibilities include reading blueprints, planning projects, supervising trade workers, and coordinating with contractors and hospital staff to meet project goals

Qualifications

• Able to interpret codes and standards for carpentry work.
• Capable of performing all physical activities required.
• Skilled in reading blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
• Able to follow written and verbal instructions.

Responsibilities

• Perform structural repairs, alterations, and improvements including ceilings and surfaces.
• Plan, design, install, modify, repair, and remove carpentry structures and components.
• Price, order, store, inventory, and document stock and materials.
• Supervise trade workers and collaborate with staff, contractors, consultants, vendors, and hospital administration.
• Operate, maintain, secure, and supervise departmental equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant codes, regulations, and standards.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of hospital policies and directives.
• Attend meetings, training, and other assigned events.
• Interpret and create sketches, patterns, blueprints, instructions, and layouts of work.
• Inspect buildings and estimate labor and material quantities; report results.
• Travel between sites as needed.

Skills

Blueprints reading

Safety protocols

Interpret blueprints

Code compliance

Carpentry tools

Physical endurance

Follow instructions

Tools

Hand tools and power tools

Job description

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Job Description - Carpenter I (260006SY)

Job Description

Description

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (LSH) operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a motivated Carpenter I to join our Facilities team. Incumbents for this position perform all necessary activities to properly design, inspect, repair, install, maintain, alter and remove carpentry related structures, building components and furnishings. You will work under the Foreman and Carpenter II, alongside other hospital employees and contractors to ensure the operation, safety, and regulatory compliance of all structures, building components and furnishings located on the property of Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Perform structural repairs, alterations, and improvements, including lowering ceilings, paneling, preparing surfaces for plaster/cement, and replacing Formica tops.
• Plan, design, install, modify, repair, and remove carpentry-related structures and building components.
• Price, order, store, inventory, distribute, and document stock and special-order parts/materials.
• Provide supervision to trade workers and collaborate with employees, contractors, consultants, vendors, and hospital administration.
• Operate, maintain, secure, and supervise departmental/hospital equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant codes, regulations, and standards.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of and enforce hospital policies, procedures, practices, and directives.
• Attend meetings, training, and other assigned events.
• Interpret and create sketches, patterns, blueprints, instructions, and layouts of work to be done.
• Inspect buildings needing carpentry repair or alterations, estimate job duration and cost/quantities of labor and materials, and report results.
• Perform related work as assigned, including travel between sites and/or operating unit vehicles.

Required Qualifications

• Proficient in interpreting all codes, regulations, and standards related to the planning, design, installation, modification, repair, and removal of carpentry-related structures, building components, and furnishings.
• Capable of performing all physical activities related to the duties outlined in this document.
• Skilled in reading blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
• Adept at following and issuing written and verbal instructions.
• Knowledgeable about safety practices and procedures in carpentry, including the use of safety and climbing equipment.
• Familiar with the types and uses of carpentry bench tools, small measurement devices, small hand‑held tools, and hand‑held power tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with hospital-related codes, regulations, policies, procedures, and directives.
• Knowledgeable about hospital systems and components.
• Versed in hospital-related contracts and agreements.
• Proficient in policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Acquainted with the types and uses of agency forms.

About the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a fully Joint Commission accredited teaching facility that provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care to patients referred by public agencies and private sector providers. Shattuck Hospital’s services help economically and socially disadvantaged patients to get high quality, cost‑effective care from a staff that respects their dignity.

Located in the heart of Boston’s