Carpenter-Solar

Pepper Construction Group LLC; Barrington (IL); On-site; USD 64,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Union benefits

Job summary

Pepper Construction Group LLC is seeking skilled carpenters in Illinois to install solar panels and related carpentry work on active sites. Roles include doors, trim, cabinetry, millwork, and building temporary structures per blueprints.

Proficiency in measuring, cutting, and forming frameworks is required along with ability to work on scaffolds and weld where needed. They offer union-scale pay with benefits and full-time opportunities on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Install solar panels and associated carpentry work per sketches or blueprints.
• Install doors, hardware, trim, cabinetry, ceilings and millwork.
• Build rough wooden structures such as forms, scaffolds and temporary shelters.
• Measure and cut materials to required sizes using measuring tools.
• Saw boards and plywood to size and brace forms with timber and anchor bolts.
• Erect scaffolding and install ladders, handrails and walkways.
• Weld components to steel structural members as needed.

Skills

Union carpentry

Blueprint reading

Tools

Scaffolding

Welding

Measuring tools

Leveling instruments

Job description

Job Overview

With offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, Pepper Construction is a national general contracting and construction management firm that primarily serves the private sector. Pepper Construction provides clients the experience and resources of a national company, combined with the hands‑on approach of a local company.

Key Responsibilities

Installation of solar panels. Carpenters are expected to work with and install doors, hardware, trim, cabinetry, ceiling materials and millwork. Specific tasks may include building rough wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports and temporary frame shelters according to sketches, blueprints or verbal instructions. This includes examining specifications to determine dimensions of structures and measuring boards, timbers or plywood using various tools.

Carpenters must be proficient at sawing boards and plywood panels to required sizes, bracing forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, and building framework to strengthen, protect, or disguise buildings that are undergoing construction.

Carpenters may also be required to erect scaffolding for buildings and install ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms and gangways, install rough frames and bracing them with boards nailed to framework, install subflooring in buildings, or weld parts to steel structural members.

Additional Information

Pepper Construction pays at union scale with union benefits.

Pepper Construction is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Please note: Pepper does not sponsor work visas.