Custom Builder

Carter Lumber Company; Kentucky; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Disability

Life insurance

Supplemental life insurance

401(k)

Vacation time and holidays

Vendor incentives

Growth from within

Military friendly

Job summary

Carter Lumber Company is seeking an experienced woodworker to join our architectural millwork team as a Custom Door Builder. You will assemble and build doors from approved drawings and shop orders to ensure a high-quality product and on-time delivery, with minimal supervision.

The role requires reading drawings, planning joinery, laying out components, and using hand tools and equipment safely to meet tight tolerances.

Qualifications

• Experienced cabinetmaker, bench carpenter, or millworker with proven custom fabrication ability.
• Ability to read architectural drawings, shop drawings, and work orders.
• Proficient in shop math, geometry, and tolerance control.
• Knowledge of wood products, veneers, laminates, and joinery.
• Ability to plan builds and work with limited supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and accountability for quality and schedule.
• Familiarity with architectural woodwork standards is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review approved drawings, details, specs, and production notes to understand design intent and quality requirements.
• Plan the build sequence, joinery, tooling, templates, fixtures, material usage, and assembly approach.
• Verify field dimensions, tolerances, materials, grain direction, and hardware before fabrication.
• Identify unclear details and coordinate with Engineering or Production Supervisor before proceeding.
• Lay out components accurately using drawings or templates.
• Fabricate custom millwork from hardwood, veneer, plywood, MDF, laminates, etc.
• Build complex assemblies using joinery, adhesives, dowels, splines, biscuits, fasteners, clamps, jigs, fixtures.
• Cut, shape, route, drill, sand, fit, and assemble components with hand tools and equipment.
• Construct nonstandard components per approved design.
• Fit moldings, trim, doors, drawers, panels, hardware, and specialty components to achieve alignment.
• Fabricate or integrate solid-surface components as trained.
• Develop reusable templates and build methods to improve accuracy and safety.
• Perform first-piece and in-process inspections for dimensions and quality.
• Build to project specs, CAM quality requirements, and woodwork standards.
• Communicate concerns and propose practical manufacturing solutions.
• Coordinate handoffs with machining, finishing, quality, and shipping teams.
• Protect finished products and maintain identification throughout fabrication.
• Record production progress and material issues in CAM systems.
• Follow all safety and housekeeping rules, inspect tools, and report unsafe conditions.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area and participate in continuous improvement.

Skills

Cabinetmaking

Millwork

Architectural drawings

Shop math

Quality control

Detail oriented

Job description

A Carter Architectural Millwork Custom Door Builder is responsible for assembling and building doors accurately to ensure a quality product is produced. This is accomplished by completing job orders as directed by the schedule with minimal supervision. Adheres to safety regulations when handling material and equipment. A strong belief in the mission and goals of the company are necessary to this position.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experienced cabinetmaker, bench carpenter, custom millwork builder, or architectural woodworker with demonstrated custom fabrication ability.
• Strong ability to read and interpret architectural drawings, approved shop drawings, sections, details, specifications, and work orders.
• Proficiency with shop math, fractions, geometry, layout, measuring, and tolerance control.
• Demonstrated knowledge of wood products, veneers, laminates, hardware, joinery, adhesives, machining, sanding, and assembly methods.
• Ability to select an efficient build approach, solve fit and constructability issues, and work with limited supervision.
• Strong attention to detail, craftsmanship, communication, and accountability for quality and schedule.
• Familiarity with architectural woodwork standards and commercial millwork requirements is preferred.

Responsibilities of the Position:

Planning and Work Preparation

• Review approved shop drawings, details, specifications, work orders, material lists, and production notes to understand design intent and quality requirements.
• Plan the build sequence, joinery, tooling, templates, fixtures, material usage, and assembly approach for custom or nonstandard products.
• Verify field dimensions, critical tolerances, revisions, materials, grain direction, veneer sequence, finishes, and hardware before fabrication.
• Identify unclear, conflicting, or unbuildable details and coordinate with Engineering or the Production Supervisor before proceeding.
• Lay out components accurately using drawings, full-size patterns, templates, story poles, or direct measurement as appropriate.

Custom Fabrication and Assembly

• Fabricate custom architectural millwork from hardwood, veneer, plywood, MDF, particleboard, laminates, and other approved materials.
• Build complex assemblies using appropriate joinery, adhesives, dowels, splines, biscuits, fasteners, clamps, jigs, and fixtures.
• Cut, shape, route, drill, sand, scribe, fit, and assemble components using hand tools and stationary or portable woodworking equipment for which the employee is trained and authorized.
• Construct curved, angled, radiused, segmented, sequenced, or otherwise nonstandard components where required by the approved design.
• Fit wood moldings, trim, doors, drawers, panels, hardware, and specialty components to achieve consistent reveals, alignment, and operation.
• Fabricate or integrate solid-surface components when assigned and properly trained, following approved fabrication procedures.
• Develop reusable templates, jigs, or build methods when they improve accuracy, safety, or repeatability without changing approved design intent.

Quality, Coordination, and Production Control

• Perform first-piece and in-process inspections for dimensions, square, fit, joint quality, surface condition, grain and color match, hardware function, and conformity to drawings.
• Build to applicable project specifications, CAM quality requirements, and referenced architectural woodwork standards.
• Communicate material, drawing, tooling, quality, or schedule concerns promptly and recommend practical manufacturing solutions.
• Coordinate handoffs with machining, casework assembly, finishing, solid surface, quality, packaging, and shipping teams.
• Protect completed products and maintain job, part, room, and sequence identification throughout fabrication.
• Record production progress, labor, completed quantities, rework, and material issues in CAM's designated systems or work documentation.
• Provide hands‑on guidance and share proven methods with less‑experienced team members when requested.

Safety and Workplace Organization

• Follow all machine-guarding, lockout/tagout, dust-control, adhesive, lifting, housekeeping, and personal protective equipment requirements.
• Inspect tools, cords, blades, bits, guards, and fixtures before use and promptly report unsafe conditions or maintenance needs.
• Maintain a clean, organized work area and participate in daily coordination and continuous‑improvement activities.

Benefits Provided (full-time employees):

• Health, Dental, and Vision coverage (single and family plans) available after 30 days of employment
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D
• Optional supplemental life insurance
• Company-match 401(k)
• Vacation time and paid holidays
• Vendor incentives
• Room for growth; we promote from within!
• Military encouraged to apply!