Millwork Casework Assembler — Growth & Benefits

Carter Lumber; Millersburg (OH); On-site; USD 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Company-paid life Insurance and AD&D

Company-match 401(k)

Vacation time and paid holidays

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Carter Lumber in the Millersburg area is seeking a dedicated Casework Assembler to join our millwork production team. You will assemble cabinet components, verify parts per drawings, and maintain quality while meeting production schedules.

Ideal candidates read shop drawings, use measuring tools, and handle hand and power tools safely. This role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Prefer previous cabinet or millwork assembly experience.
• Ability to read shop drawings, work orders, cut lists, labels, and basic assembly details.
• Able to use a tape measure and verify dimensions accurately; basic shop math and understanding of fractions are required.
• Working knowledge of hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, clamps, adhesives, fasteners, and cabinet hardware is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain quality while working to production schedules.
• Dependable, team-oriented, and able to communicate problems before they affect downstream operations

Responsibilities

• Review work orders, approved shop drawings, cut lists, labels, and production notes before beginning assembly.
• Verify that parts, hardware, finishes, quantities, and drawing revisions match the assigned job; report missing, damaged, or incorrect items before assembly.
• Organize the workstation, tools, clamps, adhesives, fasteners, and components to support safe and efficient production flow.
• Confirm critical dimensions, grain direction, finished faces, edge treatments, and component orientation before fastening or gluing parts.
• Assemble cabinet boxes, bases, toe kicks, backs, shelves, drawers, doors, finished ends, fillers, and related subassemblies.
• Fit and fasten components using approved joinery, dowels, screws, confirmat fasteners, staples, nails, adhesives, clamps, and other specified methods.
• Use hand and power tools such as drills, impact drivers, pneumatic tools, routers, sanders, and measuring devices in accordance with training and manufacturer instructions.
• Install hinges, drawer slides, pulls, locks, shelf standards, brackets, and other specified hardware accurately and consistently.
• Adjust doors, drawers, and moving components for proper alignment, reveal, clearance, and operation.
• Complete assigned units in the required production sequence and communicate constraints that could affect quality or schedule.
• Measure and inspect completed assemblies for overall dimensions, square, fit, alignment, finish condition, hardware function, and conformity to drawings and project requirements.
• Identify and segregate defective or nonconforming components and communicate rework or replacement needs promptly.
• Protect completed work from scratches, chips, moisture, and handling damage and apply required job and unit identification.
• Record production status, quantities, time, quality checks, and material issues in CAM's designated systems or work documentation.
• Support downstream quality, packaging, and shipping teams by delivering complete, clean, and correctly identified assemblies.
• Follow machine, tool, adhesive, lifting, housekeeping, and personal protective equipment requirements at all times.
• Inspect tools and equipment before use and immediately report unsafe conditions, incidents, defects, or maintenance needs.
• Maintain an orderly workstation and participate in daily coordination, cross-training, and continuous-improvement activities.

Skills

Cabinet/casework assembly experience

Read shop drawings and cut lists

Tape measure and basic shop math

Hand and power tools proficiency

Attention to detail under schedules

Team oriented and communicative

Tools

Hand tools

Power tools

Pneumatic tools

Clamps

Adhesives

Fasteners

Cabinet hardware

Job description

Carter Lumber in the Millersburg area is seeking a dedicated Casework Assembler to join our millwork production team. You will assemble cabinet components, verify parts per drawings, and maintain quality while meeting production schedules.

Ideal candidates read shop drawings, use measuring tools, and handle hand and power tools safely. This role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting.