Skilled Civil Carpenter Journeyman – Baytown

Wood PLC; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long and short-term disability

401k

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Wood PLC seeks a Carpenter Journeyperson to join a Civil Project in Baytown, TX for the remainder of 2026. A TWIC card is required, and work authorization in the US without sponsorship is expected.

Responsibilities include reading blueprints, building forms and structures, loading materials, and using hand and power tools on site, with emphasis on accuracy and safety. This on-site role requires working at heights and following strict procedures.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the field.
• Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Work within precise standards of accuracy.
• Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked.
• Compare and see differences in the size, shape and form of lines, figures and objects.
• Observe flat drawings or diagrams and understand how they would look as solid objects.
• Apply basic mathematical skills.
• Follow oral and written directions.
• Work at heights without fear.

Responsibilities

• Builds wooded structures, such as stairs, concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports, and temporary frame shelters, according to blueprints, or oral instructions, and lays out and installs partitions and cabinet work.
• Examines blueprints, sketches or building plans for to determine material required and dimensions of structure or fixture to be fabricated.
• Selects, loads, and hauls job material to work site.
• Prepares layout of form or fixture to be fabricated using lines or grades.
• Measures boards, timbers, or plywood using square, measuring tape and ruler and marks cutting lines on materials using pencil and scriber.
• Shapes materials to required sizes using saws, chisels, and planes.
• Verifies accuracy of structure with transit, plumb bob, square and level.
• Uses carpentry hand tools such as hammers, levels, squares, screw drivers, adjustable, wrenches, hand and power saws, drill motors and pry bar.
• Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms.
• Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls.
• Erects frame work for structures and lays sub-flooring.
• Cuts and assembles timbers to build trestles and cofferdams.
• Erects scaffolding for buildings and other structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways.
• Constructs forms, chutes, and aligns form panels for pouring concrete and grout
• Fits and installs pre-fabricated window frames, doors, weather stripping interior and exterior trim and finished hardware
• Fits and nails sheathing on outer walls and roofs of buildings
• Sets and braces anchor bolts
• Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment
• Ability to tie rebar
• Operation of electric and pneumatic tools
• May rig materials

Skills

Carpentry

Blueprint reading

Math skills

Following oral and written directions

Working at heights

Precision and accuracy

General tool use

Transit/level checks

Quality checks

Tools

Saws

Chisels

Planes

Hand and power saws

Job description

Wood PLC seeks a Carpenter Journeyperson to join a Civil Project in Baytown, TX for the remainder of 2026. A TWIC card is required, and work authorization in the US without sponsorship is expected.

Responsibilities include reading blueprints, building forms and structures, loading materials, and using hand and power tools on site, with emphasis on accuracy and safety. This on-site role requires working at heights and following strict procedures.