Carpenter

Lockheed Martin•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Carpenter role involves determining the sequence of construction operations and planning jobs by preparing material lists and creating working sketches for construction, scaffolding, prefabrication carpentry fixtures, and frames. This planning is guided by blueprints, sketches, trade practices, and verbal/written instructions, supplemented by actual layout when necessary. The position requires setting up woodworking machinery such as saws, jointers, wood shapers, and routers, including selecting blades, setting angles, and adjusting speeds and guides. Key responsibilities include performing finish carpentry work on permanent structures, office partitions, panels, hardwood floors, office doors, cabinets, and windows, using various hand and power tools. The Carpenter will install items like door checks and jams, metal and fiberglass ceiling panels, fiberglass battings, and cut and fit wooden flooring in trucks and trailers. The role also involves positioning component parts for prefabrication or on-site assembly, fastening them with nails, screws, and/or glue, and finishing by sanding. Additionally, the Carpenter is responsible for the fabrication and installation of permanent stenciled and/or engraved facility signs for identification, direction, caution, and operational status, noting that these duties may be shared with other bargaining unit employees. The position may also require operating electronic data entry, tablets, storage, processing, and/or retrieval equipment as a routine part of job assignments.

Requirements

Experience with common carpentry hand tools.
Experience with power tools, such as saws, drills, planers, sanders, etc.
Experience with basic math and experience reading blueprints for carpentry tasks.
Experience with reading tape measure.

Nice To Haves

Door Hardware Knowledge – Expertise with a wide range of door hardware hinges, closers, latches, locks, panic‑bars, access‑control devices.

Responsibilities

Determine sequence of construction operations and plan jobs by preparing material lists and making working sketches of construction, scaffolding, prefabrication carpentry fixtures and frames.
Set up woodworking machinery such as saws, jointers, wood shapers and routers by selecting proper blade or cutting tool, setting angle of cut, and adjusting speed and guides.
Perform finish carpentry work of permanent structures, office partitions, panels, hardwood floors, office doors, cabinets and windows.
Saw and finish to specifications or requirement by using hand and power tools such as jointers, wood shapers, hand planes and wood routers and other woodworking equipment.
Install items such as door checks and jams, metal and fiberglass ceiling panels, and fiberglass battings; cut and fit wooden flooring in trucks and trailers.
Position component parts in carpentry fixtures for prefabrication or in position of built on location, following blueprints or sketches or making determinations by practical application of trade practice.
Nail, screw, and/or glue component parts, and fasten them or completed sections in permanent position.
Finish by sanding.
Perform the fabrication and installation of permanent stenciled and/or engraved facility signs which identify Company buildings and locations, provide direction, identify locations of cribs, columns, and parking spaces, office nameplates, identify hazardous information and operational status of machines, and vehicle sign identification.
May be required to operate electronic data entry, tablets, storage, processing and/or retrieval equipment as a routine part of accomplishing normal job assignments.