Intermediate Carpenter

BELFOR Holdings•Duncan, SC

About The Position

The Intermediate Carpenter provides operational support for client reconstruction efforts. The role requires extensive carpentry experience and the ability to work with little supervision, assist BELFOR Estimators with scope development, and run projects autonomously. The carpenter also helps develop basic-level carpenters and advances capability across residential, commercial, and multi-family projects, emergency services, and carpentry areas such as framing, cabinetry, and trim. This is level 3 in the Progressive Carpenter track. The role includes performing reconstruction and emergency-service tasks, safeguarding customers’ property, maintaining equipment and vehicles, reporting time and materials accurately, and meeting project timelines. Night and weekend work may be required, along with periodic travel. Additional duties may be assigned. The listed responsibilities describe the general nature and level of the work and are not an exhaustive list.

Requirements

Extensive carpentry experience.
Ability to work with little supervision and run projects autonomously.
Ability to assist BELFOR Estimators with scope development.
Ability to supervise unskilled labor, basic-level BELFOR employees, and occasional subcontractors in residential settings.
Ability to answer simple project questions and defer more complex questions to qualified personnel.
Ability to maintain equipment used in daily tasks.
Ability to perform emergency services, including board-ups and securing buildings against further damage.
Ability to meet BELFOR standards for safeguarding customers’ property.
Comprehensive understanding of customer-service principles and practices.
Ability to work within time constraints and meet project timelines.
Availability to work nights and weekends as requested and travel periodically.
Ability to complete required operations and safety training.

Responsibilities

Recognize potential project problems and promptly request additional guidance or assistance.
Answer most project questions and direct more specific or complicated questions to the appropriate resource.
Move and protect contents without causing damage.
Construct appropriate containment for construction dust, dirt, and airborne contaminants in the work area.
Use appropriate tools and accepted BELFOR methods to perform tasks such as flood cutting and salvaging and labeling baseboards, cabinets, doors, and other items.
Attend and successfully complete shrink-wrap training, and complete four projects involving shrink wrap.
Develop the ability to identify insulation types, thicknesses, and corresponding R-values.
Apply learned skills and materials knowledge in trim, doors, cabinetry, insulation, rough framing, acoustical ceilings, roofing materials, and exterior siding to daily tasks.
Perform daily vehicle safety and maintenance inspections and keep the vehicle clean and serviceable.
Maintain attention to detail and safeguard other people’s property in accordance with BELFOR standards.
Apply a comprehensive understanding of customer-service principles and practices.
Work within time constraints to meet specific timelines.
Work nights and weekends as requested and travel periodically.
Report time worked and equipment and consumables used accurately and promptly.
Attend BELFOR-sponsored operations and safety training courses as required.
Supervise unskilled labor, basic-level BELFOR employees, and occasional subcontractors in residential settings.
Answer simple questions about the project and defer questions to more qualified personnel when appropriate.
Maintain equipment used in daily tasks.
Perform emergency services as needed, including board-ups and securing buildings against further damage.
Perform other duties as required.