IRA Carpenter

Cajun Industries • St. George, LA

16h

About The Position

The Carpenter designs, constructs, erects, installs, and repairs structures and other items made of wood, plywood, and wallboard using pneumatic and electric power tools. The role includes fastening materials with nails, screws, staples, or adhesives and checking completed work for accuracy. The Carpenter needs knowledge of advanced layout, simon forms, anchor-bolt layout, material takeoffs from drawings, and safety requirements for building work. The position requires learning job-related safety hazards and operating tools and equipment safely and effectively. Work takes place in a plant operations or construction jobsite setting.

Requirements

• Knowledge of advanced layout, simon forms, anchor-bolt layout, material takeoffs from drawings, and safety requirements for building work.
• Ability to learn safety hazards and safely and effectively use or operate work-related tools and equipment.
• Ability to push, pull, lift, or carry up to 50 pounds, with occasional pushing, pulling, lifting, or carrying up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to perform repetitive use of hands, arms, and legs and to maintain hand-eye coordination.
• Ability to communicate by hearing, comprehending, and speaking to safely perform work.
• Ability to perform sedentary to heavy work.
• Ability to climb and maintain balance on steel or wood frameworks, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
• Ability to frequently grasp, lift, handle, carry, or feel objects.
• Ability to perform prolonged bending, twisting, walking, crawling, kneeling, overhead reaching, squatting, pushing, pulling, standing, and lifting.
• Ability to walk on uneven surfaces, muddy conditions, loose rock, and loose or soft sand.
• Ability to work in confined spaces when required and in adverse weather conditions, including heat, cold, and rain.
• Ability to communicate effectively with management and supervision.
• Reading and writing comprehension sufficient to give and receive directions and perform work and follow safety policies.
• Ability to use math and complete calculations.
• Ability to work at various tempos, concentrate amid distractions, and make decisions.
• Detail-oriented, with the ability to remember, examine, and observe details.

Responsibilities

• Read and interpret blueprints and sketches, and complete reports.
• Instruct laborers and other construction trade helpers.
• Build and set forms, use a level instrument, tie rebar, build scaffolds, perform finish carpentry, read a tape or ruler, set screeds, install batter boards, and operate hand and power tools.
• Inspect areas and conduct repairs or maintenance.
• Assist other craft workers as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed