Playground Carpenter

Earthscape Play•Wallenstein, ON

2d•CA$25 - CA$35•Onsite

About The Position

At Earthscape Play, we design, engineer, and build beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play. By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life. Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario in Waterloo Region. Together, our ambitious team builds state-of-the-art timber playgrounds that become iconic, well-loved destination spaces. The work environment we’ve created is positive, productive, fun, and highly rewarding. Currently, we are looking for a Playground Carpenter to join our growing team. The role of this team member is best suited to someone who is interested in custom manufacturing and design, but also who is comfortable working outside the box as our playgrounds don’t fit within regular building code categories. Based in our Wallenstein shop, our fabricators collaborate with a diverse, experienced team of engineers, carpenters, and wood craftspeople. We are looking for someone with a keen eye for construction design to help translate our creative concepts into tangible playground structures and sculptures. At Earthscape, safety and inclusivity are core to our design-build process; we evaluate every custom element to eliminate hazards while preserving the beneficial risks that foster children’s confidence, resilience, and joy.

Requirements

Senior-level expertise of 10-15 years in custom woodworking, heavy timber framing, or high-end carpentry, with a master’s touch for working with diverse, non-chemically treated wood.
Committed to a holistic culture of daily safety through maintaining a clean workspace, ensuring rigging and lifting security, and looking out for the well-being of the whole team.
Thrive in diverse teams, communicating with humility and respect to collaborate seamlessly with designers, engineers, and fellow fabricators.
Bring hands-on manufacturing experience and understand how to navigate evolving custom designs, effectively bridging the gap between concept and build.
Enjoy providing practical, creative solutions from the shop floor, partnering with designers and engineers to perfect our unique builds.

Nice To Haves

Hold a Working at Heights certification or are ready to complete it as Earthscape Play will fully provide and pay for this as needed

Responsibilities

Building & Craftsmanship: Enjoy rigorous, physical work cutting, shaping, and assembling large timbers and custom components for complex playground structures.
Seamlessly read, interpret, and translate complex construction drawings, AutoCAD drafts, and 3D renders from our Engineering department into physical builds.
Safely and competently operate all types of standard industrial wood shop machinery and power tools.
Maintain high standards of precision to ensure structures are built to meet or exceed rigorous international safety standards.
Teamwork & Improvement: Take a deeply collaborative approach within the shop and when interfacing with our engineering and design teams.
Act as a critical link between design and reality by working closely alongside a diverse group of co-workers and supply chain teams to discuss what worked, what didn’t, and how to optimize future builds.
Actively participate in the shop's collective growth. We want someone who is very strong at politely sharing their deep woodworking knowledge and ideas with peers, while remaining equally open to learning from and listening to other carpenters.
Help bring inclusive, accessible play spaces to life, ensuring that the final physical product is welcoming and tactile for all children.