Lead Carpenter

About the role

The lead carpenter is completely responsible for the successful completion of their assigned project, including bringing the project in on time, on budget, and maintaining a high level of quality. The role involves site supervision, protection, and cleanliness, carpentry labor, subcontractor oversight, scheduling of inspections, and maintaining job site paperwork. The lead carpenter reports to the project manager, estimator, salesperson, controller, and CEO.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and protect the job site, ensuring cleanliness and safety
• Perform carpentry labor and assign work to crew members
• Supervise 1–4 employees in Production; plan, assign, and direct work; train employees; appraise performance; address complaints and resolve problems
• Coordinate and supervise all subcontractors, ensuring adherence to company policies on safety, cleanliness, alcohol use, and customer satisfaction
• Maintain all job records and paperwork, submitting weekly job paperwork by 8:00 am Monday
• Ensure accurate checking of delivered materials for quantity, measurements, and damage; sign delivery tickets only after inspection
• Monitor and maintain project schedules weekly; notify project manager of delays or issues
• Protect client property; secure ladders, equipment, and materials; avoid disturbing clients with noise or language
• Enforce job site safety per OSHA requirements; monitor equipment and conditions
• Coordinate with subcontractors and office to ensure timely inspections and adherence to schedule
• Use only approved tools and equipment; maintain personal hand tools

Authority

• Primary authority on assigned projects; responsible for all change orders and credit memos
• Responsible for all material ordering, purchasing, and pickup on assigned projects
• Responsible for all company employees and subcontractors on assigned projects
• Responsible for all required inspections on assigned projects
• Responsible for a safe and clean project site

Qualifications

• Five or more years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent; draw/interpret bar graphs

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form

Computer Skills

• Knowledge of BuilderTrend Internet software and BuilderTrend Spreadsheet software

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand for at least 8 hours; walk; sit; use hands to feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear
• Regularly lift and/or move more than 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Ability to climb and work comfortably off a 16-foot ladder
• Ability to work in a non-level environment for 8 hours
• Ability to work comfortably at least 10 feet above ground level

Work Environment

• Regular exposure to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; vibration
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud