carpenter

Thank you for your interest in N-E-I and this position, which is full-time (40 hours per week).

COMPANY BACKGROUND: INFORMATION

N-E-I is a service business with a history of successfully delivering projects for federal government agencies by providing outstanding service and comprehensive turn-key solutions. We are certified as s Small Disadvantaged (SDB), Woman-Owned (WOSB/EDWOSB), and Minority entity, which has been in operation since 1987. We are proposing on a 5-year contract at Camp Pendleton, CA. and seek highly experienced, qualified employees to fill these positions.

JOB FUNCTIONS: I

Overview: The Carpenter Maintenance performs the carpentry duties necessary to maintain in good repair building woodwork and equipment such as bins, cribs, counters, benches, partitions, doors. Work involves most of the following: planning and laying out of work from blueprints, drawings, models, or verbal instructions, using a variety of carpenter's hand tools, portable power tools and standard measuring instruments, and making standard shop computations relating to dimensions of work; and selecting materials necessary for the work. In general, the work of the maintenance carpenter requires rounded training and experience usually acquired through a formal apprenticeship or equivalent training and experience.

Provides work in constructing, installing, repairing, and modifying wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness. Duties include independently applying skilled methods, techniques, and advanced shop mathematics to construct, install, repair, and modify a wide variety of structures. Individual works on projects such as building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, interior and exterior trim, and other miscellaneous items; plans and completes work from initial layout to final assembly by interpreting and applying complex building plans, specifications, blueprints, sketches, and other guides and codes; applies a full range of carpentry methods in accomplishing complex tasks requiring construction of irregular sizes, shapes, and angles with precise fits and accurate dimensions; selects the appropriate tools, equipment, and materials needed at the worksite and determines how or what repairs need to be made; utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations and maintains a safe and clean environment; uses and assures proper fit of required safety equipment and clothing; uses and maintains tools; may use tools and equipment such as plumb lines, chalk lines, levels, dividers, calipers, marking gauges, framing squares, jointers, shapers, tenoners, routers, and lathes as well as common hand and power tools; maintains records and documents actions. Should have the following skills and knowledge: thorough knowledge of wood and wood substitute materials and construction techniques; skill to apply woodworking techniques necessary to produce items or structures that require accuracy, spacing, fit, structural soundness, and a finished appearance; ability to use a variety of joining techniques such as miters, rabbets, dados, biscuits, and mortises and tenons to assemble items and to use glues and adhesives to secure wood pieces, veneers, and counter tops; skill in the operation of general and precision carpentry and wood working equipment (to include powered and hand tools) to produce products with precise fits, accurate dimensions, and acceptable appearance; skill in applying knowledge of advanced shop mathematics to plan, compute, and lay out more complex and exact projects with features such as arcs, tangents, and circles; skill in interpreting complex instructions, sketches, blueprints, and building codes. Receives assignments orally or by work orders and accomplish all phases of work independently including work requiring close tolerances, precise fit, and a finished appearance. Independently initiates complete assignments under minimal supervision or minimal review of work in progress, and uses initiative in accomplishing work assignments; uses judgment in evaluating problems; and determines material and equipment needs to accomplish a wide range of work sequences ranging from basic repairs to complex project segments. Responsible for safely operating powered equipment and hand tools and adhering to all safety procedures. Work is reviewed for compliance with building codes, objectives, timeliness, and quality of workmanship. A minimum of 4 years experience is required.