Apprentice Carpenter - NORTH FORK BUILDERS : Job Details

COMPANY:

North Fork Builders is a Bozeman, Montana based general contractor that specializes in thoughtfully designed and strategically executed residential and commercial buildings. We are committed to excellent craftsmanship and collaboration with our clients to ensure their vision is carried through from concept to completion. We believe in quality through process, which is expressed through our core values: quality, craft and collaboration.

Team members are expected to share our core values and have pride in the quality of their craft. This is an opportunity to work closely with experienced carpenters to further learn the trade.

At North Fork, our team is tight-knit. We rely on one another and learn from one another. If this sounds like a group you'd like to work with, we encourage you to apply.

LOCATION:

Current and upcoming work located in the communities of Big Sky, Big Timber and Whitefish.

PRIMARY RESONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Duties may include but are not limited to, wall, floor and roof framing, siding, trim work, log and timber work, setting doors and windows.

PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS:

* Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. occasionally (1-33% of the day) but frequently (34-66% of the day) lifting up to 50 lbs.

* Frequent (34-66% of the day) reaching and hand/wrist work

* Employees must have excellent manual dexterity of the fingers, hands and arms.

* The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms

* Occasional (1-33%) grasping, pushing/pulling and fine manipulation

* The position requires full mobility of the back, arms and legs in the course of performing this job.

* Continuously (67-100%) standing and walking on their feet for long hours while cutting, installing, or assembling materials

* Frequently (34-66%) ascending and descending from staircases, ladders, and scaffolding to work on elevated areas like roofs or upper floors, requiring a good sense of balance.

* While working in low positions when framing, installing flooring, or performing finish carpentry, requiring frequent (34-66%) bending, stooping, and kneeling.

* Frequently (34-66%) need to push and pull heavy objects, such as sliding beams into place or adjusting large sheets of plywood.

* Rarely may need to crawl into tight areas like crawl spaces, basements, or attics.

* While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is exposed to wet, cold, heat, quickly changing conditions, work near moving heavy equipment, exposure to heights, outdoor weather conditions, extreme cold and extreme heat.

* Work is performed both indoors and outdoors.

* Outside work requires exposure to varying and sometimes extreme weather and terrain conditions

* Frequent exposure to high, open or confined spaces, intermittent vibration and noise.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Knowledge of various techniques including, but not limited to: Framing, trim work and siding

* Specialized skills are a plus, but not required, including Log and timber work, scribing, coping and timber framing

* Knowledge of start-to-finish carpentry

* Basic understanding of how to read a plan set and ability to put them into practice

* Roof and wall framing experience

* Ability to operate machinery and tools: forklift, skid steer, planer, table saw, chainsaws, lancelots and transfer log scribes

* Ownership of and ability to operate both hand and power tools is required

* Team members must take pride in their craftsmanship, communication, commitment, loyalty and dedication to the team. They must be punctual.

* Reliable transportation and valid driver license are required

North Fork Builders is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, vaccination status or other characteristics protected by law.