Carpenter Position at IWK Health Centre

5 days ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time
The Opportunity

We are seeking a skilled Carpenter to join our team at IWK Health Centre. As a Journeyman Carpenter, you will be responsible for maintaining, altering, and installing new and existing walls, doors, and ceilings. You will also build and repair cabinetry and millwork using hand and power tools.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Perform preventative maintenance duties on walls, ceilings, t-bar, doors, hardware, windows, and frames.
  • Measure, cut, shape, assemble, and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel, and other materials.
  • Build cabinetry and repair existing walls and ceilings.
  • Assist in minor construction and renovation projects by building new walls and ceilings.
  • Prepare layouts in conformance to building codes using measuring tools.
  • Fits and installs trim items such as doors, stairs, moulding, and hardware.
  • Replaces window glass and frames.
  • Repairs, alters, and removes shelving units.
  • Reads and interprets drawings, sketches, blueprints, and specifications.
  • Completes reports to create maintenance records.
  • Operates, uses, and maintains tools and equipment safely, economically, and in accordance with trade practices.
  • Participates in training and orientation of new staff and others as required.
Requirements:
  • High School Diploma or G.E.D. required.
  • Certified Journeyman Carpenter as issued by the Nova Scotia Department of Labour or equivalent required.
  • Two (2) years' of related experience required.
  • Knowledge of the current edition of National Building Code.
  • Ability to work both in a team and independently.
  • Ability to react effectively to emergencies or other changes in work environment that require immediate re-prioritizing of tasks.
  • Ability to read and interpret drawings, sketches, blueprints, and specifications.
  • Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety procedures and policies.
  • Ability to recognize and appropriately react to potential dangers.
  • Ability to follow instructions and work processes.
  • Competencies in other languages an asset.
About IWK Health Centre:

IWK Health Centre is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health Centre with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.



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