Apprentice Carpenter

Synergy Projects Ltd. is looking for an Apprentice Carpenter (Commercial) to join our team in Edmonton, Alberta.

We are a commercial construction firm in the Edmonton area, with a number of current projects under way, including, light industrial, commercial office, retail and tenant improvement work. We offer competitive wages and benefits, and we support employee development and growth through apprenticeship training and promoting internally.

Great talent is at the heart of Synergy Projects. It’s why we invest in individuals, teams, ideas and a collective vision for doing things that have an impact.

**SYNERGY PROJECTS LTD.**

**About Synergy Projects Ltd.**

Synergy Projects Ltd. (SPL) is a division of the Synergy Group of Companies (SGC). SGC’s business is organized to provide our clients with all their commercial construction, interior build-out, and real estate investment, and development needs. We accomplish this through seven business units that operate in three core divisions**:Commercial Buildings**, **Innerspaces**, and **SynVest**.

Each of our business units operates independently, provides strategic diversification for our overall operations, and offers a distinct competitive edge to our clients when integrated on common projects.

The combined ability of these different business units to service projects both large and small, and across all market segments, helps ensure that each and every project we complete benefits from our attention to detail and collective expertise—which includes everything from private market investments and design support to preconstruction services and furniture education.

At SGC, there’s nothing we love more than finding new ideas, stories, ventures, or opportunities—and making them into something real.

**About the Opportunity**

As part of our projects-site team, you will play a key role in the success of the project and business.
- Apprentice Carpenter Responsibilities_
- Read and interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches to determine specifications and calculate requirements.
- Prepare layout in accordance to building codes and project specifications.
- Maintain, repair and renovate residential, commercial and light industrial structures.
- Perform other activities at construction sites, as directed
- Measure, cut, shape, assemble and join materials made of wood, wood substitutes, lightweight steel, concrete and other designated materials for structural and architectural components.
- Build foundations, install floor beams, lay subflooring and erect walls and roof systems.
- Mix, pour, spread, level construction materials.
- Perform construction/renovation/demolition activities.
- Fit trim and install trim items, such as doors, stairs, cabinetry, molding and hardware.
- Install architectural materials and components as required, flooring, wall coverings, etc.
- Mix, pour, and spread construction materials.
- Perform construction/renovation/demolition activities.
- Erect and dismantle concrete forms, scaffolding, ramps, catwalks, shoring and barricades as required.
- Operate equipment, secure special attachments to equipment, signal operators to guide them in moving equipment and provide assistance in other activities.
- Perform and coordinate drilling and excavating activities at construction sites as required.
- Level earth to fine grade specifications using rake and shovel
- Coordinate and perform tasks for demolishing buildings using prying bars and other tools, and sort, clean and pile salvaged materials.
- Remove rubble and other debris using rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and other equipment.
- Operate pneumatic hammers, vibrators and tampers as required.
- Tend site machines or equipment used in construction such as mixers, compressors, pumps and heaters. Perform basic maintenance related to their operation.
- Clean up construction debris and remove materials to refuse container.
- Oil and grease construction mobile powered equipment as required.
- Direct traffic at or near construction sites.
- Use a variety of tools and equipment to complete the assigned construction tasks.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**
- All knowledge and skill should be consistent with level of training and years of experience.
- Knowledge of equipment, materials & supplies associated with construction, maintenance and demolition.
- Knowledge of the applicable methods and procedures involved in the safe handling and storage of construction equipment and supplies.
- Ability to effectively supervise the daily ongoing activities of a workforce, attendance management and
- Skilled in the operation of materials handling vehicles and associated equipment.
- An understanding of the proper lifting techniques (manual and mechanical).
- Demonstrate the proper safety procedures as set out in the OH&S and company safety manuals.

**Other Requirements**
- Minimum 3-years experience in carpentry/construction
- WHMIS2015 & CSTS-09
- Fall Protection an asset
- Zoom boom experience an asset
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