Carpenter

**Job Title**: Carpenter, Level 3

**Company**: Tamarack Developments

**Reports to**:Site Superintendent

**Location**: Ottawa, Ontario

**Tamarack Developments**

Tamarack Homes has a legacy of home-building in Ottawa that dates back to the 1940s when Harold Taggart began building homes for returning war veterans. Since then we have built hundreds of homes in communities across the Ottawa and Kingston regions. We take pride in quality workmanship and creating homes that are more than just houses. The communities we construct are built on excellence and attention to detail. Today, Tamarack Homes continues to be one of the most sought-after home builders in eastern Ontario.

**Major Responsibilities**:
**Carpenter**, Level 3**
- Perform repairs to the internal and external structure while ensuring the buildings are safe.
- Installation of structures and fixtures, such as windows, frames, hanging doors and hardware, using carpenter's hand and power tools.
- Installation of drywall, fill cracks and other defects in plaster or plasterboard and sand patch, using patching plaster, trowel, and sanding tool.
- Sanding surfaces, taping and preparing the home prior to the trades coming in for installation
- Build required items such as safety railings, and temporary fixtures as requested by Finishing Foreman.
- Operate and maintain carpentry tools and equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
- Remove damaged or defective parts or sections of structures and repair or replace, using hand tools.
- Complete checklists to ensure accurate and detailed completion of carpentry duties prior to handover.
- Perform other related duties, including minor duties of other trades where certification is not required, and the work does not exceed own limitations.
- Any other duties as required.

**Statement of Qualifications**:
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience as a carpenter, with experience in rough carpentry required, and finishing carpentry an asset.
- Physical fitness and manual dexterity are required. Ability to use power tools.
- Proficiency in reading plans. Recognizing potential discrepancies or errors.
- Experience in a high-volume home building environment is considered an asset.
- Able to identify the source of a deficiency and perform the repair necessary.
- Knowledge and use of imperial and metric measurements.
- Quality orientation and attention to detail are required.

Ability to perform several simultaneous tasks while maintaining a positive attitude and flexible work style.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English.
- Good organizational and time management skills, with the ability to complete tasks independently as per the prescribed schedule/timelines.
- Ability to understand priorities based on various schedules (trades, closing, etc.).
- Self-motivated with the ability to work well independently, and a willingness to learn.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills in dealing with colleagues, trades, and supervisors.

**Physical/Sensory Effort/Work Environment**
- Providing service to several people or departments, working under many simultaneous deadlines
- Sitting or Standing for long periods of time at workstation
- Heavy manual labor, requires ability to climb ladders, push, pull, lift, carry and manipulate objects of up to 80 lbs.
- Use of Personal Protection Equipment will be required (e.g. hard-hat, safety boots, etc.)
- Hazards associated with the construction industry.

**Application**

**Accommodation**

The Taggart Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants

are considered without regard to citizenship, race, place of origin, ethnic origin, colour,

ancestry, disability, age, creed, sex/pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation,

gender identity, or gender expression.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with a Disabilities Act, we’re committed to

providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all aspects of the recruitment and