Carpenter

**The Opportunity**

We offer more than just a job, we offer a career. We are more than just builders. We respect people and place, we craft with care, we are deeply connected to the Kawarthas and the people who live here. We also love what we do and have fun doing it.

We are looking for a Carpenter who also exhibits these values and truly wants to bring their best to KLC and our clients and our community.

**Responsibilities**
- Performs skilled carpentry work in the maintenance, repair, alteration and construction of buildings, facilities, structures and equipment.
- Ensures compliance with building codes, health and safety legislation, and standards.
- Conducts daily tailgate safety talks, highlighting relevant job specific hazards.
- Interprets plans, diagrams, blueprints, sketches, specifications, and working drawings of construction jobs.
- Measures, cuts, shapes, assembles and joins materials made of wood, wood substitutes, and other materials.
- Completes a daily log about project progress, including any customer concerns, or impending problems, providing pictures to accompany daily log.
- Assists Project lead in the completion of tasks.
- Provides feedback to production team daily.
- Provide a high level of client satisfaction.
- Understand and stay within project timelines

**Competencies**
- Maintains a high attention to detail in completion of all tasks.
- Ability to read and interpret budgets.
- Ability to work to schedule, completing tasks on time and within budget.
- Maintains effective relationships through strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate appropriately with build team members and management.
- Ability to act with honesty, integrity, credibility, self-confidence, and independence.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients and employees in a professional manner.

**Qualifications**
- Knowledge of appropriate legislation including: Occupational Health & Safety Act, Construction regulations.
- Knowledge of the Ontario Building Code & appropriate standards.
- Advanced knowledge of carpentry.
- Knowledge of safe operation of basic hand and power tools.
- Must have valid G-License with a clean driving record.
- Minimum 5,000 hours of residential construction experience.
- Must purchase basic hand and power tools

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $20.00-$35.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Lakefield, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Carpentry: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person