Carpenter

We are seeking a skilled Carpenter to join our team at the City of Somerville. As a Carpenter, you will be responsible for constructing, altering, and repairing structures, buildings, furniture, equipment, and fixtures made of wood or similar materials.

• Construct, alter, and repair structures, buildings, furniture, equipment, and fixtures made of wood or similar materials.
• Work in accordance with building codes and standard trade practices.
• Fabricate, alter, and repair structural woodwork, floors, stairways, and fixtures.
• Perform repairs on equipment such as desks, chairs, tables, shelves, and cabinets.
• Hang doors and repair related hardware.
• Repair windows, frames, and screens.
• Perform unskilled labor duties such as digging holes, trenches, and other excavations; shoveling materials and leveling areas; delivering supplies; assisting other personnel in Building Division tasks; loading and unloading materials; removing snow/ice using manual or small powered equipment; spreading sand on icy areas; using small hand tools, i.e. shovels, picks, axes, saws, heavy wrenches, and small power tools.

• 5+ years of experience in carpentry or a related field.
• Ability to receive and interpret written and oral instructions from a supervisor.
• Good health, dependability, and ability to perform hard physical work.
• Ability to use tools of trade in a workmanlike manner.
• Valid Massachusetts Class D driver's license.
• Valid Massachusetts Department of Public Safety Builder's License, Department of Labor & Industries Contractor License, or Board of Building Regulations & Standards Construction Supervisors License.

This position primarily works indoors, but may be subject to outdoor environmental conditions, including wet, hot, and cold, and exposure to fumes, dust, and air contaminants. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant. Work may require some agility and physical strength, such as moving in or about construction sites or over rough terrain, or standing or walking most of the work period.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position's essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to bend, crawl, climb, reach, twist, turn, kneel, bend, crouch, stoop, move about, hear, and speak. Noise level may be high when operating power equipment. Employee may be exposed to outside weather conditions especially in emergency repair situations. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and greater than 50 pounds using appropriate equipment.

The City of Somerville offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, dental coverage, vision care, long-term disability, group and voluntary life insurance, health care and dependent care flexible spending, deferred compensation plans, free confidential services through the Employee Assistance Program, annual cancer screening and wellness release, Somerville Retirement Pension System, tuition reimbursement, MBTA pass program, and FREE Blue Bikes membership.

Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.