Carpenter - Building (Nashville, TN)

Job Summary

BELL Construction is hiring for a Carpenter to join their team in the Nashville, TN area.   The Carpenter will build, erect, install, and repair forms, structures, and other fixtures to assist with various types of construction projects. The Carpenter will work with wood, steel, concrete, and other materials as needed. The Carpenter Level 2 will also participate in the demolition and maintenance of structures and fixtures.

Job Responsibilities

• Lays out work from reading and interpreting plans or sketches.
• Builds wooden structures, concrete forms, false work, and pouring chute.
• Determines type and dimensions of concrete forms from oral instructions.
• Builds, or erects, scaffolding or rigging necessary to complete project.
• Builds in place to line and grade, or prefabricates in units to be erected later, forms for bridge drainage structures, walls, or similar.
• Anchors shores and otherwise braces forms to fixed objects using nails, bolts, anchor rods, steel cables, planks, and timbers.
• Shoots grade and layout off survey stakes with little to no supervision.
• Verifies trueness of structure, using a plumb bob and level.
• Shapes or cuts materials to specified measurements.
• Completes finish work including, finish trim, doors, frames, hardware, and ceiling systems.
• Performs additional responsibilities as needed.

Education & Experience

• Minimum required – High school diploma, GED, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum required – Four (4) years of carpentry experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Punctual and dependable.
• Able to transfer from one task to another where demands require varied experience and ability to work without close supervision.
• Possesses reasonable mechanical ability in working with tools and materials of the trade.
• Basic knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of structures, such as bridges and roads.
• Able to read, understand, and work off blueprints to execution.
• Understands re-bar shop drawings.
• Effective time management, organizational, and communication skills.
• Hand, eye, and foot coordination.
• Willingness to learn and be flexible.
• Careful to avoid errors.
• Able to learn from mistakes.
• Takes pride in their work product.
• Possesses people skills to work alongside multiple people and trades at the same time.
• Able to follow safety rules, identify hazards, and take the appropriate corrective actions to alleviate hazards as needed.