What are the responsibilities and job description for the Form Carpenter position at Dunn Building Company?
Summary Builds rough wooden structures such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports, and temporary frame shelters by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Examines specifications to determine dimensions of structure.
- Measures boards, timbers, or plywood, and marks cutting lines on materials.
- Saws boards and plywood panels to required sizes.
- Nails cleats (braces) across boards to construct concrete-supporting forms.
- Braces forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, for use in building concrete piers, footings, and walls.
- Erects chutes for pouring concrete.
- Cuts and assembles timbers to build trestles and cofferdams.
- Builds falsework to temporarily strengthen, protect, or disguise buildings undergoing construction.
- Erects scaffolding for buildings and ship structures and installs ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms, and gangways.
- Installs door and window bucks (rough frames in which finished frames are inserted) in designated positions in building framework, and braces them with boards nailed to framework.
- Installs subflooring in buildings.
- Nails plaster grounds (wood or metal strips) to studding to provide guide for Plasterer.
- Fits and nails sheathing (first covering of boards) on outer walls and roofs of buildings.
- Builds sleds from logs and timbers for use in hauling camp buildings and machinery through wooded areas.
DUNN BUILDING COMPANY
Since 1878, Dunn has been a construction leader throughout the Southeast.
Dunn Building Company is the leader in design build construction for national and international industrial companies throughout Alabama and the Southeast.
Dunn Building’s elite team of experienced construction professionals deliver excellence in designbuild, design assist and specialty contracting for metal buildings/structures, heavy concrete foundations/walls and metal siding/roofing.
Dunn offers employees a great place to work with excellent opportunities for advancement and unmatched benefits including: Blue Cross Blue Shield medical and dental insurance, Aetna life and disability insurance, EyeMed vision insurance, optional insurance policies through Colonial, holiday pay, paid time off, bonus potential, and 401k.