What are the responsibilities and job description for the Carpenter position at Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety?
Are you ready for a unique opportunity to use your carpentry background to help further research on the built environment? The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is searching for a new Carpenter to serve a crucial role on our Operations Team. Our Operations Team builds the houses and other specimens for Researchers to test and analyze what’s possible in the resiliency space. Your knowledge of installation, blueprints, and advance construction projects will help the team present a finished product on time and error free. If you enjoy carpentry work that is less than routine and captures the best a team can produce, this position may excite you!
Why do we do this?
Severe weather disrupts lives, displaces families, and drives financial loss. IBHS delivers top-tier science and translates it into action so we can inform the insurance industry, prevent avoidable suffering, strengthen our homes and businesses, and support thriving communities.
After one year, you will know you are successful if:
- As someone with a mechanical aptitude, you enjoy jumping in to assist the team outside of your main area of focus. This would include operating forklift equipment, performing residential house carpentry tasks (framing, roofing, drywalling, painting, etc.), and facility support activities.
- You’ve overcome obstacles, sought advice from subject matter experts, and had to pivot based on outcomes in a small and large testing laboratory.
- You’ve been able to keep tools clean, sharp and ready, utilizing a PM strategy so each tool is ready for use when needed.
We REWARD YOUR Best Work!
IBHS believes in recognizing and showcasing your best work! Our robust benefit and compensation package is designed to reward highly successful performers. We care deeply for our team and surround them with generous benefit solutions that allow for work/life balance and the ability to positively impact their lives now and in the future.
IBHS welcomes and encourages diversity among our team. Our team is built stronger through a diverse set of team members, values, perspectives and thought processes.
Won't you help further the resiliency movement and join OUR team ~ see what you can accomplish in the next step of your career!
Skills and qualifications
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Professional interpersonal skills
- Accurate and detail-oriented approach
- Ability to work well under pressure and within time constraints
- Capacity to multitask without sacrificing quality or safety
- Willingness to work outdoors in a range of weather conditions
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working with power and hand tools, like saws, drills, and hammers
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow plans, blueprints, and sketches
- Good math and spatial reasoning skills
- Knowledge of carpentry best practices and techniques
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development