Lead Carpenter

• • Foundation shoring and retrofitting
• Framing floors, walls, and roofs
• Drywall hanging, taping, and repair
• Roofing application (all types)
• Replacement of windows and doors
• Weatherproofing
• Insulation
• Decking and siding

• Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of five years of progressive construction or maintenance work.  
• A combination of relevant experience, education, and training may substitute for education and experience requirements on a year-for-year basis.
• Proof of valid driver's license with acceptable driving record.

Preferred Qualifications (Education & Experience)

• Associates degree in construction technology, or carpentry training.
• Minimum of five years of progressive construction or maintenance work.  
• Minimum of two years leadership experience.
• Certified Lead Carpenter (CLC).

• Experience in community clinic preferred and a strong commitment to multi-disciplinary teamwork.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Familiarity of acceptable building practices, especially those pertaining to weatherproofing structures in southeast Alaska.
• Knowledge of building codes, reading of blueprints and specification sheets, and adherence to safety standards are required.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks including framing, finishing, and rough carpentry.
• Strong understanding and sensitivity to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal culture and lifestyle, working effectively with AI/AN populations.
• Strong mathematical skills, calculations, measurements, quantities and angles knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of woodworking methods, cutting, shaping, jointing, and finishing wood.
• Skills in a wide range of hand and power tools, saws, drills, nail guns, routers and safety.
• Ability to understand and interpret architectural blueprints and technical drawings.
• Knowledge of building codes, framing techniques, and the principles of structural stability.
• Strong understanding of safety protocols and the ability on work safely on a construction site.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with sensitivity to the lifestyles of targeted participants.

• Skills in operating personal computers using a variety of computer software.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with management, coworkers, and outside contacts.
• Ability to learn and apply program/agency operating policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks concurrently and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as with teams.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and comply with all applicable federal and tribal privacy laws and KIC policy (HIPAA, HITECH, etc.).

KIC Competencies

Cultural Competency: To be respectful and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of KIC Tribal Members. Developing cultural competence is an evolving, dynamic process that takes time and occurs along a continuum.

Commitment: To serve Tribal Members and set a high standard for yourself in your performance; strive for results and success; convey a sense of urgency and bring issues to closure; and stay persistent despite obstacles and opposition. 

Customer Service: Meet/exceed the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; identify, understand, and monitor the needs of both internal and external customers; always talk and act with customers in mind; and recognize working colleagues as customers.

Effective Communication: Ensure important information is passed to those who need to know; convey necessary information with respect, clearly and effectively orally or in writing

Responsiveness and Accountability: Demonstrate a high level of conscientiousness; hold oneself personally responsible for one's own work; and do the required fair share of work.

Working Conditions

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

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand and/or sit. The employee is occasionally required to walk, sit, climb, or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.  The noise level in the work environment is usually average.

Conditions of Hire

• May be required to possess and maintain a valid driver's license or capable of obtaining one, as well as be insurable by KIC’s company insurance.
• KIC is a Drug-Free Workplace. All employees must adhere to KIC drug and alcohol policies and procedures to ensure a safe workplace. Employees must pass a pre-employment and subsequent random and/or for-cause drug and alcohol screening to be eligible for and maintain employment.
• KIC has several positions that must comply with the P.L. 101-630 Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Protection Act (ICPA); all employment offers in the "covered" classification are conditional until KIC has received a Federal criminal background check verifying eligibility to work in these programs.

Salary : $29 - $43