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Carpenter

Pepper Construction Group
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/13/2026
With offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, Pepper Construction is a national general contracting and construction management firm that primarily serves the private sector. Pepper Construction provides clients the experience and resources of a national company, combined with the hands-on approach of a local company.

Carpenters construct, erect, install and repair structures and fixtures of wood, plywood, metal and wallboard using hand tools and power tools.

Carpenters are expected to work with and install doors, hardware, trim, cabinetry, ceiling materials and millwork. Specific tasks may include building rough wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel and sewer supports and temporary frame shelters according to sketches, blueprints or verbal instructions. This includes examining specifications to determine dimensions of structures and measuring boards, timbers or plywood using various tools.

Carpenters must be proficient at sawing boards and plywood panels to required sizes, bracing forms in place with timbers, tie rods, and anchor bolts, and building framework to strengthen, protect, or disguise buildings that are undergoing construction.

Carpenters may also be required to erect scaffolding for buildings and install ladders, handrails, walkways, platforms and gangways, install rough frames and bracing them with boards nailed to framework, install subflooring in buildings, or weld parts to steel structural members.

Pepper Construction pays at union scale with union benefits.

Pepper Construction is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Please note: Pepper does not sponsor work visas.

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