CIVIL CARPENTER

Description:

Company Overview:

Diamond D Industries, is the nation’s leading woman-owned heavy construction specialist. Based in South Louisiana, DDI offers clearing, access, site preparation, logistics, and storm response services throughout North America.

Civil Carpenter:

The civil carpenter is responsible for constructing, erecting, repairing, and dismantling built-in-place or prefabricated forms for concrete structures or foundations, pouring and finishing of concrete, in a safe and quality manner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates good work practices through compliance and support for all site safety and health rules and guidelines.
• Reviews construction drawings, sketches, building plans, and specifications for information pertaining to requirements and dimensions.
• Measures, marks, and arrange materials to established layout based on blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Cuts and shape wood, concrete, and other construction materials using hand and power tools.
• Assemble, install, maintain, and repair structures, including concrete forms, frameworks and other components of heavy civil infrastructure.
• Joins materials with the most appropriate nail, screw, staple or adhesive.
• Ensures accuracy or work by checking completed projects with tools such as levels, surveying equipment, or framing squares, and corrects problems as needed.
• Create wooden forms for pouring concrete or for tunnels, bridges, building foundations, sewer construction projects or large industrial structures.
• May spread, level, and smooth concrete, using rake, shovel, hand or power trowel or screed and float.
• Knowledge of construction terminology.
• Basic rigging knowledge.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work environment and maintains job site housekeeping.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by their supervisors.

Requirements:

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Candidate must possess an OSHA 10 certification or be willing to obtain it.
• Ability to understand directions and read blueprints.
• Ability to properly use and care for tools of the trade.
• Thorough understanding of civil carpenter principles and methods.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must have manual dexterity, a good sense of balance, and excellent hand -eye coordination.
• Successful candidates must complete a drug screening and background check prior to employment.