(Posted: 2018-03-05)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responds promptly to customers.
2. Schedules visit(s) with potential customers and enters appointment in the company calendar.
3. Works diligently to understand the customer’s expectations as well as their goals for the project.
4. Takes appropriate measurements and photos, sketches necessary drawings, calculates square footage, etc.
5. Calculates materials and labor needed to complete the job.
6. Communicates via email and phone to gather pricing from vendors and sub-contractors when necessary.
7. Prepares pricing for and closes the sale with the customer
8. Prepares the proposal, contract, and customer deposit invoice for the project.
9. Collects payment from customers, including past due amounts.
10. Answers phones, assists customers with general inquiries, takes and delivers messages, etc.
11. Promotes the Company in the community and generates sales leads.
12. Maintains good working relationship(s) with vendors and sub-contractors.
13. Keep customer and company information confidential.
14. Maintains valid driver’s license and reliable personal vehicle as a condition of employment
15. Attends training (including OSHA training) as required.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Performs other duties as assigned.
2. Takes advantage of opportunities to expand current product knowledge.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS:

1. Each employee must be consistently energetic, enthusiastic, and a team player at all times as a condition of on-going employment. Excellent communication skills are vital to this position, and the employee must be able to communicate clearly and thoroughly on every task/project. If you do not clearly communicate verbally and in writing, both the customers and the company will suffer.
2. Employee must maintain cordial and professional relations with our customers; and, observe and enforce safe working rules. Employee will dress and be groomed in a professional manner that represents the company well.
3. Listening; ability to listen to the customer’s needs and let them do much of the talking, especially when it comes to initial project design. Nothing is more off-putting than a salesperson who just talks over the client. While it is our goal to offer the highest quality products available, it is far more important that we offer the best value for each customer’s budget.
4. Proactively follows up with customers during the project to make sure that the company is meeting all of the customer’s needs and ensuring 100% satisfaction.
5. Be punctual for scheduled work and use time appropriately.
6. Perform duties in a conscientious, cooperative manner.
7. Perform required amount of work in a timely fashion with a minimum of errors.
8. Be available for overtime as needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by the Incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb ladders/stairs; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, including operation of a standard computer keyboard; reach with hands and arms and talk, see and hear. The employee must occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds, bend, stoop or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR POSITION:

Experience and Skill Requirements: The following experience and skills are considered essential:

• At least two years of sales and/or customer service experience, preferably in the construction trades, required.
• Customer Service – Communicating with customers, striving to exceed their expectations.
• Human Relations/Teamwork – Ability to deal with a wide variety of people and personalities.
• Communication Skills – Adept at verbal and written communication.
• Mathematics – Ability to measure, draw angles and perform calculations accurately.
• Problem Solving – Adept and analyzing situations, evaluating alternatives and making good decisions.
• Time Management/Prioritization – Able to determine priorities and meet deadlines.
• Attention to Detail – Detail oriented; able to work with a minimum of errors.

Education Requirements: The following education requirements are considered essential:

• High School education or the equivalent required.
• Knowledge of carpentry procedures, application and materials required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Leadership and Supervision – Leads crew and is accountable for how the crew completes the assigned work.
2. Safety – Must facilitate a safe work culture, is accountable for the safety of the crew, and must understand the legal liability of his/her role.
3. Planning and Scheduling – Accountable for following project plans and schedules and ensuring the crew’s daily and weekly activities meet production goals.
4. Human Resources – Keeps crew morale up and ensures a respectful and inclusive work environment.
5. Quality Control – Accountable for making sure the completed work meets company standards and for recommending work processes that will improve productivity and product quality.
6. Administration – Prepares reports as required by the owner.
7. Attends training (including OSHA training) as required
8. Responds promptly to customers and owner
9. Works diligently to understand the customer’s expectations as well as their goals for the project
10. Takes before and after photos of jobsite
11. Maintains good working relationship with vendors and sub-contractors
12. Keep customer and company information confidential
13. Maintains valid driver’s license and your own reliable transportation as a condition of employment

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Performs other duties as assigned.
2. Takes advantage of opportunities to expand current skill sets, product knowledge, and installation processes.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

1. Each employee must be consistently energetic, enthusiastic, and a team player at all times as a condition of on-going employment. Excellent communication skills are vital to this position, and the employee must be able to communicate clearly and thoroughly on every task/project. If you do not clearly communicate verbally and in writing, both the customers and the company will suffer.
2. Employee must maintain cordial and professional relations with our customers; and, observe and enforce safe working rules. Employee will dress and be groomed in a professional manner that represents the company well.
3. Listening; ability to listen to the customer’s needs and let them do much of the talking, especially when it comes to initial project design.
4. Be punctual for scheduled work and use time appropriately.
5. Perform duties in a conscientious, cooperative manner.
6. Perform required amount of work in a timely fashion with a minimum of errors.
7. Be available for overtime as needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by the Incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb ladders/stairs; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, including operation of a standard computer keyboard; reach with hands and arms and talk, see and hear. The employee must occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds, bend, stoop or crouch. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR POSITION:

Experience and Skill Requirements: The following experience and skills are considered essential:

• Has 3-5 years of experience as a fully qualified and competent journeyman carpenter, who is familiar with other construction trades and crafts.
• Customer Service – Communicating with customers, striving to exceed their expectations.
• Human Relations/Teamwork – Ability to deal with a wide variety of people and personalities.
• Communication Skills – Adept at verbal and written communication
• Mathematics – Ability to measure, draw angles and perform calculations accurately.
• Problem Solving – Adept and analyzing situations, evaluating alternatives and making good decisions.
• Time Management/Prioritization – Able to determine priorities and meet deadlines.
• Attention to Detail – Detail oriented; able to work with a minimum of errors.
• Management Skills – Has experience managing co-workers.

Education Requirements: The following education requirements are considered essential:

• High School education or the equivalent required.
• Knowledge of carpentry procedures, application and materials required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

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Understand, follow, and work from blueprints, specification sheets, drawings and verbal instructions to determine how best to fabricate and erect building assemblies , sub assemblies, or components given men and materials available and end product required working under guidance and direction of the Business Owner or supervisor. Must be capable of performing efficiently as a leader and manager of a small crew of assistants/helpers. Each employee must be consistently energetic, enthusiastic, and a team player at all times as a condition of on-going employment. Excellent communication skills are vital to this position, and the employee must be able to communicate clearly and thoroughly on every job. Carpenters must be able to construct, erect, install and repair any structures and fixtures made of wood or composites such as framing, temporary bracing and shoring, or selective demolition. They are expected to craft building frameworks including studding, joists, beams, rafters, and partitions. Carpenters must be able to trim buildings including, but not limited to, the installation of finished wood stair treads, window and door casing, mopboards/baseboards, cabinetry, and flooring. Carpenter must be able to install components such as doors, windows, and other elements including siding and roofing to the building exterior. Carpenters assemble and erect prefabricated building components. Their work is typically undertaken in compliance with architectural drawings, written/verbal instructions, and/or in adherence to industry standards and applicable building codes, all while being safety-minded. Employee must maintain cordial and professional relations with our customers; and, observe and enforce safe working rules. Employee will dress and be groomed in a professional manner that represents the company well.

A. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Efficiently manages, directs, supervises, and instructs junior carpenters and laborers as provided by employer to assist carpenter,
• Properly handles materials ranging from fine finished products to rough framing lumber,
• Examines and selects materials to be used in the construction process,
• Identifies inferior products and can cull out unusable materials,
• Handles material deliveries from suppliers, examines delivered materials and performs inventory prior to acceptance of materials.
• Safely works with hand tools and power tools,
• Measures and cuts materials (or, instructs others on proper procedures) in conformance with specifications, using measuring tools,
• Locates, measures, and marks location of studs, headers, sills, thresholds, and openings, using tape measure, template, and marker for a crew of carpenters,
• Lays out and aligns materials on site according to specified instructions,
• Understands and consistently pursues “best practice” installation methods,
• Safely assembles/disassembles and uses ladders, scaffolding, and staging equipment,
• Cuts and installs all types of exterior siding and trim/moldings,
• Installs roofing materials,
• Installs drywall/sheetrock,
• Aligns and fastens materials together, using hand tools and power tools, to form building or bracing,
• Installs doors, windows and screens, and trim in a building.
• Repairs, replaces, and installs locks, hinges, cranks, and other hardware using hand tools, and power tools,
• Directs crane operator in safely delivering materials and/or positioning floor, wall, ceiling, and roof panel on house foundation,
• Carefully and efficiently perform demolition in part or in whole of a structure or component, utilizing safe methods to prevent unnecessary damage to property or equipment and prevent personal injury,
• Inventory and order tools and equipment/supplies as needed,
• Maintain tools and equipment being used,
• Efficiently set up equipment at the beginning of the work day and secure company assets before departing the jobsite,
• Alert the Owner of potential problems on site in a timely fashion,
• Protect the company’s and the customer’s property.

B. MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND PHYSICAL ABILITY

KNOWLEDGE:

• Building and Construction — Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the safe construction or repair of houses or buildings.
• Mechanical – Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various carpentry services typically encountered in the construction industry.

SKILLS:

• Installation — Installing equipment, building components, establishing the baseline for such installations necessary to meet specifications.
• Repairing — Repairing or replacing systems and system components using the needed tools.
• Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Equipment Selection — Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to properly and most efficiently do a job.
• Organizational – The ability to organize tasks for completion alone or as part of a work team.

ABILITY:

The ability to understand and comply with all rules, regulations and requirements contained in the Company’s Employee Manual; other written directives; or, verbal instructions issued by your Supervisor.

• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Explosive Strength — The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
• Spatial Orientation — The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
• Gross Body Equilibrium — The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
• Visualization — The ability to imagine how so will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

JOB ACTIVITIES:

• Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things weighing up to 85 pounds.
• Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

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Carpenter laborers perform a variety of tasks involving physical labor on construction sites at projects being undertaken by the Company. May operate hand and power tools of all types, and a variety of other equipment and instruments designed for the construction industry. May clean and prepare sites and assist foremen, carpenters, and others as instructed. Each New Leaf Construction employee must be consistently energetic, respectful, enthusiastic, and a team player at all times as a condition of employment; maintain cordial and professional relations with our customers; and, observe and enforce safe working rules. Employee will dress and be groomed in a professional manner that represents the company well.

A. POTENTIAL/ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Carefully follow direction(s) from foremen, carpenters, and lead carpenters at all times.
• Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement.
• Place, consolidate, and protect case-in-place concrete or masonry structures.
• Shovel cement and other materials into portable cement mixers; and mix, pour, and spread concrete.
• Assist in loading and unloading trucks of materials and equipment without supervision.
• Tend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Set up and take down job site tools daily (power tools, cords, hoses, sawhorses, etc.)
• Lubricate, clean, and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
• Apply caulking compounds by hand or using caulking guns.
• Assist carpenters to build and position forms for pouring concrete, and dismantle forms after use, using saws, hammers, nails, or bolts.
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
• Control traffic passing near, in, and around work zones.
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
• Erect and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures.
• Load, unload, move and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.
• Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to assist in lay out of areas where construction work will be performed.
• Prepare and disassemble the jobsite daily; placing tools and equipment on the ground, protecting property, and placing debris in dumpsters or other containers
• Provide all required assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters.
• Raze parts of buildings and salvage useful materials.
• Learn to read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to determine work activities.

B. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND PHYSICAL ABILITY:

KNOWLEDGE:

• Building and Construction – Knowledge of materials, methods and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures.
• Mechanical — Knowledge of construction machines and tools including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

SKILLS:

• Equipment selection – Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

ABILITY:

The ability to understand and comply with all rules, regulations and requirements contained in the Company’s Employee Manual; other written directives; or, verbal instructions issued by your Supervisor.

• Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects weighing up to 85 lbs.
• Trunk Strength – The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without “giving out” or fatiguing.
• Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
• Explosive Strength — The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

JOB ACTIVITIES:

• Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
• Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.