Job no: 493177

Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year

Location: Lewiston, ME

Categories: Facilities: Trades

Title: Carpenter

Position Purpose:

Executing all varieties of carpentry-mason related construction, maintenance, renovation, and repair projects on campus, using high quality carpentry/masonry skills.

Job Duties:

Coordinate all carpenter and or masonry work with other building trades
Read and interpret blueprints
Communicate well with all customers, staff and faculty and understand their needs
Provide sketches of objects to be built in the carpenter shop and installed throughout the campus buildings
Operate all carpenter related equipment
Perform all carpentry related functions
Complete work orders and PM (Preventive Maintenance) slips

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

High school diploma or equivalent required
Trade school diploma or other carpentry and or masonry credentials desired

Experience

5 years of residential and/or commercial building experience
Ability to work with wood, metal, or materials necessary for fabrication, repair, and renovation of all buildings
Knowledge of tools, building supplies, and hardware associated with building trade
Computer experience and ability to understand CAD drafting uses and blueprints
Knowledge of roofing, concrete work, window, and door installation also desired
Ability to use table saws, band saws, planers, and other tools generally associated with building trades
Some experience with tile work preferred including grouting
Some masonry experience preferred including repointing, and laying brick

Skills and Knowledge

Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
Basic math and computer skills.
Ability to logically trouble-shoot equipment problems.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions in the conduct of the job.
Establish and maintain working relationships with supervisors, co-workers and outside contacts.
Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate physical strength.
Ability to use tact and diplomacy to effectively handle a broad range of interpersonal situations and to respond appropriately to conflicts and problems. Ability and willingness to work weekends, evenings, on-call and other non-traditional schedules.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits (health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace.

Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $23.76 to $28.00. Placement within the range depends on experience and other factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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