Carpenter, Pacesetter Homes

Job Description

Overview

Title: Carpenter (residential new home construction)

Location: Saskatoon and surrounding communities, Office location - 120 - 311 Wellman Lane

At Pacesetter, our people make the difference. We offer an exciting place to build your career with competitive compensation and benefit packages, company matching RRSP/DPSP program, employee home purchase program and employee discounts.

Job Overview

Reporting to the Vice-President, as the Carpenter you will perform carpentry activities on residential construction sites. You will also assist in ensuring construction of homes follows established design and quality.

Your Day-to-day Responsibilities

• Ensuring sites are clean, safe and secure. Installing and maintaining temporary walkways, stairs, ramps, and handrails, ensuring safe access and egress to construction sites.


• Completing quality control inspections and repairs for deficiencies or coordinate with trades to complete repairs, ensuring compliance with quality standards.


• Conducting service calls to assess and complete warranty work on completed homes.


• Reading and interpreting project drawings and specifications, ensuring construction complies with building and safety codes.


• Build and maintain temporary stairs and railings.


• Completing required repairs and handling general deficiencies.


• Loading and/or unloading construction materials and moving to work areas.


• Assisting in completing basic carpentry related tasks or other construction labour duties as required.


• Complying with Qualico’s Safety Program and relevant safety legislation. Immediately reporting incidents or near-miss incidents to the Site Superintendent.


• Ensuring ladders, scaffolds and other devices are properly certified and in good working order.


• Completing other tasks as assigned.

Ideal Candidate

• A strong communicator; you clearly express your thoughts in conversation and in written communication.


• A creative thinker; you identify new ideas, techniques and opportunities to improve performance and productivity.


• A leader; you develop and improve the skills of others through effective coaching and guidance.


• A creative problem solver; you think outside the box for solutions without fear of failure.

Essential Requirements

• High School diploma, or equivalent.


• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in the Residential Construction industry.


• Knowledge of building codes and requirements as well as varying techniques for different construction processes and procedures.


• Physically able to kneel and crouch as well as lift, carry, push or pull objects weighing up to 50 lbs.


• Physically able to carry out basic construction duties.


• Valid driver’s licence and access to a reliable vehicle.


• Satisfactory verification of criminal record check.

What We Value

• Creating trusting and successful working relationships.


• Setting clear, measurable and achievable goals.


• Cooperating with team members in an open, positive and respectful manner.


• Taking responsibility for the outcomes of decisions and actions.


• Staying current on technical job skills.

Work Conditions

You primarily work on-site during regular business hours. Work will have exposure to noise from equipment/machinery and occupational hazards as well as dealing with inclement weather and dust. Overtime may occasionally be required.

About Us

Pacesetter Homes is a single-family business unit of Qualico with over 65 years of building experience. Pacesetter Homes offers award winning home plans, interior design items, and finishing packages that personalize each new home we build. Pacesetter Homes operates in Western Canada, Dallas, Texas and Austin, Texas. To learn more, click here.

Qualico welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

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