Mission

The mission of this role is to build set and strip the concrete form work that keeps a major Atlanta-metro Master Site on schedule. Vertical and horizontal forms gang forms Johnny-clamp forms blocking scaffolding and temporary framing. The Carpenter is the craftsman whose work the rest of the site depends on.

Beyond the daily craft this is a career hire not a project hire. The client is building long-tenure people. The founders have been with the company 30 and 20-plus years. The expectation in the hiring managers own words: start as a Carpenter build the craft for two to three years then run a crew then run a whole job then move into a six-figure superintendent seat.

What the Hiring Manager Is Actually Looking For

This is a character-first trainable-skills-second search. A high-performing transitioning service member with the right disposition and a willingness to learn the craft is more valuable to this hiring manager than a journeyman Carpenter who is technically proficient but brings a bad attitude to the site at 6:30 in the morning.

Performance Objectives

Measured against the hiring managers stated career path. Not a skills list.

First 30 days. Show up on time every day ready to work. Be the person on the crew others want to be around. Learn the site the foreman the crew the tools and the clients safety standards. Follow direction without being told twice.

First 60 days. Demonstrate reliable execution of basic formwork vertical and horizontal concrete forms blocking basic gang-form setup under foreman direction. Carry a complete personal tool kit every day. Produce work that does not require rework.

First 90 days. Operate with growing independence on assigned formwork scopes gang forms Johnny-clamp forms scaffolds temporary framing bridge or tunnel supports as assigned. Hold a clean safety record. Begin contributing to crew decisions.

Months 412. Master the craft across the range of form types on a Master Site. Earn trust as the person the foreman can hand a sketch to and walk away from. Start helping onboard newer laborers and apprentices.

Year 23. Run a carpentry crew. Own layout sequencing and quality on assigned scopes. Develop the craft knowledge that qualifies for the move toward running a whole job.

Long horizon. Superintendent. Six-figure compensation. This is the stated career path from the hiring manager not a marketing promise.

Fit Traits

Good to spend ten hours with. Hiring Manager said: I want to work with a guy that says good morning what are we doing today. I am going to enjoy spending ten hours with him. That is the people I am looking for. This is the tone test.

Passionate about building intelligent hardworking driven. Exact words: I want somebody that is passionate about building and that can be passionate about building teams. And: I want somebody who is intelligent hardworking driven. Intelligence is a stated fit trait for craft-level hiring unusual and important for sourcing.

Willing to start as a Carpenter not a leader. The client has been burned by putting transitioning veterans into leadership too fast. Candidates must accept that the path runs through the craft first then leadership not the other way around.

Career-minded not project-minded. The client is hiring for the next 20 or 30 years not the next 20 or 30 months. Candidates who have jumped from job to job every two years will not match the culture.

Requirements

• Must have served in the U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Space Force U.S. Reserves or U.S. National Guard.
  

Experience and Craft (preferred not required)

• Commercial construction Carpenter experience with vertical and horizontal concrete forms gang forms preferred. Military equivalents called out by name on the call: Navy Seabees (we need to attack the Seabees right out of the gate). Also strong: Army 12W Carpentry and Masonry Specialist 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer 12R Interior Electrician in a construction-battalion context; Air Force 3E3 Structural; Marine Corps 1371 Combat Engineer with vertical-construction experience; Coast Guard Damage Controlman with shoreside construction.
  

• Ability to read sketches blueprints and verbal instruction. Military equivalents: any service member who has built from a TM FM site survey or verbal tasking. The hiring managers phrase take a list and do everything on the list and get that stuff done is how he described what veterans do well.
  

• Own tools required including hammer speed square tape measure chalk box pliers and tool pouch. Military equivalents: tradesmen who carried and maintained personal and issued hand tools in a deployed construction environment.
  

Physical and Environmental

• Able to work at elevated heights.
  

• Able to frequently lift materials weighing up to 50 lbs.
  

• Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
  

• Able to maintain a drug-free status per site safety policy.
  

• Long hours. Field crews earn overtime. Stated up front in the hiring managers own words. Not negotiable.
  

Benefits

Base pay. $26.00$30.00 per hour.

Overtime. Paid for field personnel.

Health coverage. Medical dental and vision effective day one.

Life insurance. Company-provided effective day one.

Retirement. 401(k) eligible day one.

Career economics. Carpenter crew lead superintendent at six-figure compensation. It is an industry that pays very well if you are good at your job.