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Job Description - Carpenter I (260006SY)

Job Description

Description

The Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (LSH) operated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a motivated Carpenter I to join our Facilities team. Incumbents for this position perform all necessary activities to properly design, inspect, repair, install, maintain, alter and remove carpentry related structures, building components and furnishings. You will work under the Foreman and Carpenter II, alongside other hospital employees and contractors to ensure the operation, safety, and regulatory compliance of all structures, building components and furnishings located on the property of Lemuel Shattuck Hospital.

• Perform structural repairs, alterations, and improvements, including lowering ceilings, paneling, preparing surfaces for plaster/cement, and replacing Formica tops.
• Plan, design, install, modify, repair, and remove carpentry-related structures and building components.
• Price, order, store, inventory, distribute, and document stock and special-order parts/materials.
• Provide supervision to trade workers and collaborate with employees, contractors, consultants, vendors, and hospital administration.
• Operate, maintain, secure, and supervise departmental/hospital equipment.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant codes, regulations, and standards.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of and enforce hospital policies, procedures, practices, and directives.
• Attend meetings, training, and other assigned events.
• Interpret and create sketches, patterns, blueprints, instructions, and layouts of work to be done.
• Inspect buildings needing carpentry repair or alterations, estimate job duration and cost/quantities of labor and materials, and report results.
• Perform related work as assigned, including travel between sites and/or operating unit vehicles.

• Proficient in interpreting all codes, regulations, and standards related to the planning, design, installation, modification, repair, and removal of carpentry-related structures, building components, and furnishings.
• Capable of performing all physical activities related to the duties outlined in this document.
• Skilled in reading blueprints, drawings, and sketches.
• Adept at following and issuing written and verbal instructions.
• Knowledgeable about safety practices and procedures in carpentry, including the use of safety and climbing equipment.
• Familiar with the types and uses of carpentry bench tools, small measurement devices, small hand‑held tools, and hand‑held power tools.

• Familiar with hospital-related codes, regulations, policies, procedures, and directives.
• Knowledgeable about hospital systems and components.
• Versed in hospital-related contracts and agreements.
• Proficient in policies, procedures, specifications, standards, and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Acquainted with the types and uses of agency forms.

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a fully Joint Commission accredited teaching facility that provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care to patients referred by public agencies and private sector providers. Shattuck Hospital’s services help economically and socially disadvantaged patients to get high quality, cost‑effective care from a staff that respects their dignity.

Located in the heart of Boston’s