Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Cartersville, United States | Posted on 04/22/2026

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 manager’s 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.

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.

Measured against the hiring manager’s 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 client’s 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 4–12. 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 2–3. 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.

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.

Family-aware. He understands transitioning veterans are often rejoining their families. He has learned, the hard way, that loading a senior transitioning veteran with all the night shifts is a retention risk. Candidates who need that understood should find it here.

• 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:
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