Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Position Details

• Position Type:
  Operations & Maintenance/ Carpenter
• Date Posted: 12/12/2025
• Location:
  
  School Operations and Maintenance
• Closing Date:
  Open Until Filled

• Supervisor:
  Mr. John Coberly, Maintenance Supervisor
• Employment Period: 12 months
• Employment Status:
  Full-time
• Start Date:
  
  January 2026
• Salary:
  Commensurate with experience

• Responsible for performing a wide variety of skilled carpentry and masonry tasks to repair and/or improve equipment and buildings/facilities
• Maintain a high standard of safety, cleanliness, and efficiency in all maintenance and repair projects
• Repair/assemble/install cabinets, desks, tables and other office furniture
• Repair doors, signs, window components/screens and similar items
• Operate woodworking machinery
• Build custom case work, signs, picture frames, and bulletin boards
• Make counters, cabinets, and table tops with Formica
• Replace floor and ceiling tiles, frame and finish walls, and construct shelves
• Make concrete repairs and performs construction of new sidewalks, stoops or ramps
• Make/repair brick and CMU walls/doorways/window openings to a finished grade
• Lay porcelain and ceramic tiles
• Respond to after hour service calls, emergencies, and holidays
• Provide a safe and healthy learning environment in compliance with EPA and OSHA
• All other related duties as assigned

• Requires a high school diploma or GED
• Requires a valid Virginia driver’s license and acceptable driving record
• Ability to read a ruler, blueprints, and repair manuals/catalogs
• Ability to work with extended heights from ladders, scaffolds, mechanical lifts, etc.
• Ability to work in confined spaces above and below ground
• Ability to work outside in a variety of temperatures and climate conditions
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective and professional relationship with peers and school district staff
• Ability to perform all required tasks with strength and dexterity to include; lifting 50 pounds or greater, stooping, bending, and working in various postures and positions

• Resume
• Copy of driving record (recommended to be uploaded with application; required at employment offer)

Only complete applications will be considered.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a FBI fingerprint check and a Child Protective Services background check.

Hampton City Schools does not discriminate in employment against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability or other protected class. Personnel decisions are based on merit and the ability to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
Executive Director of Human Resources, One Franklin Street, Hampton, VA 23669; .

Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request.