Form Carpenter

About Shiel Sexton

At Shiel Sexton, We Build For People Who Expect More. Shiel Sexton has a deep bench of resources with over 300 professionals specializing in all facets of the construction industry, including:
Project Management, Field Supervision, Green Building Expertise, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Safety Management, and Quality Assurance. We have a passion for creating a great building experience, which pushes us to an exceptional standard each day. As a 100% employee‑owned company, we understand that delivering exceptional results for our clients is a team effort driven by passionate people who are proud of the work they do.

A Form Carpenter at Shiel Sexton performs commercial and industrial construction and remodeling, interior systems, interior and exterior finish, blueprint reading, transit operations, scaffolding, and safety.

• Completes tasks with close attention to detail.
• Demonstrates ability to contribute value in a team setting.
• Exhibits an established and growing technical expertise in the field.
• Achieves tangible results in the face of complex problems.
• Assures that the Concrete crew acts with integrity and employs ethical behavior during all stages of the project and follows the Shiel Sexton “Expect More” brand.
• Ability to effectively communicate through verbal communication.
• Layout including building lines, elevations, walls, and partition layout.
• Must know how to use a laser.
• Formwork knowledge for walls, columns, etc.
• Forming slab on grade, walls, structural decks, sitework, etc.
• Experience in building and setting anchor bolt templates.
• Experience in Peri/Symons panels setting and wrecking.
• Safety, including scaffold systems, shoring, weather protection, and installation of fall protection systems.
• Misc. administrative duties as assigned.

• Must have 3-5 years of carpentry experience.
• Must know how to use a transit/tape‑on laser.
• Preferred OSHA 10 certification, construction‑specific.
• Commercial construction experience preferred.
• Carpenters require a broad range of physical abilities.
• Requires adequate vision (corrected) and hearing so as not to pose a hazard to self or others.
• Requires alertness to potential hazards common to a construction site.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Dependent Care, Medical Savings Account, and Health Savings Account with employer contribution.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan; as a tea,m we win together.
• Traditional and Roth 401k with match.
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
• Four company‑sponsored events a year.
• Life insurance, short & long‑term disability.
• Fitness Membership Reimbursement.
• Annual 40% off boot vouchers.
• ½ price Indianapolis Zoo and Children’s Museum memberships.
• Parental Leave.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Many additional voluntary benefits.

• Personnel Management.
• 40+ Hours/week.
• Dynamic work schedule dependent on project status.
• Working construction environment.
• Outdoor/Construction Site Work/Office setting.
• Moderate Safety Risk.
• Deadline Requirements.
• Delivery of accurate and completed project.

Please note that sponsorship and/or relocation are not available for this position.

Shiel Sexton prefers to recruit candidates directly, rather than through a third‑party recruiter or agency. Do not submit or present your candidate(s) through any means (e‑mail, fax, phone, mail, verbal referral) to Shiel Sexton or any employee of Shiel Sexton. In the case of candidate(s) submitted or presented to Shiel Sexton by a recruiter or agency without a signed agreement in place for the specific position or without a specific open requisition, Shiel Sexton explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

To request consideration as a Recruiting Vendor, please contact our human resources department.