Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Job Appointment:

Full-Time, Regular

• PBOT – Monday – Thursday 6 am – 3:30 pm, every other Friday 6am – 2:30 pm
• Water – Tuesday – Friday 6 am – 4:30 pm
• Parks – Tuesday
  - Friday 6 am – 4:30 pm

Alternate schedule may be available after probation.

• PBOT - 2929 N Kerby Ave, Portland OR 97227
• Water - 664 N Tillamook St, Portland, OR
• Park - Tabor Yard Facility, 6437 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206

Benefit: Please check our benefits tab for an overview of benefits for this position.

• PBOT/Parks/Fire & Rescue - LiUNA Laborers' Local 483.
• Water - AFSCME Local 189 -- City Wide

Join our team as a Skilled Carpenter, where you'll apply advanced carpentry skills to build, repair, and restore wooden structures and fixtures. This position involves working independently and collaboratively to perform highly skilled carpentry and related tasks. You will take responsibility for complex projects, interpret blueprints, develop custom designs, and may lead other team members to complete high-quality work. As a journey-level carpenter, you’ll bring expertise in various materials and techniques to maintain and enhance our facilities.

• Build, repair, and support the structural needs for transportation assets including, but not limited to, bridges, retaining walls, sloped paving, guardrails, attenuators, wood and concrete stairways, handrails, fencing, waterfront harbor wall maintenance and bike racks.
• Work from blueprints or create sketches and designs as needed.
• Plan and organize jobs by estimating time, materials, and equipment requirements.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools
  , as well as equipment like forklifts, lifts, small cranes, and rigging to complete your work.
• Coordinate activities with other trades and communicate with engineers and design professionals on project requirements.
• Be ready to handle urgent repairs or structural issues as they arise.

• Build
  , repair
  , and support the structure needs for water underground utility work.
• Work making formwork for concrete structures like valve boxes, hydrant bases, and chambers, and vault access lids. Working in confined spaces, assisting building trench supports and thrust restraint designed for buried pipe.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, as well as equipment like forklifts, lifts, small cranes, and rigging to complete your work.
• Coordinate activities with other trades and communicate with engineers and water operations mechanics on project requirements.
• Be ready to provide essential structural and safety support that allows water infrastructure to be installed correctly and securely.

• Build
  , repair, and restore wooden structures, furniture, and fixtures. Use your expertise in carpentry to handle everything from rough framing to detailed finish work.
• Work from blueprints or create sketches and designs as needed. Plan and organize jobs by estimating time, materials, and equipment requirements.
• Undertake tasks such as cabinet making, framing, finish carpentry, and installation of windows and doors. Fabricate moldings and apply a range of materials, including drywall, plaster, concrete, flooring, and more.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, as well as equipment like forklifts, lifts, small cranes, and rigging to complete your work.
• Coordinate activities with other trades and communicate with engineers and design professionals on project requirements.
• Be ready to handle urgent repairs or structural issues as they arise.

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