Carpenter, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor

Position Summary

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,000 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first‑generation and Pell‑Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation.

In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

• Employees are expected to use equipment to manufacture and University standards and to comply with University and OSHA policies and regulations.
• New employees must complete safety training within 6 months of hire.
• As assigned or requested via work orders, construct, repair and maintain structures such as furniture, partitions, walls, platforms, paneling, siding, window frames, stairways, doors and door frames and other structures using hand and power tools and performing a variety of construction duties, including but not limited to carpentry, plastering, ceiling tile and grid repairs; roof repairs such as wooden trim, soffit or shingle roof tiles;
  
  floor repair such as installing small quantity of floor tiles or patching floor tiles; and masonry and minor demolition.
• Review building plans, blueprints, sketches, etc., estimate and requisition type and quantity of materials required to complete projects.
• Work with other facilities and University staff, offices, etc. to coordinate activities to accomplish carpentry work.
• Install and maintain doors.
• Maintain and repair locks on doors, windows and furniture.
• Record and document completed tasks using Computerized Maintenance Management System software.
• Inspect completed work for quality standards, code and regulation compliance.
• Recommend work process improvements to Facilities supervisors and administrators.
• Assist with general maintenance activities as assigned.
• Provide service support for campus events.
• Maintain a professional, safe and clean work area.
• Snow removal duties as assigned.

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Formal training in Carpentry.
• 5 years of experience working as a Carpenter.
• Stable/Continuous work history.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to read and apply information from schematics and building blueprints.
• Ability to move and/or maneuver equipment and materials weighing as much as pounds.
• Ability to work from a ladder and/or a lift.
• Ability to respond to emergency service calls outside regularly scheduled work hours.
• Valid Kansas driver’s license with an acceptable driving record under University standards.

• Skills as a locksmith.
• 4 years of experience in Building Trades.
• Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System.

Hourly, Full-time, Mon‑Fri, 8am‑4pm

Background check, driving history, and drug screen are required.