Lead Carpenter

Core Responsibilities

The Lead Carpenter at NOR Design and Construction oversees the daily job site production of residential remodeling projects, ensuring quality, efficiency, and client satisfaction. This hands-on role involves managing our trade professionals, coordinating project schedules, solving obstacles, and performing skilled carpentry and standard construction tasks, all while maintaining a tidy and safe workspace for both the client and the workers.

Core Responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:

• Team Player but also highly motivated when working independently
• Attention to detail - see something questionable, say something before it is too late
• Obsession with having a clean and organized job site - always
• Time management skills
• Provide support to the design team as needed, i.e., construction methods and best practices and cost-saving alternatives…
• Be familiar with the project scope of any given job site
• Manage / Oversee subcontractors on job sites, provide support as needed, inspect and approval of work completed, and ensure they are keeping a clean and safe workspace
• Project Demo and disposal
• Setup and take down of proper dust and floor protection at the start of the project and maintained throughout the project
• General framing and structural changes
• Cabinet and trim/molding Install
• Door and Window install
• Interior finish trim/molding/casing work
• Basic flooring installation/repair
• General handyman maintenance and repairs for existing and new customers
• Assist in hiring and managing future Assistant Carpenters as approved by owners.
• Project scheduling and construction timeline estimation
• Project budgeting support for raw materials required for projects
• Material pickup/delivery, within reason
• Oversight with city inspectors to ensure no project delays with inspections
• Support with defining cost savings on projects and procedures per project and with company best practices
• Basic Procurement duties include inspecting packages/items as they are received. Verify model numbers and quantities received against what was ordered. Maintain client inventory prior to installation.
• Company Asset and supply management. Ensure we have what we need, not what we don’t.

Expectations:

• Personal, approachable, and with excellent communication skills.
• Keeps calm, cool, concise communication, both verbal and written
• Can communicate via in-person with clients and is proficient with group phone text and emails
• Tools for the job, keeping them in good working order
• Construction-appropriate, reliable transportation
• Clean driving record with proof of insurance
• Able to pass required pre-employment screenings, including criminal background, MVR, and drug screenings
• Able to perform physical exertion including carrying, climbing, crawling, stooping, squatting, pushing, pulling, hauling, and lifting as much as 100lbs
• Familiar with and maintain current OSHA and L&I safety requirements
• Willingness to obtain/maintain First Aid/CPR Cert.
• Must live within 30 miles radius of Seattle

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience of hands‑on Residential construction with advanced carpentry skills and prior supervisory experience
• 7+ years of demonstrated experience in framing windows, doors, siding, cabinetry and finish carpentry
• Ability to comprehend basic CAD construction documents (floor plans, elevations, & sections)
• Microsoft Office Products:
  Office, Excel, Word, Teams, and Sharepoint
• Willingness to learn other project planning apps or software

• Competitive Compensation,
• Salary based on overall experience and skills (include salary request with resume)
• Vacation/Sick with rollover, accumulates based on hours worked
• Holidays paid
• Discretionary Bonus based on the performance of the business and contributions to the success of the business
• Monthly allowance to cover:
  Medical/Dental/Vision/Basic Life/HAS or Flex Spending accounts
• Monthly gas allowance
• Company Phone/Tablet/Computer as necessary for the job

• Monday - Friday
• Hours can flex pending on project scope and location requirements 7am- 5 pm

NOR Design and Construction is an Equal…