Carpenter (Millwork & Casework)

About This Role

Join a DC-area team as a skilled carpenter focused on high-level millwork: architectural woodwork, casework, and ornamental metalwork. You’ll install AWW, plastic laminate and metal casework, fume hoods, DFH, and other specialty items on commercial job sites. This is hands-on work — you’ll preplan installations, bring and maintain your personal tools, read blueprints, and work with minimal supervision. Safety is mandatory: follow the site safety program, report hazards or incidents, and be able to climb ladders and lift up to 50 lbs. Pay range: $20–$50/hr depending on experience.

What You'll Do

• • Install architectural woodwork (AWW), plastic laminate (PL) and metal casework, fume hoods, DFH, and miscellaneous specialty items on commercial sites
• • Preplan tools, materials, sequencing, and installation methods for efficient, safe installations
• • Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and installation instructions to layout and fit components
• • Measure, cut, fit, anchor, and finish casework, trim, and related millwork to specification
• • Maintain clean, organized work areas; protect finished surfaces and follow site protection plans
• • Follow the site safety program, use Stop Work Authority when needed, report hazards and incidents immediately

What We're Looking For

• • 3–5 years’ experience as a finished carpenter with hands-on casework and millwork experience
• • Proven experience with plastic laminate (PL), casework installation, and architectural millwork
• • Ability to read and work from blueprints, shop drawings, and layout plans
• • Must supply and maintain personal carpentry hand tools
• • Physically able to climb ladders and scaffolds, stoop/kneel/crouch, and lift/carry up to 50 lbs
• • Able to work with minimal supervision and coordinate with trade partners on jobsite

Qualifications

• • High school diploma or GED (or equivalent work experience)
• • 3–5 years finished carpentry / millwork experience
• • Union member where applicable
• • Must supply personal tools required for the trade
• • Able to lift 50 lbs, climb ladders and work at heights
• • Languages: English and Spanish (required)

What We Offer

• • Pay range $20–$50/hr based on experience and skill set
• • Regular overtime opportunities on commercial projects
• • Steady, local commercial work in the Washington, DC area
• • Union scale where applicable
• • Clear safety program and Stop Work Authority to protect you on the job

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