Carpenter Helper Jobs

Headquartered in Salt Lake City and supported by 12 offices nationally, at Layton we're builders and we're family! Through delivering predictable outcomes, we've been inspiring confidence in our customers since 1953. We know that behind every project are the highly-skilled people making it happen every day, which makes investing in hiring, developing and retaining the brightest minds a top priority. We want the opportunity to help you achieve your career goals.

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Summary

At Layton we invest heavily in employee development by offering mentoring for new employees and by allowing the opportunity for career progression. Employees also have many opportunities to join others in serving the community, participating in work sponsored sports teams, mentoring other new hires, and participating in entertaining company sponsored activities. This position follows directions of carpenters to perform specific duties in construction of concrete walls and footings.

Duties

• Assists carpenters to reads blueprints to determine measurements, sizes, locations, types of walls, footings, floors, etc.
• Assists carpenters to form and pour footings and walls, shored decks, and edge forms for slabs.
• Ensures that "Constructing with Integrity" is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
• Champions "The Layton Way" by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Assists carpenters to apply knowledge of concrete and its properties.
• Maintains a clean and safe job site.
• Assists carpenters to install architectural finishes according to specifications and plans if necessary on job.
• Utilizes carpentry math to calculate measurements required to construct facilities.
• Assists carpenters to determine elevations and layout through-the-use-of builder levels, transits, lasers, etc.

Qualifications

• Understands and conveys basic English commands, questions, and instructions regarding commercial construction.
• Commits to and meets all scheduled attendance and production deadlines.
• Performs essential duties and responsibilities efficiently, accurately, and safely with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing threat of harm to self or others.
• Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Owns the tools required of the Carpenter Helper position.
• At least 18 years of age.

Working Conditions

• Is subject to substantial repetitive motions of the body or its parts.
• Must have good depth perception, field of vision, near acuity.
• Frequently: Exposed to weather (Occasionally: Extreme cold, extreme heat, wet and/or humid, exposure to dust and fumes, and working in high exposed places)
• Expresses or exchanges ideas by means of the spoken work. (Speak)
• Maneuvers small objects precisely by whatever means. (Pinch or pick)
• Perceives the nature of sounds with no less than a 40db loss @ 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,00 Hz with or without correction. (Hear)
• Seizes an object by applying considerable force. (Grip)
• Detects attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, texture, tension, or force by tactile means. (Feel)
• Raises substantial objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. (Lift)
• Extends out and retrieves objects outside immediate range. (Reach)
• Maintains body equilibrium to prevent falling from precarious situations. (Balance)
• Lowers the body to floor level and move about with agility. (Stoop or crawl)
• Ascends or descends ladders, scaffolding, and steep slopes with agility. (Climb)
• Supports oneself and stays in an upright position. (Stand)
• Exerts in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move object.
• Presses against something with substantial steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward. (Push)
• Exerts a considerable force to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. (Pull)

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.

EEO Statement: Layton Construction an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.