Seasonal Carpenter

Title: Seasonal Carpenter

Position Purpose:

Executing all varieties of
carpentry-related construction, maintenance, renovation, and repair projects on campus, using high quality carpentry skills.

Job Duties:

• Coordinate all carpenter work with other building trades.
• Ability to read and
  interpret blueprints.
• Communicate well with all customers and understand their needs.
• Put together sketches of objects to
  be built in the carpenter shop and installed throughout the campus buildings.
• Operate all carpenter related equipment.
• Perform all carpentry related functions.
• Complete work orders and PM (Preventive Maintenance) activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
  required.
• Trade school diploma or other carpentry credentials desired.
• Valid Maine driver’s license.

Experience

• 5 years of residential and/or commercial building experience.
• Ability to work with wood,
  metal, or materials necessary for fabrication, repair, and renovation of all buildings.
• Knowledge of tools, building supplies, and
  hardware associated with building trade.
• Computer experience and ability to understand CAD drafting uses and blueprints.
• Knowledge of roofing, concrete work, window, and door installation also desired.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Basic
  math and computer skills.
• Ability to logically trouble-shoot equipment problems.
• Ability to follow oral and written
  instructions in the context of the job.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with supervisors, co-workers and outside
  contacts.
• Ability to perform manual tasks requiring moderate physical strength.
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy to
  effectively handle a broad range of interpersonal situations and to respond appropriately to conflicts and problems.
• Ability and
  willingness to work weekends, evenings, on-call and other non-traditional schedules.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries, access to the library and athletic facilities, and a supportive, collegial
environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal
opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of
race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, genetic
information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the administration
of its education policies and programs, or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and
federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors, visitors, and volunteers are responsible
for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with
applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII, Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow,
Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at glexow@bates.edu.

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around the
world.

Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a
collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence, Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender,
race, religion, or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates prepares leaders sustained by
a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces — intellectual trends, demographic
changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly
competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates
employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community, Maine’s
second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre, traditional New England
campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35
miles north of Portland, 140 miles north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.

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