Carpenter

Your Opportunity: The University of Alberta Hospital is seeking a skilled and professional Ticketed Carpenter to join the Facilities Maintenance & Engineering (FME) team. The successful candidate will perform a wide range of carpentry, construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance activities while working safely and respectfully in an active healthcare environment around patients, visitors, healthcare professionals, and facility staff. Key Responsibilities: Perform carpentry, construction, renovation, repair, maintenance, demolition, and building upgrade activities. Install, repair, and modify doors, hardware, millwork, cabinetry, walls, baseboards, and other building components. Perform drywall installation, taping, finishing, and interior wall framing. Measure, cut, fit, install, and finish materials accurately using appropriate tools. Read and interpret drawings, specifications, work orders, project instructions, and complete project assessments and material take-offs. Protect existing finishes, equipment, furnishings, and building systems during construction. Maintain clean, safe, and controlled work areas and follow healthcare infection prevention and control requirements, including dust control, containment, isolation, and housekeeping procedures. Coordinate work with facility staff and other trades to minimize disruption to patient care and hospital operations. Oversee contractors and FME-led projects as assigned. Assist the Architectural Lead Hand with organizing FME projects, distributing workloads, submitting Site-Specific Work Request Permits, and providing guidance to maintenance staff. Identify and report hazards, deficiencies, and unsafe conditions. Complete required work orders, permits, inspection forms, and project documentation. Follow all facility security, health and safety requirements and work cooperatively with staff, contractors, and other trades. Description: As a Carpenter , you will perform a wide variety of journeyperson level carpentry duties associated with maintaining, renovating, repairing and construction in accordance with building codes, blueprints and standards and practices. As a Carpenter, you will perform work related to the design, construction and repair of building structures, furniture and fixtures. In addition, you will perform preventative maintenance duties on structures and fixtures. You will be responsible for selecting and ordering appropriate supplies and materials as required. Transition Company: Health Shared Services Required Qualifications: Completion of an accredited Journeyperson Carpenter Certificate from Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training. Additional Required Qualifications: Alberta Journeyperson Carpentry Certificate. Proven experience working in a Healthcare Facility or large institutional Facility. Preferred Qualifications: As required. Please note: All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated. Security Screening: A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS. Healthy Albertans. Healthy Communities. Together. We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care all across Alberta. Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first. We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.