Job Information
Amentum Carpenter Maintenance in Texarkana, Texas
Essential Responsibilities:
Ability to set up, adjust, adapt, maintain and use hand and power tools of the trade. Ability to use shop math and read and interpret blueprints, specifications, sketches, and work orders to determine dimensions and materials required. Ability to operate and have operators license for vehicles up to 1-1/2 ton capacity. Skill in utilizing the accepted trade techniques and methods of painting duties. Performs maintenance and finish carpentry and millwork necessary in new construction, modification, maintenance and/or repair of buildings, structures and/or items, with complete responsibility for attention to and completion of all details of a project. As an individual worker or member of a crew, performs and occasionally directs the work of lower graded employees, in the performance of carpentry and related adjunct duties. Perform, layout and clean up demolition projects as assigned.
Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.
Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands:
Work is performed in a shop environment that is moderately lighted, heated and ventilated, is exposed to disagreeable fumes. The employee frequently is required to walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; and risk of electrical shock.
Other Responsibilities:
Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.
Minimum Requirements:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
One (1) year certificate from an accredited college or university or five (5) years or more related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to write routing reports and correspondence.
Ability to apply basic math to estimate square footage, square yards, cubic foot/yards, linear or board feet, and quality of items needed to accomplish job.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.
Must be able to lift and carry items weighing 40 to 45 pounds.
Requires the ability to bend, stoop, crawl, climb and stand.
Must be able to obtain and maintain facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
​Passing a pre-employment drug screen and a government background check is required.
Must be able to successfully pass a National Agency Check (NAC) within 60 days of hire if required and have a valid driver's license.
Must be available for any shift. Willing to work weekends and other hours as needed.
Must be able to speak, read, write and understand English.
Please note:
Work on this contract is performed at the Red River Army Depot.
Access to the Depot requires all covered individuals to be registered with the United States Selective Service.
For more specific information on registering, please visit: http://www.sss.gov/regist%20information.htm
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) and Labor Laws Posters (https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/MI5TC2kqOqsOBPMVfnZ32U) .