Open Meadows

Lead Carpenter

The Lead Carpenter is a key leader on the jobsite, responsible for overseeing daily operations, coordinating with team members and subcontractors, and ensuring projects run smoothly and on schedule. This role combines hands-on carpentry expertise with strong organizational and leadership skills to ensure quality work and jobsite safety. The Lead Carpenter maintains clear communication with clients and stakeholders, ensuring customer satisfaction by addressing concerns promptly and proactively, and ensuring each stage of the project meets high standards of quality and professionalism.

Responsibilities

  • Provides leadership to ensure projects move efficiently towards completion

  • Sets a positive example for the jobsite team by actively supporting everyone on the crew, regardless of skill level, and avoids openly criticizing other members of the project team

  • Develops a proactive management plan for tools, equipment, and material deliveries to optimize workflow and minimize delays

  • Maintains personal, jobsite, and crew safety at all times, meeting OSHA standards

  • Sets up proper dust protection as needed to safeguard client homes

  • Coordinates with subcontractors, ensures necessary on-site support is present, and informs subcontractors promptly of any schedule changes

  • Takes initiative to solve project issues and maintain high standards; involves the Construction Manager/Owner for additional support only when needed

  • Runs client meetings and promptly shares meeting notes with all participants

  • Communicates with clients, architects, and subcontractors, maintaining regular updates with the owner on project status

  • Responds to client requests quickly and professionally, involving the Construction Manager/Owner or Architect when needed

  • Schedules and is present for city/town inspections

  • Performs carpentry tasks as part of the crew and individually

  • Assigns tasks to carpenters and ensures they are set up for success

  • Works proactively to ensure the next trades are set up for success

  • Flags potential change orders/additional work and provides labor and material take-offs, collaborating with the Construction Manager/Owner to generate change orders

  • Assists the Construction Manager/Owner with pricing potential projects

  • Assists with ordering materials, identifying long lead-time items to ensure they are onsite when needed

  • Holds themselves and workers under their direction accountable for work performance, quality, efficiency, and completeness to a high standard

  • Works with the Construction Manager/Owner to develop and maintain the project schedule

  • Ensures the completion of all punch list and job close-out tasks

  • Submits daily logs to record project activity

  • Records time daily in the app with proper descriptions, ensuring crew time is accurate and complete

  • Emails receipts for materials purchased, labeled with cost codes daily, and ensures crew receipts are accurate and submitted on time

Requirements

  • Report to jobsite Mon-Friday 7:30-4:00. With optional over time as requested/approved.

  • Have and maintain Construction Supervisor License and Lead Safe Certificate

  • Maintain reliable and professional transportation capable of transporting personal tools to and from jobsite which may change daily at times, may be requested to transport materials and/or company equipment.

  • Have and maintain, in good working order, a complete set of hand tools Company to provide major power tools and equipment onsite.

  • Ability to enter daily job logs into project management software

  • High school diploma. 5 + years' experience in residential construction.

Open Meadows is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity in our crew. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.