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Carpenter

Los Angeles, CA · Full-time · $33.00 – $52.00 per hour
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Riley Projects designs and builds homes in Los Angeles with one aim: make better homes attainable for more people. Our own carpenters build the frame, the envelope and the finish: prefabricated framing components cut to the model, then continuous exterior insulation with a verified air barrier. Less material goes to waste, and the house is built to last.

The work

  • Lay out plates, walls and openings from the drawings before a stick is cut.
  • Frame straight, plumb and true, at pace, to the tolerances on the set.
  • Install the water-resistive barrier and flashings as one continuous drainage plane, lapped to shed water at every penetration.
  • Hang doors and install trim with tight, consistent joints.
  • Flag a drawing conflict or a field condition before building around it.
  • Report quantities and hours at the end of each day.

How the job runs

  • The current drawings, your tasks and the week's plan live in the Riley Field App, in English, Spanish or Chinese.
  • Tasks come from the estimate with the quantities to install.
  • Work is planned a week at a time, and each week's plan is checked against what got built.
  • A question about a detail goes to the office as an issue with photos, and the answer comes back on the same issue.

Pay, benefits and growth

  • $33 to $52 per hour across two levels: Level 3 (Intermediate) at $33 to $44, and Level 4 (Senior) at $39 to $52. Placement within the stated pay scale follows experience.
  • Health, vision and dental insurance, an FSA, a 401(k) and paid time off.
  • The carpenter ladder runs to Level 5, Lead Carpenter. Each level carries published skill targets for layout, framing production, the water-resistive barrier and finish carpentry.
  • Courses and tailgate talks through Riley University.

What we look for

  • Journeyman experience on wood-frame homes: layout, framing and finish.
  • You read a framing plan and a section cold, and your walls land within 1/8 inch of layout.
  • You have wrapped and flashed a house and can say why each lap runs the way it does.
  • You ask before you improvise.
  • You work safely and keep your tools and the work area in order.
  • A valid California driver's license.
  • OSHA 10 and First Aid/CPR/AED, held at hire or earned within your first 90 days.

Terms

  • Full-time, hourly, on our jobsites in Los Angeles.
  • Reports to the crew foreman.