Provide 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) slips
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Trade school diploma or other carpentry and or masonry
credentials desired
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
- Ability to use table saws, band saws, planers, and other tools
generally associated with building trades
- Some experience with tile work preferred including
grouting
- Some masonry experience preferred including repointing, and
laying brick
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 conduct
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, excellent benefits
(health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an
additional 3% match, 10 days of vacation*, 13 paid holidays, free
parking, access to library and athletic facilities & more), and
a supportive, collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free
workplace.
Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $23.76
to $28.00. Placement within the range depends on experience and
other factors.
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.
Advertised: Sep 28 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
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