Job Description

Metropolitan Water District (MWD) is actively recruiting for an Operation & Maintenance Tech II (Carpenter) at their Lake Mathews Facility 18250 La Sierra Ave. Riverside, CA, 92503. They are looking for a Carpenter with concrete, forming, rebar placement, and finish concrete experience.

Work Schedule: 4/10 (Monday-Thursday) with every Friday off.

Pay: Prevailing Wage Position

Utilizes and advances carpentry skills, experience and knowledge in the practices, procedures, and methods of building, repairing, and renovating structures and their associated parts. Those skills include rough, finished and bench carpentry as well as cement placement and finishing and masonry. Performs practices and procedures of installing, improving, maintaining, and repairing a wide variety of rough and general carpentry services and products including concrete structure formwork, concrete step formwork, flatwork formwork, rebar placement, concrete placement, and concrete finishing. Performs concrete work including mixing cement, concrete demolition, concrete saw cutting, and concrete core drilling.

Builds, maintains, and improves a variety of structures and associated fixtures composed of wood and contemporary composites or other related materials. Supports the operational core of water and power reliability by effectively meeting or exceeding customer expectations through carpentry practices applied to maintaining and improving the quality of working and operating environments within treatment plants, conveyance and distribution systems and facilities, shops, offices, housing, outbuildings, and other occupied and unoccupied structures.

Required Knowledge: Theories, practices, tools and materials of carpentry and their application to building construction, finish carpentry improvement, maintenance and repair work, State and local building codes and other regulations for all phases of new building construction, renovation, remodeling and facility improvements related to carpentry, the installation of a variety of floor, wall and ceiling materials providing structural and interior integrity and quality, the installation of drywall and similar materials, doors and windows of various sizes and configurations, the construction of concrete forms, pouring and finishing concrete surfaces necessary to support and complete carpentry projects, the coating of rough, finished and assembled articles with different carpentry and masonry related finishes and on varied materials, safety practices and regulations for operating mechanical and electrical equipment specific to the craft being performed.

Required Skills and Abilities to: Perform and/or assist in interpreting instructions, manuals, operating and maintenance procedures and specifications related to carpentry and masonry, use and maintain electrical/mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic tools and equipment normally and traditionally used in the carpentry trade in both a shop and field environment, and read and interpret blueprints, schematics and drawings of new construction/building and renovation plans necessary to build, remodel, and repair structures or interior carpentry component systems, State and local building codes and other regulations for all phases of new building construction, renovation, remodeling and facility improvements related to carpentry.

Job Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED in addition to a minimum of 2 years recent experience as demonstrated by practical application of techniques and practices specific to carpentry.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Forklift Certification
• Man Lift Certification
• Non-Cal PERS membership