Facility Improvement Technician / Carpenter Offsite Facilities

Carpenter

MU Healthcare is looking for a talented and dedicated Carpenter to join our exceptional team! If you have a passion for craftsmanship and take pride in your attention to detail, this is the perfect role for you. As a skilled journey-level professional, you'll bring life to our spaces. From wall installations to floor coverings, your hands-on skills in painting, plastering, and wall covering projects will elevate our facilities to new heights. Join us in crafting spaces that promote healing, compassion, and comfort for our patients, making a real difference in their lives and the community we serve.

At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system the only in mid-Missouri is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Perform skilled carpentry work in the maintenance, repair, alteration and construction of buildings, facilities, structures and equipment; assure compliance with building, health and safety codes, and standards. Construct, form, frame, finish, maintain and repair various items and woodwork such as partitions, forms, cabinets, doors, shelving, fixtures, furniture, countertops, tables, decks, stairways, cases, scaffolding and fences; construct and maintain walls, floors, ceilings and roofs as directed.

Operate and maintain a variety of carpentry equipment including saws, shapers, routers, lathes, drills, grinders and various hand and power tools used in the trade.

Prep interior and exterior surfaces for painting and wallpaper hanging; mix and apply paints, and other finishes using brushes, rollers and spray machines. Install and finish sheetrock and plastering as needed.

Install, replace or repair flooring materials wood, synthetic, roll goods, carpet, seamless floor, ceiling grid, cove base, wall treatments paint, wall covering, protective panels, edges, fasteners, and coatings.

Plan, organize and lay out assigned tasks; draw rough sketches, plans and working drawings of construction jobs; interpret plans, diagrams, blueprints, sketches, specifications, and work orders.

Participate in department-wide projects and assist other trades workers with maintenance and repair projects as directed.

May complete unit / department specific duties and expectations as outlined in department documents.

Required qualifications :

• Four (4) years of experience at the journey level in one of the applicable trades; or any equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Personal driver license; class F or higher for Missouri residents.

Preferred qualifications :

Physical demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and may require ambulating, remaining in a stationary position and positioning self to reach and / or move objects above the shoulders and below the knees. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 50 lbs.

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.