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Job Description

Overview

The Carpenter position at Mount Sinai West involves constructing, maintaining, and repairing structural woodwork and other materials. The role is part of the Mount Sinai Health System, which is dedicated to providing outstanding patient care and fostering an inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Constructs, maintains, installs, and repairs structural woodwork and specialty items.
  • Builds special equipment from wood or other materials.
  • Erects scaffolding and builds forms for concrete pouring.
  • Measures, saws, fits, sands, and nails to effect construction or repair.
  • Operates power woodworking machinery to cut and fashion parts.
  • Calculates measurements, angles, and curves as required.
  • Installs wall and ceiling systems based on blueprint drawings.
  • Creates millwork based on blueprint drawings and design standards.
  • Customizes and installs solid-surface products like Formica and Corian.
  • Cleans work areas, tools, equipment, and machines.
  • Moves, crates, and uncrates equipment.
  • Ensures work cart is supplied and accessible.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • 5 years of experience in carpentry.
  • Trade or vocational school graduation may reduce experience requirement to 4 years.
  • Certification for powder-actuated cartridge tools.
  • Ability to utilize tablet-based computer systems.

Additional Information

  • Full-time position working Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm.
  • Located at Mount Sinai West.
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 17% above the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY — toward the top of a $36–$49/hr middle band drawn from 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 66% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

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