Carpenter Master

The Mission of ELMHS is to provide mental health evaluation, treatment, habilitation, and consultation for adults. Programs include inpatient interventions, jail-based evaluations, supervised group home and residential programs, forensic evaluation, care, custody, and aftercare; intermediate and long-term psychiatric services are coordinated with the total system of care in Louisiana

ELMHS is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join the team in our maintenance department. In this role, the selected candidate will independently plan and execute construction, remodeling, renovation, and repairs to residential and patient care facilities; ensure compliance with Fire Marshal specifications and Life Safety Codes; construct and repair structural components, furniture, and medical equipment; operate and maintain carpentry tools and shop equipment; and order necessary supplies, materials, and equipment.

One year of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been on-the-job experience:

Three years of experience or training in the carpentry trade.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

In this role you will:

• Perform independent decisions on layouts. Build, remodel, and renovate existing residences and buildings. Hang doors and install windows. Operate hand and power tools. Build and install prefabricated shelves and cabinets, re-roof residences, make necessary repairs on patient care buildings such as replace ceiling tiles, repair doors, build book shelves, replace worn out wood floors, and vinyl floor tile, etc.
• Makes necessary changes to pre-existing structures to Fire Marshal’s specifications and Life Safety Codes. Reconstruct porches, hand-rails, floors, ceilings and any other structural damage. Repair and reconstruct broken furniture. Assemble weight scales, assemble and/or make repairs to wheel chairs, medicine carts.
• Order all needed supplies, materials and equipment for the Carpenter shop. Ensures preventive maintenance is done periodically on shop equipment.

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as either a Probational or Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a promotion (open to all statewide classified and Agency wide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointed if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

It is recommended that you apply for all job titles that you are interested in.

Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected. However, there is no guarantee that everybody that applies to this posting will be interviewed.

*This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing.

For further information about this vacancy, please contact:

Leigh Moore

ELMHS HR

ELMHS-HR@LA.GOV

225-634-0680

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