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WOOD CARPENTER

Georgetown, Guyana

JOB PURPOSE: This position will be responsible for building crates according to specifications and shipping requirements to prepare product for transportation to vendors and customers or for export. The successful candidate will work to complete fabricating, assembling, and packaging processes for shipments.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

1. Read, understand and interpret blueprints and work instructions, and other instructions

       written or verbal, to complete assembly of products or components according to established guidelines and quality standards.

2. Use a variety of hand and power tools following appropriate methods and procedures to

       prepare products and other items for shipment/ export.

3. Manage inventory following established guidelines and procedures including labeling and locating parts, picking parts from appropriate locations specified and recording and communicating inventory levels.

4. Maintain a clean and organized work area and maintain all equipment according to

       maintenance plans and established procedures.

5. Practice problem solving and troubleshooting techniques as part of a team responsible for

       realizing continuous improvement to products and processes.

6. Packaging of Equipment to industry standards by utilizing and recommending in certain circumstances the different packaging methods for specific cargoes.

7. Maintain deadline required to perform respective tasks within 48 hours unless in emergency situations the individual must be available to work extra hours to have tasks completed within given timeframe.

8. Ability to perform site visits and to provide a report within 12 hours on completion of site visit. Report includes pictures, materials required and packaging. Information will be sent to relevant department to provide quotations to respective clients.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:  

At least 2 – 3 years’ experience Manufacturing, Assembling, Blocking & Bracing Wooden Crates. Individual must possess advanced knowledge in safe operation of materials and work tools provided for fabrication. 

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

Must be willing to learn and practice continuous improvement techniques for accomplishing better and safer methods of crating and packaging.

Wood Carpenter Trade Certificate will be an asset.

HSSEQ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintain standards of safety and comply with Company’s Health, Safety & Environment Management System requirements.

Observe all health and safety rules and regulations.

Stop all work if any unsafe conditions exist or unsafe practices are observed.

Report any unsafe conditions or practices to your Supervisors.

Understand how to perform jobs assigned in accordance with operating procedures and/or work instructions.

Do not undertake any job you do not understand – ask your immediate Supervisor once there is any doubt.

Wear and use all safety equipment required to ensure the safe execution of the specific job.

Participate in mandatory toolbox meetings, safety meetings and training sessions (internal and/or external) as required. 

Report all incidents immediately to your Supervisor.

Cooperate during incident investigations so that the incident causes can be determined and corrective action taken.

Tag and Report all defective tools or equipment immediately.

All staff are to adhere to the guidelines stated in the Policy Manual.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, CHARACTERISTICS:

Enjoyable to work with - especially with direct team members.

Highly reliable - your supervisor and co-workers must have confidence that when assigned a task, you will get it done in a timely manner with a high quality of work.

Management of time and tasks – can work on multiple tasks, meet KPIs, reorganize and work on high priority tasks, handover tasks when going on leave.

Technical Analysis of requests - quickly process and understand requests, identify where external assistance is needed, document concisely and clearly what is required, plan how to respond.

Problem solving - suggest recommended actions rather than just ask for help, come up with innovative ideas, pre-emptively identify issues with existing procedures and implement solutions.

Quality Assurance – Quickly picks up technical errors, typos, issues with sentence construction, gaps in logic, incorrect or missing pricing, whilst reviewing requests, quotes and technical proposals

Teamwork and Emotional Intelligence - work well with others in the department, work well with other departments, build mutual trust and respect, develop strong professional relationships with others in the company, display emotional intelligence when dealing with others.

MS Office - Intermediate to Advance in the use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit stoop and kneel. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.