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Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Carpenter 1

Carpentry & Interior FinishingPosted on Nov 12
Full-timeMcLean, VA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
  • Four years of experience in the carpentry trade or building maintenance is required.
  • Completion of a recognized apprenticeship, vocational program, or internal developmental program for a journeyman carpenter is required.
  • The ability to comprehend written and oral instructions is required.
  • Thorough knowledge of the carpentry trade is required.
  • The ability to operate required power tools and machinery is required.
  • Willingness to work days, evenings, or nights, and overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed is required.
  • The role requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain the clearance.
  • The position is safety sensitive and requires successful completion of drug screening, which may include screening for marijuana and other federally controlled substances.
  • The role requires walking, bending, squatting, and carrying materials throughout the facility, and may involve operating industrial machinery, power tools, and motor vehicles.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and lay out carpentry work.
  • Perform carpentry building and grounds maintenance work.
  • Perform carpentry construction work.
  • Plan, lay out, and execute jobs.
  • Perform minor masonry and concrete work.
  • Provide oversight to outside contractors.
  • Direct Carpenter II, the M/M Helper, and repair personnel as assigned.
  • Read blueprints and generate bills of materials.
  • Complete required safety training and self-aid/buddy-aid responsibilities, participate in emergency response tasks, and serve on safety committees and teams as appropriate.
  • Perform job activities in compliance with applicable quality system documents, customer contracts, and the company Quality Policy.
  • Read, understand, and implement applicable operational, safety, quality, and environmental plans, procedures, and policies.

Desired Qualifications

  • The ability to write correspondence is preferred.
  • The ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, clients, and other employees is preferred.

About the Company

Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Amentum provides technical and engineering services to government agencies to support high-stakes missions such as space launch, nuclear cleanup, and military operations. Its offerings combine workforce, engineering, and mission-support capabilities across the full lifecycle—from planning and design to operations and sustainment—delivered as contracted services. The company differentiates itself through scale and breadth: formed from a spin-off and expanded by acquiring DynCorp and PAE, and later merging with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units, making it one of the largest government services contractors with about 53,000 employees and a public listing (AMTM). Its main goal is to help the U.S. and its allies achieve mission success for critical national programs by providing comprehensive, reliable government-focused technical services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
2020

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