Senior & Lead Remodeling Carpenter

Description

Senior / Lead Remodeling Carpenter - Bathroom & Tile Focus
Full-time W-2 | Monday-Friday, occasional weekends | San Diego County, in person

About the Position

We're hiring an experienced Senior or Lead Remodeling Carpenter who can take a bathroom remodel from demolition to final punch list with minimal oversight. Your core trade should be strong-ideally bathrooms, tile, or finish carpentry-and you should be able to contribute to other residential remodeling and repair work without ego. This is not a tile-only production position.

The right person produces high-quality work, plans and sequences their own projects, communicates well with clients, documents progress, and helps apprentices get better. Leads also run projects, manage production, and protect job budgets.

Levels and Pay ($33-$47/hour)

We place people by demonstrated skill-craftsmanship, versatility, production, judgment, communication, leadership, and dependability-not by years of experience or past titles.

How starting pay works: All new hires, including experienced Senior and Lead candidates, start at a Remodeling Carpenter level while we verify field skills, production, communication, and reliability on our jobs. This paid evaluation typically takes 2-4 weeks, depending on the projects we have available. Once you've shown the skills, we move you to the level and pay that match.

• Remodeling Carpenter 1: $33-$37/hour - Completes skilled remodeling work but may still need direction with planning, sequencing, documentation, or unfamiliar scopes.
• Remodeling Carpenter 2: $38-$42/hour - Completes multiple scopes efficiently, solves routine field problems, communicates clearly, and handles substantial portions of a project independently.
• Senior Remodeling Carpenter: $42-$45/hour - Highly skilled across multiple scopes, consistently productive, strong with clients, dependable with planning, and completes projects with minimal oversight.
• Lead Carpenter: $45-$47/hour - Proven ability to plan and run projects, lead team members, manage production, protect job budgets, communicate with clients, identify change orders, document progress, and close projects successfully.

What We Offer

• Steady, full-time W-2 employment
• Multiple ways to earn beyond your hourly rate, including a performance bonus program, a referral program, and job-based incentives
• Paid sick leave
• Clear job scopes and an organized project-management system
• A defined advancement path to Lead Carpenter
• Mileage reimbursement for approved business travel in a personal vehicle
• Potential company vehicle once trust, safe driving, reliability, and job responsibilities are established
• Support from apprentices, teammates, management, and licensed specialty trades when needed

You're a Strong Fit If

• You perform a core trade at a professional level and take shower prep, waterproofing, and finish details seriously
• You can plan your own work and finish a project without being managed day to day
• You're willing to work outside your specialty and on smaller jobs without treating them as beneath you
• You communicate problems before they become expensive surprises
• You like helping an apprentice become more productive

This Is Not a Fit If

• You claim to be a lead but can't independently plan and complete projects
• You cut corners on prep, waterproofing, protection, or finish details
• You blame scopes, materials, coworkers, or clients instead of communicating and solving problems
• You perform additional work without documented company and client approval
• You're frequently late, unreliable, or hard to reach

How to Apply

Please submit:

• A résumé or summary of your remodeling experience, including any projects you ran or crews you led
• Photos of recent bathroom, tile, waterproofing, carpentry, or remodeling work
• The remodeling scopes you can perform independently
• The waterproofing and tile systems you've used professionally
• At least two professional references
• Your desired hourly rate and the level you believe matches your current ability

Applicants who can't provide work photos or professional references will not move forward.

Responsibilities

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Qualifications

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