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Careers

Four roles, and a shop where the work is the point

We are eleven people. Three have been here more than ten years, which in this trade is the only credential that matters.

4 open rolesYear-roundBozeman, MT

What it is like working here

Small enough that everyone knows what everyone else is doing, big enough that nobody works alone on a difficult day. Crews are two to four people with one lead, and the lead stays on the same house from demolition to punch rather than being pulled around.

We do not run three jobs off one crew. We do not ask people to work weekends to recover a schedule we set wrong. And we do not cover up work we are not happy with, which occasionally costs us a day and has never once cost us a client.

The shop on Griffin Drive is a real shop with real machines, and everyone gets time in it. If you have never cut a mortise, you will.

Open roles

Four positions, all year round

Lead carpenter, structural

Full time, year round · $34 to $46 per hour (sample range)

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Runs a house from demolition to punch: trade calendar, daily plan, client contact and the quality of everything that gets covered up. You will set beams, shore openings and read an engineer's drawing without needing it explained.

  • 8+ years in residential renovation
  • Comfortable reading structural drawings
  • Montana driving licence
  • Able to hold a schedule and a conversation on the same day

Finish carpenter

Full time, year round · $29 to $40 per hour (sample range)

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Trim, doors, stairs, built-ins and shop millwork. Half your time is on site and half is on Griffin Drive making the thing you are about to install. Scribing to an out-of-plumb wall should sound like an ordinary Tuesday.

  • 5+ years finish experience
  • Own hand tools
  • Shop machine experience welcome, not required
  • Patience with old houses

Carpenter, general

Full time, year round · $24 to $33 per hour (sample range)

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Framing, blocking, insulation, dust control and everything that keeps a site moving. The route into lead work, and we promote from here first.

  • 2+ years on residential sites
  • Reliable transport
  • Willing to learn the building science side
  • Clean site habits

Apprentice

Full time, with structured training · $19 to $24 per hour (sample range)

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A real apprenticeship with a written progression plan, paid time in the shop, and a lead carpenter responsible for teaching you. We take one or two a year and we take it seriously.

  • No experience required
  • Show up on time, every time
  • Interested in how buildings actually work
  • 18 or over

All pay ranges on this page are illustrative samples for this demo site.

What we offer

Year-round work

We schedule interior scopes through winter deliberately so nobody gets laid off in January.

Tools and boots allowance

An annual allowance for hand tools and work boots, plus all power tools and consumables supplied (sample benefit).

Paid training

Lead-safe certification, OSHA 10 or 30, and any manufacturer training relevant to your work, on the clock.

Four-day core week

Crews work 7 to 5 Monday to Thursday and 7 to 3 Friday. No weekends except by agreement, and we mean it.

Group of male construction workers on site wearing safety gear during daytime.

How to apply

Send an email with what you have worked on, who you have worked for and what you want to be doing in three years. A CV is fine, a list is fine, a paragraph is fine. Photographs of your own work are better than any of them.

Everyone who applies gets a reply. Anyone we want to meet gets a paid day on a site with a lead carpenter before either side commits to anything.

Call the shop and ask a carpenter anything

(406) 555-0182
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