GrowMore Recruitment is a full service, multi-specialist recruitment agency! We work across virtually all industry sectors, with clients ranging from small start-ups to global blue-chip companies and large public sector and not-for-profit organizations.
About the opportunity:
We're looking for a qualified and experienced carpenters to relocate to New Zealand.
Working in New Zealand means high wages, great working conditions, and understanding employers who are willing to take you on at any time. So, if you really want to be formally employed in this country and earn good money for your work, with the prospect of permanent immigration, then you are well on your way to your goal!
We are offering an opportunity to get a long-term contract (minimum 1 year + extentions) with a construction company working across New Zealand. With the prospect of residency and later citizenship.
Responsibilities:
- Install, maintain, and repair a variety of products (walls, roofs, windows, and doors)
- Ability to assess the quality of woodwork and materials
- Perform work in accordance with safety best practices
- Maintain tools and equipment in safe operating condition
- Conduct building inspections and identify needed repairs
- Document repairs and maintain thorough records
- Cut, shape, and alter materials as needed
- Build doors, cabinets, and windows
- Measure and mark materials for alterations
Your tasks may include:
- Framing, hardware, insulations, joinery, concrete work, siteworks, trims, and finishing, windows, and doors, erecting walls, building stairs, or precision tasks such as repairing furniture or installing cabinets, trim and moulding. Excavations, demolition work, precast erection, reinforcing steel, roof framing.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of general carpentry experience and completion of an apprenticeship, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience (European experience is a plus)
- Basic reading, writing, and speaking skills (in English)
- Ability to read, interpret, and follow blueprints, technical diagrams, and schematics
- Comfortable using ladders and scaffolding
- Demonstrated ability to operate hand, air, and power tools
- A basic level of maths
- Must possess a valid driver's license
Benefits:
- Official employment with a New Zealand company
- Competitive hourly rate (guaranteed 30 paid working hours per week)
- Lodging in corporate house
- Protective clothing and equipment
- Possibility of citizenship
- Work vehicle
- Ongoing training and development