Carpenter

Join NT Link as a Carpenter and help build high-quality modular structures across the Northern Territory. You'll be responsible for constructing, installing, and repairing timber frameworks, fixtures, and fittings, ensuring all work meets safety and design standards. Ideal candidates will have trade qualifications, strong carpentry skills, and a commitment to quality workmanship.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly rate based on experience.
• Additional allowances for remote/bush work
• Opportunities for career development and training.
• Supportive team environment.
• Travel allowances for remote site work.
• Access to NT Link’s employee wellness program
• Great additional benefits

Task & responsibilities

• Study drawings and specifications to determine materials required, dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Order and select timbers and materials, and prepare layouts for construction.
• Measure, cut, shape, and assemble timber and other materials using hand and power tools.
• Construct and install frameworks, roof trusses, sub-flooring, floorboards, staircases, doors, windows, and cabinetry.
• Nail fascia panels, sheathe roofs, and fit exterior wall cladding and door/window frames.
• Assemble prepared wood to form structures and fittings ready for installation.
• Cut wood joints and may work with plastic laminates, perspex, and metals.
• Construct and install concrete formwork as needed.
• Repair and renovate existing wooden fittings and structures.
• Install fixtures such as door handles, locks, hardware, flooring underlay, suspended ceilings, and insulating materials.
• Level sites by removing scrub, timber, rocks, and other foreign material to prepare for construction.
• Dig holes for footings, spread and level soil, gravel, and sand on roads, driveways, and trench bottoms.
• Load and unload construction materials, tools, and equipment.
• Erect and dismantle temporary structures such as barricades and scaffolding around work sites.
• Collect and remove rubble and waste material from sites.
• Perform other duties as directed, ensuring compliance with safety and building regulations.
• Work both in a team and autonomously, under the guidance of Leading Hands and Site Supervisors

Qualification & experience

• Certificate III in Carpentry or equivalent trade qualification, or 3 years of experience, will replace a formal qualification.
• Strong understanding of construction methods, materials, and tools.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and plans.
• Physical strength and stamina to perform manual tasks.
• Excellent problem-solving and time management skills.
• Commitment to safety and quality workmanship.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transport.