Carpenter

Job Description DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City's most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies. What we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of City government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including: - Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees. - Managing 56 public buildings. - Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property. - Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies. - Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.

- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations. When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service to all of them. It's an opportunity to provide meaningful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at NYC.GOV/DCAS to learn more about the work we do. Public Affairs plays a vital role in advancing the agency’s priorities and strengthening relationships with elected officials, government agencies, community leaders, and other key stakeholders.

The team is responsible for developing and executing intergovernmental engagement strategies that promote the agency’s initiatives, facilitate coordination across government, and ensure the agency is responsive to the needs and priorities of its external partners. Through strategic outreach, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement, Public Affairs helps position the agency as a trusted partner and effective resource within city government.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) seeks to hire a carpenter to work within the ceremonial unit. This unit falls under the Special Events unit. The DCAS ceremonial unit supports all Mayoral, agency, and city sponsored events throughout the five boroughs. Responsibilities of a carpenter working at DCAS include but may not be limited to: - Installing, repairing, and replacing flooring, partitions, window frames and sashes, door frames and doors, and other related components of buildings and structures.

- Installing, repairing and replacing boardwalks, fences and screens. - Building and repairing toolboxes, movable and fixed sashes, doors and wooden office furniture, playground, park, school equipment, and various types of ladders. - Building and rebuilding truck cabs. - Is familiar with, uses, and operates both hand and powered woodworking equipment. - Works from plans and sketches. - Keeps job and other records.

- Can work from plans and sketches. - May supervise assigned personnel. - Performs laboring work requiring physical strength. - Moves, lifts, and carries items of various weights and sizes. Some of the physical activities performed by Carpenters and environmental conditions experiences are: - Lifting and carrying building materials weighing up to approximately 80 pounds. - Climbing and descending ladders and scaffolds.

- Working in hot areas in boiler rooms; working in confined spaces - Standing upright for extended periods of time - Working in noisy and dusty areas. - Using electric- powered shop equipment and power drives electrical hand tools and machinery - Ability to wear OSHA approved dust masks, safety goggles, work boots and work gloves. Responsibilities of working within the ceremonial unit include but may not be limited to: - Building stages, hanging signage, putting up tents, setting up pipe & drape, and other event-related duties upon request.

- Building frames for signage, install shelving, and building woodwork pieces upon request. - Requires a flexible schedule to support the