PHC is seeking a skilled journeyman carpenter to join our team! You’ll perform construction, repair, and maintenance of woodwork, furniture, and structural elements, working from blueprints and ensuring compliance with building codes.

Education

• Certificate of Apprenticeship or Trades Qualification Certificate as a journeyman Carpenter recognized by the Province of British Columbia. Two years’ recent, related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
  
  
  

• State-of-the-art facilities:  The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• A competitive salary: $38.31 per hour
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and independence of all person. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.

Your Day to Day

• Designs, constructs, and maintains woodwork, furniture, doors, and hardware.

• Installs and repairs structural and non-structural elements per building codes and fire regulations.

• Performs minor roof repairs, clean-up, and demolition tasks.

• Prepares and installs acoustic and gypsum suspended ceiling systems, steel stud, and gypsum walls.

• Reviews work requests and consults with departments on specifications and project needs.

• Interprets blueprints and calculates materials and labor for cost estimation.

• Plans work schedules and assembles necessary tools and materials.

• Assigns tasks and provides training to designated staff.

• Manages inventory of supplies, tools, and equipment; maintains reports and recommends purchases.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Who We Are:  

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.  

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence has grown into globally renowned research, teaching, and care organization. As individuals within a mission-driven organization, we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organization’s long commitment to social justice and compassionate care, and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. 

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.