Lead Carpenter, Real Wood Decks, Part Time to Start, $28-30/hr, Austin

BigDecks builds large-format real wood decks and outdoor environments in Austin. Douglas Fir 4x12 in continuous 24ft spans, surface fastened with exposed steel nail heads, 6x6 posts, low-profile substructure. Every deck gets sanded and finished before we leave. The work is visible. Nothing gets covered up.

We are looking for one carpenter who can hold that standard and run a small crew doing it.

How we work

We run to written process, not memory. Every job has a scope, a sequence, and a standard, and we follow it the same way every time. If something doesn't make sense on site, you say so and we fix the process. We don't improvise around it quietly.

We believe real wood, built oversized and built once, is worth doing properly. That belief costs us time on every job and we spend it on purpose.

Record keeping

We run everything through JobTread. Daily logs, photos, time entries, material notes, change orders. You'll be expected to use it on your phone every day, not catch up on Friday.

Time is approved before it's paid. Entries go in the same day they're worked. Clean records are part of the job, same as clean layout.

Customer experience

You're on someone's property, usually while they're home. Clean clothes, clean language, clean site. Tools staged, not scattered. Full cleanup every day, not just at the end of the job, and a real end-of-day walk.

You represent BigDecks to the client. Present yourself accordingly. Anyone impaired on a job site is done, no second conversation.

You don't quote price or timeline to a homeowner. Anything about scope, cost, or schedule comes to me. You're welcome to talk about the work itself, and most clients love hearing it.

What you'll do

Run a crew of two to three, set the pace and hold the quality

Layout and framing from drawings, not from guessing
Set posts and beams dead level and dead straight
Run long decking with consistent fastener lines
Sand and finish work
Log the day in JobTread before you leave the site

What you need

Real carpentry experience, framing and finish both

Experience leading a crew, giving direction and correcting work without drama
You can read a set of drawings and work off a string line
Comfortable using a phone app for daily logs and photos
Your own hand tools and reliable transportation
You show up when you say you will

What it pays

$28 to $30 per hour depending on what you bring, 1099. Paid weekly.

Part time to start, roughly two to three days a week. Real path to full time as the schedule fills. It stays part time until we both know it's a fit.

How to apply

Reply with a short note about what you've built, how big a crew you've run, and photos of your own work. Photos of the work matter more than a resume.

Process is three steps. Short video call, then a paid working day on a live job site, then we talk. You get paid for the working day either way.

Serious inquiries only.