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Build a small number of things, extremely well.

Eight homes a year means our people run two projects, not six; teach apprentices instead of burning them; and spend winters in the shop building the millwork most firms order from a catalog. Pay is posted, because we'd ask too.

Open roles

Full-time · Alder Bay studio + active sites

Project Manager — Custom Residential

$98,000 – $124,000 + profit share, stated because we'd ask too

You'll run two projects at a time — never more, that's policy — from contract through the 11-month warranty visit. You own the budget book, the schedule, the change-order log and the client's Tuesday walk. Our PMs sit with preconstruction, not above the trades.

What you'll own

  • Own two concurrent projects end-to-end, from contract signing to warranty closeout
  • Run the weekly owner walk — schedule and budget on the first page, every week
  • Price and paper change orders before work proceeds; keep a clean, current log
  • Manage the monthly open-book draw with every invoice reconciled
  • Coordinate selections deadlines with our interiors lead so the site never waits

What you'll bring

  • 5+ years managing custom residential or comparable craft-heavy construction
  • Fluency in reading architectural documents — and in translating them for clients
  • A demonstrated habit of delivering bad news early, with a recovery plan attached
  • Comfort with construction management software and a genuinely tidy budget book
  • References from a past client and a past subcontractor — we call both

To apply, email studio@hartwellhomes.example with the role in the subject line, a note about the best thing you've built or run, and — for craft roles — photographs of your work. (A demonstration site: the studio and the inbox are fictional.)

Full-time · Sites across Alder Bay & the Carrington valley

Lead Carpenter

$40 – $54/hour + tool allowance and winter shop season

Our carpentry crew builds what most builders subcontract away: site-built cabinetry, stairs, exterior trim that has to survive a marine climate. Winters, the crew moves into the shop — the Hollis Farmhouse millwork was a February. You'll lead a crew of three and teach an apprentice; teaching is part of the job, not a favor.

What you'll own

  • Lead a three-person crew through framing, exterior trim and finish carpentry
  • Build site millwork and shop cabinetry to drawings — and flag the drawings when they're wrong
  • Keep a site Dale Kowalski would sign off on: safe, sequenced, swept
  • Mentor one apprentice per year through our four-year craft program
  • Walk your work with owners at handover — you built it, you present it

What you'll bring

  • 8+ years of finish and structural carpentry; a portfolio we can stand inside
  • Shop experience — cabinetry, stairs or architectural millwork
  • The temperament to explain a detail to a client at 7am, kindly
  • A clean safety record and current first-aid certification
  • Pride that shows up in the last one percent of the work

To apply, email studio@hartwellhomes.example with the role in the subject line, a note about the best thing you've built or run, and — for craft roles — photographs of your work. (A demonstration site: the studio and the inbox are fictional.)

Why people stay

The average tenure here is nine years. Some reasons:

  • Two projects per PM, three sites per super — workloads set by policy, not by season
  • A winter shop season: real millwork, real heat, no January framing
  • The four-year apprenticeship — eleven journeyed carpenters graduated since 2010
  • Profit share on every role, office and field alike
  • Friday site walks with the principal — your work gets seen by the person whose name is on the truck
  • No weekend work except true emergencies, of which there have been four in a decade

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Not hiring for your trade right now?

Write anyway. Craft people worth waiting for are exactly the people we keep a bench for — and the bench gets called.

The studio: studio@hartwellhomes.example · +1 (555) 019-2400

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