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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.

Chisels, planes, clamps and ear defenders hung in rows above a worn workbench in a carpentry shop

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Full-time · Alder Bay studio + active sites

Project Manager, Custom Residential

$98,000 to $124,000 + profit share. We post it 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 projects at once, from contract signing to warranty closeout
  • Run the weekly owner walk, with schedule and budget on page one every week
  • Price and paper change orders before work proceeds, and keep a clean, current log
  • Manage the monthly open-book draw with every invoice reconciled
  • Coordinate selection deadlines with our interiors lead so the site never waits

What you'll bring

  • 5+ years managing custom residential or similar craft-heavy construction
  • Fluency in reading architectural drawings, and in explaining them to clients
  • A track record of delivering bad news early, with a recovery plan attached
  • Comfort with construction management software and a truly 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 to $54/hour + tool allowance and a winter shop season

Our carpentry crew builds what most builders subcontract: site-built cabinetry, stairs, and exterior trim that has to survive a marine climate. In winter the crew moves into the shop; the Hollis Farmhouse millwork was built in 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 and swept
  • Mentor one apprentice a year through our four-year craft program
  • Walk your work with owners at handover. You built it, so you present it.

What you'll bring

  • 8+ years of finish and structural carpentry, with a portfolio we can stand inside
  • Shop experience: cabinetry, stairs or architectural millwork
  • The patience 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 and three sites per superintendent: workloads set by policy, not by season
  • A winter shop season: real millwork, real heat, no January framing
  • The four-year apprenticeship, with eleven journeyed carpenters graduated since 2010
  • Profit share on every role, office and field alike
  • Friday site walks with the principal, so your work is 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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