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The Hinckley Company

Carpenter - Boatbuilder

The Hinckley Company, Topsham, Maine, us, 04086

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Hinckley Yachts has been building and servicing America's finest yachts since 1928.

The Hinckley Company, known for building and servicing, strong, seaworthy and beautiful yachts is seeking skilled boat builders, joiners, carpenters for our production facility in Topsham, Maine to perform intricate joiner, carpentry tasks on and off boats, following blueprints, and scale drawings with minimal supervision. You will work through standardized aspects of yacht construction for most models, as well as pre-fabrication within established schedule.

Working for our New Yacht Build Division you will get to be part of crafting beautiful, one of a kind Hinckley boat, in a climate-controlled shop year-round and enjoy Fridays off with our running schedule of Mon-Thursday - still getting your 40 Hours!

You are a great fit for this role if:

You can transfer dimensions to marine plywood and other construction materials using tape measure, square and marking/layout devices. You are accurate, precise and take pride in your work. You are skilled in reading and interpreting blueprints. Good working knowledge of most woodworking joints in the marine industry, such as scarf, sill splice, lap, finger, and dovetail. Skilled knowledge and use of epoxies and vinylester resins or other adhesives to bond parts. Requirements

Course work in wood and/or metals preferred. Math proficiency Knowledge, operation of woodworking tools Twelve (12) months carpentry, plus 2 years boatbuilding experience which may be attained on-the-job and by company training. Physical Requirements:

Lift and carry over 60 lbs. on an occasional basis (over 15% and up to 40%). Requires moderate physical demand, occasionally lifting or moving heavy weight material and working in difficult work positions (standing long periods of time, on knees for long periods of time) Requires continuous mental and visual attention on an intermittent basis. Must be able to lift, bend, kneel, stoop, push and pull. Requires working under disagreeable conditions on a frequent basis where elements such as dust, dirt, heat, fumes, cold, vibration, noise, water, or chemicals may be present.

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