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Work Location: North Conway, New Hampshire

Langford & Low Construction is hiring a Skilled Craftsman / Carpenter to join our team.

Langford & Low is a Maine-based construction company with a strong focus on healthcare, laboratory, advanced manufacturing, higher education, and retail clients throughout Northern New England. For over 50 years, we’ve earned a reputation for delivering high-quality, detail-driven work in some of the region’s most complex and sensitive environments.

The Skilled Craftsman / Carpenter is a key hands-on role supporting our field teams on projects that often involve active hospitals, research labs, and clinical spaces. These projects require a high level of professionalism, attention to detail, and awareness of working in occupied, safety-critical environments. This position is ideal for someone with a strong construction skill set, a commitment to craftsmanship, and the ability to adapt in fast-paced, precision-focused settings.

Responsibilities:

· Perform hands-on construction tasks including selective demolition, layout, rough and finish carpentry, backing, blocking, drywall, painting, and hardware installation.

· Assist in setting up containment, infection control barriers, and temporary partitions in occupied healthcare and lab facilities.

· Help maintain clean, organized, and secure job sites, often in sterile or controlled environments.

· Interpret and follow direction from drawings (a plus) and supervision to execute work accurately.

· Support layout and installation of architectural and specialty components in medical and laboratory spaces.

· Safely operate a variety of hand tools, power tools, and basic construction equipment.

· Assist with staging, deliveries, and protection of existing building components.

· Follow site-specific safety and infection control protocols rigorously.

· Work alongside foremen, superintendents, and trades to ensure timely and high-quality execution of project goals.

Qualifications:

· 3+ years (a plus) of commercial construction or skilled trade experience, preferably with work in healthcare or laboratory environments.

· Strong working knowledge of general construction practices, tools, and materials.

· Experience working under infection control conditions or within occupied clinical spaces is highly valued.

· Ability to read and understand construction drawings is a plus.

· Dependable, self-motivated, and able to take direction in high-expectation settings.

· Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to job sites throughout Southern or Central Maine.

· OSHA 10/30 is a plus.

Langford & Low offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, along with opportunities for advancement and continuing trade development.

Langford & Low is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan