Carpentry Helper Jobs in Hawaii (NOW HIRING)

Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaiʻi. 

Help keep Hilo Benioff Medical Center safe, functional, and well-maintained by supporting the skilled trades team responsible for hospital renovations, construction, and maintenance. As a Carpenter Helper, you will work alongside carpenters and other skilled building tradesmen to perform a variety of maintenance and repair tasks throughout the facility, helping ensure a safe and comfortable environment for patients, staff, and visitors.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance and minor repairs on facility equipment, including beds, carts, overbed tables, exhaust fans, air compressors, boilers, hot water heaters, sterilizers, refrigerators, and other utility equipment.
• Assist painters with sanding, repainting, and varnishing walls, cabinets, furniture, porches, steps, shower areas, and other surfaces.
• Assist carpenters with repairing and replacing window panes, screens, door hardware, bathroom accessories, flooring, shelves, and other building components, as well as repairing roof leaks.
• Assist plumbers with maintenance and minor repairs to water and sewer systems, including faucets, sinks, shower valves, toilets, drains, and related fixtures.
• Assist electricians with minor electrical repairs, including replacing fixtures, switches, outlets, and wiring, while safely using a variety of hand tools and power equipment.
• Perform grounds and facility maintenance, including repairs to concrete sidewalks, curbing, roadways, retaining walls, drainage areas, and other assigned projects; operate vehicles as needed to transport materials.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred. Completion of an approved carpentry apprenticeship program is preferred.
• Experience: Two (2) years of experience performing a variety of rough and finished carpentry work, or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• Knowledge & Skills:
  • Knowledge of basic carpentry practices and methods, including appropriate safety procedures.
  • Familiarity with common tools, equipment, and materials used in the carpentry trade.
  • Ability to work independently, follow specific instructions, identify when assistance is needed, and work cooperatively with staff, departments, and outside services.
  • Ability to safely perform the physical requirements of the position and comply with applicable safety, infection control, hospital, and regulatory requirements.

This position offers the opportunity to apply your trade skills in a meaningful healthcare setting, supporting the infrastructure that enables quality patient care every day. 

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org.

• 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years*
• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year*
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year*
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system
• Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE.

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen.  The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOT employed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. 

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.