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Posted: February 17, 2026 (3 days ago)

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Wood Crafter

Architect of the Capitol

Legislative Branch

Fresh

Location

Washington, District of Columbia

Salary

$34.71 - $40.55

per hour

Type

Closes

March 9, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This temporary job involves skilled woodworking and carpentry to repair and create high-quality wooden items, install doors and frames, and maintain historic structures on Capitol Hill.

Workers will follow blueprints to recreate detailed features like moldings and cabinetry, often using advanced tools for precise cuts and assemblies.

It's a good fit for experienced carpenters who enjoy hands-on construction work in a historic government setting and can handle shift work.

Key Requirements

  • Journey-level experience in commercial or industrial carpentry and wood crafting
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints, drawings, and sketches
  • Proficiency in installing and repairing metal doors, frames, hardware, and related components
  • Skills in constructing and repairing high-grade wooden items with intricate details like inlays and scrollwork
  • Experience with framing, drywall, metal lath, plastering, and acoustical ceilings
  • Familiarity with building concrete forms for foundations, walls, and structural elements
  • Availability for day or night shifts (4-10 hour shifts, Monday-Thursday) in Washington, DC

Full Job Description

These temporary positions are located in the Architect of the Capitol, Office of the Chief Engineer, Construction Division, Construction Branch.

Candidates must have journey level experience in commercial or industrial projects involving carpentry and wood crafting skills.

Journey Level experience must be clearly shown in the applicant's Work History. You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position.

Performs journey-level, commercial Wood Crafting and Carpentry techniques to set up, adapt, and use computerized machine tools to make and repair high grade wooden items. Major Duties:

These temporary positions are established for the completion of an assigned project(s) requiring journey level commercial or industrial carpentry and wood crafting skills to install, reverse or replace metal doors, install metal framing, drywall, etc.

Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed description in your resume and work history.

Positions will either be Day or Night. Shift will be decided upon selection.

Hours may change due to Operational Needs of Management Dayshift hours: 4:00 AM – 2:30 PM / Nightshift Hours: 7:00 PM – 5:30 AM (4-10 hr.

shifts, Monday-Thursday) Major Duties Reviews blueprints and drawings provided, to assemble and/or re-manufacture parts and pieces of historic wood items or splice in new wood with old since the historic features of many Capitol Hill structures must be precisely recreated and/or modified to exact specifications.

Performs Journey level tasks with metal lath, plastering, block-work, framing with metal studs, drywall, acoustical ceiling, installing locks and elaborate wooden moldings and/or trim work.

Constructs and repairs high grade wooden items including decorative wood work with intricate and detailed features. Installs hollow metal doors, frames and hardware plumb and level.

Adjusts door height and width. Installs, repairs and adjusts hydraulic or pneumatic door checks and door closers. Reverses the egress of metal doors and/or installs new doors.

Works from complete designs or sketches, to build concrete forms, (foundations, columns; wall forms beams, girders, catch basins, stairways, floor systems, stairways, walls, one-way joist construction, one-way slabs, two-way joist construction, waffle slab construction, curtain walls, composite constructions, boxed headers and beams, beam and girder framing, bolster beam and slabs, conductive flooring, composite flooring, dropped girders, grade beams, haunches floors, key-ways, L-beams and mushroom wales, sump holes).

Uses all standard power and hand tools required by a journey level carpenter including but not laminated too: Circular saws, hammer-drills, orbital sawzall, rotary hammers, driver/drills, electromagnetic drill motors, core drilling machines, magnum compound miter saw, portable electric band saws, screw shooters, routers, orbit finishing sanders & grinders, table saws, sheet finish sander, drill press, variable speed jig-saw, portable band saw, band saws, spiral saws, radial arm saws, lathes, bench grinder, machine hacksaw, laser levels, mortise tanners, machine planer, pro-plug, shapers, unisaw, electric welder, arc welders, plasma welders, jointures and butt chisel machine.

Makes and repairs high grade wooden items such as cabinetry, book shelves, stand-up desks, racks and other items, including decorative woodwork.

These items have intricate, precise and fancy features and details such as curved and contoured surfaces, marquetry, book matched panels, scrollwork, friezes, inlays and complex joints.

Measures sizes of doors to be installed, measures and cuts openings in walls for door frames, cuts and saws materials for door jambs and lintels at the top of the frames and installs door frames.

Hangs doors, installs doorknobs and hardware. Installs, adjusts and repairs door jamb catches and base molding.

Complies with all safety and health practices, OSHA regulations and wears required protective equipment.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/17/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/18/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CEB-2026-118