Job Description

Position: Carpenter – House Renovations & Paint-Prep

Employer: Nice and Smooth

Location: Noosaville (Sunshine Coast)

Tenure: Full-time, permanent

Salary: $75,000–$85,000 + super (DOE)

About Nice and Smooth

Nice and Smooth is a Noosaville-based residential painting and renovations crew known for premium finishes, tidy worksites, and friendly service across the Sunshine Coast.

We predominantly deliver interior/exterior repaints and restoration projects.

To keep schedules tight and finishes flawless, we’re adding a hands-on carpenter to own the renovation and substrate-prep scope ahead of painting.

Responsibilities

You’ll deliver light–medium renovations, repairs, and high-standard finish carpentry to bring substrates to a paint-ready condition, coordinating with painters and the site supervisor to rectify defects, meet program milestones, and keep worksites safe and tidy.

Workmanship must be straight, flush, square, and smooth to maximise coating longevity and client satisfaction.

Duties

- Assess and rectify substrates before paint: repair/replace rotten timbers, weatherboards, eaves, fascia, trims

- Minor framing and alterations; install/repair doors and windows; fit hardware and locksets

- Internal linings: install plasterboard/sheetrock, patch/set, install cornice/square-set, sand to paint-ready finish

- High-end fix-out: skirtings, architraves, jambs, sills, VJs/panelling; adjust cabinetry for fit and finish

- Exterior works: repair decks/steps/pergolas; cladding and flashing touch-ups; gap,



caulk and seal to spec

- Read plans, measure accurately, plan materials, maintain safe/clean sites, and close out defects promptly

Qualifications

- Certificate III in Carpentry (or equivalent) or substantial, directly relevant residential renovations experience in lieu of formal qualification

- Construction White Card

- Current driver’s licence

- (Desirable) Basic working-at-heights/EWP tickets

Skills

- Precision finish carpentry and paint-prep standards (straight, flush, square, smooth)

- Competent set-out, minor structural rectification, and renovation problem-solving

- Plan reading and accurate measurement

- Efficient defect identification and close-out, with strong attention to detail

- Professional communication and coordination with painters, supervisors, and clients

- Secure work practices and site housekeeping

Experience

- Residential renovations/maintenance carpentry experience, ideally 1+ years across alterations, repairs, and finish carpentry

- Demonstrated preparation of interiors/exteriors to paint-ready standard, including timber repairs, linings/setting, and high-end fix-out

- Experience delivering within repaint/renovation programs to schedule with minimal rework

Other

- Applicants must have unlimited right to work in Australia;

- only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

- This position is advertised by At Ease Solutions on behalf of the employer

Required Skill Profession

Construction Trades Workers

📌 Carpenter – House Renovations & Paint Prep (Noosaville)
🏢 At Ease Solutions
📍 Noosaville