Job Description
Leading Hand Carpenter – Full Time – Sunshine Coast
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Who we are
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Foundation Homes QLD is a small, family-run builder on the Sunshine Coast. We build high-end custom homes for clients who expect the job done properly and we've built our reputation on exactly that. We're not a big company and we don't want to be. We're a tight team of good, honest people who turn up, work hard, take pride in what they build and look out for each other.
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We'll be upfront about what we're like to work for. We don't ask for a lot: be reliable, do quality work and treat the people around you with respect. In return you'll get a positive crew, a boss who backs you, interesting homes to build and a workplace where nobody's yelling and nobody's cutting corners. What we won't tolerate is rudeness, arrogance or attitude. We've worked hard to build a good culture and we protect it - if that's not your thing, this isn't your job.
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The role
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We're looking for a qualified carpenter to step into a Leading Hand role, full time, with an immediate start. This is a hands-on role. You'll be on the tools every day building our homes alongside our carpenters and apprentices, and you'll be the one they look to on site for direction, standards and how things get done properly.
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Most of our work is on the Sunshine Coast, but we also have a project around three hours north, so some travel and time away from home is part of the job. When you're travelling for us, accommodation and meals are covered.
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We're not a timber-only crew. We do the lot on our sites - earthworks, formwork and concrete, pool construction, scaffolding, right through to fix-out. No two days are the same,



and if you want to broaden your skills beyond carpentry and learn what it takes to run a whole build, there's plenty of opportunity here.
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Day to day you'll be:
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On the tools building architecturally designed homes from plans, working with our Construction Supervisor and Builder
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Running the carpentry crew on site - allocating work, keeping things moving and making sure what leaves our hands is right
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Mentoring and training our apprentices (we take this seriously - they're the future of the business)
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Keeping the site safe, tidy and organised, including running toolbox talks
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Checking work against plans, specs and code before it's covered up
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Coordinating with other trades and flagging problems early rather than building over them
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Keeping on top of materials and letting the Supervisor know what's needed
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Setting the example - in your workmanship, your safety and how you treat people
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Who we're looking for
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Qualified carpenter (Cert III) with at least 5 years' post-trade experience in residential construction - ideally high-end or architectural work
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Solid across the lot: from bare ground and footings through framing, roofing, flooring, decks, fix-out and finishing.



You'll be working on homes where the detail matters and carrying out tasks for all parts of the build, not just carpentry
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Confident reading architectural plans and specifications
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Experience leading or supervising a small crew, or you're a senior carpenter who's ready to step up and has the temperament for it
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Good with people - calm, explicit and able to bring apprentices along rather than bark at them
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Your own tools and equipment. With the number of projects we're running, we don't supply tools - we expect a Leading Hand to turn up with a full, well-maintained kit
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QLD White Card, current driver's licence and your own reliable transport. There is no vehicle with this role, so please only apply if that works for you
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Able and willing to occasionally travel for work when a project needs it (see above - we look after you when you're away)
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First Aid certificate is a bonus
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A genuine safety mindset - not just the paperwork
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Must already live on the Sunshine Coast. No sponsorship options available.
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What we offer
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Full-time, permanent position with regular hours - 6.30am to 4pm or as required to get the job done
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Good wages for the right person, paid weekly, on time, every time
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Variety - we self-perform earthworks, formwork, pools and scaffold, not just carpentry, so you'll learn the whole build
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Accommodation and meals covered whenever you're travelling to our northern project
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A small, stable team with a positive culture and no drama
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Room to grow with the business as we do
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The chance to genuinely shape the next generation of carpenters coming through

📌 Leading Hand Carpenter (Queensland)
🏢 Foundation Homes QLD
📍 Queensland