Carpenter

Work description

William Jones DBA Jones Construction is a construction contractor located in Miller, South Dakota. We specialize in the erection of post-frame (pole) buildings for agricultural, commercial, and residential customers. The work is split by weather. In the warm months, we pour concrete foundations. In South Dakota that window is during the summer months and is short. When the ground and air are too cold to pour and cure foundations, that work stops. From November through May, the company then switches its focus to erect buildings on the foundations that were poured during the prior warm season. That is carpentry and building erection: setting posts, framing, roofing, and finishing the structure on the existing slab or footing. We do not employ carpenters for erection work in the summer, nor do we perform building erection work in the summer. Rather, in the summertime, the operation is busy pouring the next set of concrete foundations while weather permits it and focuses solely on this work. Our period of need for carpenters is November through May. The period of no carpenter need is June through October, when the company is entirely focused on pouring foundations and not erecting buildings or performing carpentry work of any sort. That pattern repeats each year because of South Dakotas freeze-and-thaw cycle, not because permanent staff are on vacation. We are requesting two temporary carpenters for the building erection season. That number matches the crew numbers we have employed for building erection in prior seasons. These workers are not needed after May 31st, when erection work ends and foundation work becomes our sole focus once again, causing carpentry work to no longer be performed at our company. In proof of these statements, we have also enclosed summarized monthly payroll charts for the past two calendar years, showing all workers performing the job of a carpenter at our company during this time frame. These reports clearly show that we only employ carpenters on a seasonal basis at our operation, and not as a full-time position.