Finish Carpentry Foreman

We are a dynamic millwork and cabinetry shop based in Ventura, California, operating out of a spacious 12,000-square-foot facility. We craft custom cabinetry, molding, and furniture for upscale residential clients in Santa Barbara, Montecito, Malibu, and Beverly Hills.

At Clear Millwork, we bring our clients’ visions to life by truly understanding their needs, style, and budget. Every piece we create is tailored to reflect their individuality while delivering exceptional quality. Our team is made up of master carpenters, cabinetmakers, and artisans who take pride in crafting beautiful, functional, and enduring work.

Many of our team members have been with us for years, honing their skills and growing their careers in an environment that prioritizes collaboration, precision, and pride in craftsmanship. Whether it’s custom cabinetry, intricate molding, or one-of-a-kind furniture, we are committed to producing timeless pieces that elevate every space we touch.

About the role:

The Finish Carpentry Foreman is a hybrid field-office position that combines expert finish carpentry with operational leadership. You'll lead a team of finish carpenters, communicate with clients, architects, and internal teams, and ensure project timelines and quality expectations are consistently met. You’ll also manage scheduling, procurement, timecard oversight, and field layout/kitting—ensuring every project starts and finishes strong.

This role offers the opportunity to lead challenging, rewarding projects while mentoring team members and honing your craft in an inspiring and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Field & Installation Leadership

• Perform and supervise high-end residential finish carpentry (cabinetry, doors, windows, trim, custom millwork, built-ins)
• Solve onsite issues with precision and creativity
• Ensure all work meets or exceeds Clear’s quality standards
• Read and interpret blueprints, shop drawings, and scopes of work
• Conduct final punch and quality checks

Team Management & Communication

• Lead, mentor, and coordinate daily tasks for journeymen and apprentices
• Monitor timecards and job progress for accuracy and accountability
• Communicate project updates to internal teams (design, millwork, project management)
• Interface with high-end clients, GCs, and other trades as needed

Office & Field Coordination

• Create and manage job schedules
• Coordinate material and tool delivery and ensure teams are properly kitted for jobs
• Document changes and communicate them clearly via iPad/Procore or similar
• Attend client meetings and walk-throughs related to scopes of work or field adjustments

Tools

• Maintain and organizing tools, equipment, and materials to ensure that they are readily available for use.
• Have all tools necessary for any type of project installation

Qualifications:

• 6 years of experience in high-end finish carpentry, including leadership experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead crews and manage field operations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills—especially with clients
• Strong technology skills (iPad, email, construction apps like Procore or Buildertrend)
• Ability to troubleshoot problems and adapt quickly in dynamic jobsite environments
• Proficient in reading and interpreting architectural drawings and shop plans
• Must have own hand tools and relevant carpentry equipment

Travel Time Required

10-15% (this is an estimated amount)

Working With Us

Our positive and collaborative culture is the foundation of our work. We place enormous value on the happiness and growth of our team and their families, fostering a collaborative, flexible, open, and fun work environment. We know that our best work comes from feeling supported and valued, and we do so through mentorship, educational reimbursements, periodic check-ins, and more.

Additional Benefits:

• Insurance (Medical, Dental, Life)
• 401(k) with a company match
• Paid time off and sick pay
• Mileage, tool, cell phone reimbursement
• Referral program
• Competitive pay with yearly reviews
• Opportunity for Growth
• Tuition Reimbursement

Our Values:

Passion: Care for our clients, our work, and our company.
Brilliance: Be bright, be positive, be exceptional.
Precision: Absolutely no detail is too small or unimportant.
Persistence: Unwavering in our determination to create a great result.

Essential Physical Tasks

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, drive, talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Statement of Employer's Rights

• This job description does not list all of the duties of this position. You may be asked by management to perform other duties. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the tasks listed in this job description.
• Clear Construction has the right to revise this job description at any time. This job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the Company may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.

Clear is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a work environment where people from all backgrounds and identities thrive. We firmly believe that more diversity and inclusion in our workforce creates a stronger team, product, and culture.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. We reserve the right to conduct background checks on all of our potential employees.