Job Description:\n\nLead Carpenter — Residential Remodeling\nHicks Home Renovations | Avilla, IN — serving Fort Wayne & Northeast IndianaContract / Independent Contractor | $30–$35 per hour, paid weekly | Two-week trial at $28/hour\n\nAbout Us\nHicks Home Renovations is a licensed residential general contractor based in Avilla, serving Fort Wayne and the surrounding Northeast Indiana communities. We handle interior and exterior renovations along with design work, and we're known for our reputation and the quality of our work.\nWe're looking for a seasoned lead carpenter who can do the work at a high level and bring younger hands along with them. If you're the guy others on site learn from, keep reading.\n\nWhy Work With Us\n\nCraftsmanship over speed. It's why we turn down work we can't do right, and why our punch lists are short.\nWe back you on scope. A homeowner asking for a freebie is ours to handle, not yours to absorb.\nWeekly pay, zero paperwork. No invoices, no timesheets, no waiting a month to get paid.\nWe pay for your certifications and you keep them. Lead-Safe RRP, OSHA, ICC F13, county licensing.\nYour rate moves on skill, not tenure. Show up already doing the work and you can skip steps on our scale.\nYou keep your independence. Your truck, your tools, no logo, no uniform.\nA close-knit team with a direct line to the owner. You call, you get a decision.\nRoom ahead of you. We opened in 2024 and we're building.\n\nOne Rule Above All Others: Don't Lie\nEverything else on this page we can talk through. This is the one that ends a working relationship on the spot. We can work with a mistake. We can work with a delay. We can work with "I don't know how to do that." What we can't work with is being told something that isn't true.\n\nMade a mistake? Tell us the same day. Mistakes get fixed. Hidden ones get expensive and surface with the homeowner standing right there.\nDon't cover work you know isn't right. Don't hang drywall over framing that's off. Don't side over rot you didn't report.\nDon't tell us what we want to hear about the schedule. If Thursday isn't happening, we can move a sub and call the homeowner — but only if we hear it Monday.\nDon't tell a homeowner something you don't know to be true.\nDon't guess when you're stuck. A question costs ten minutes. A wrong guess costs a weekend.\nYour hours are your word.\n\nThis runs both directions: you will not get chewed out for bringing us bad news. We'd rather have the hard conversation early, every time.\n\nFinish Work Is Non-Negotiable\nThe requirement we won't bend on. You have to do finish carpentry at a high level — the work homeowners put their hands on every day.\n\nMiters that stay tight, including on walls that aren't square\nCasing, base, crown, and returns done clean\nDoor hanging — pre-hung and slab\nStair treads, risers, and skirt boards\nCabinet setting, scribing, and built-ins\nFitting to old, out-of-plumb houses — most of what we touch wasn't built yesterday\n\nYou don't have to be the fastest carpenter on the crew. We'd rather you take the extra twenty minutes and have the joint close than leave us a callback. What we won't work with is someone who's both slow and leaves work we have to fix.\n\nThe Work\n\nInterior finish carpentry and trim-out\nFraming, additions, and structural repair\nDecks, railings, and exterior structures\nSiding, trim, soffit, and fascia\nDoors and windows\nPunch list and final walkthrough corrections\n\nLeading the Crew\nYou'll have laborers and less-experienced hands working with you, and we need someone who can:\n\nSet the standard on site — pace, quality, and cleanliness others follow\nTeach as you go — show the right way to cut, hang, flash, and finish instead of fixing it behind them\nDirect the labor on your scope\nBuild people up — we want hands who are better carpenters six months from now\nKeep it safe — call out unsafe work and correct it on the spot\n\nGood finish carpenters who'll train the next one are rare, and we pay for it.\n\nEyes on the Trades\nWe sub out roofing and a few other specialty trades. When it comes up, we want somebody on site who knows what good work looks like — not to run their crew, but to confirm the install matches what we sold the homeowner. Check it against spec before they leave, watch the details that get skipped, make sure condensers and landscaping get protected, shoot photos as work goes in, and flag problems the same day. You don't need to be a roofer — just know enough to tell when something's wrong and say so out loud.\n\nPay — Weekly, and It Goes Up\nNo invoicing, no paperwork chase. We provide the time app and set you up before day one — log in on site, log out when you leave, log daily. Hours get confirme