Lead Formwork Carpenter

You set out and build wall and slab formwork in a panel system, most often Doka, and you lead five carpenters while you work with them. Your day starts with the drawing and the pour plan: you mark the axes with a level and a tape, decide the panel layout, set the props and ties to the stated spacing, then check verticality and the diagonals before the reinforcement goes in. You sign the crew's timesheet, order the next set of panels, and walk the formwork with the site engineer before every pour. Work is 07:00-15:30 with paid Saturdays in the pour season.

Finished trade school as a carpenter or a construction technician

At least five years on formwork, of which one leading a crew

Panel systems, Doka or Peri, wall, slab and column formwork

Reading a reinforcement drawing and a pour plan

Setting out with a level, a tape and a laser

Able to sign off a timesheet and speak for the crew at the site meeting

English at B1, since the site engineer works with foreign suppliers

Net salary from 1222 up to 1345 EUR per month

Permanent contract after a six month trial period

Lead supplement paid on top for every month the crew is yours

Meal allowance and a site per diem on jobs outside Osijek

Company van and fuel card, kept at home between sites

Christmas and holiday payment, and a bonus per completed frame

Full protective kit and the crew's tools supplied and insured

A lead carpenter who takes the site management exam moves to site supervisor, and the firm pays the course and the exam fee. Two of the current supervisors started on this crew.

Open sites with a tower crane, a covered area for the panel store and a heated site container for breaks. Harness, helmet, glasses, gloves and safety boots are mandatory and supplied by the employer.