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Current Openings
Entry-Level Carpenter
Fennville, MI
Full time. Competitive Compensation & Benefits.
Skip the student loans and kickstart your career by learning a skilled trade with a great, capable, quality-focused team! At Cottage Home, we design, build, and care for beautiful, luxury, lakeshore homes in West Michigan. We are looking for a hardworking individual with a high school diploma who wants to learn the trade of carpentry. Our experienced carpenters will train and mentor this talented individual – no prior experience is required! This hands-on opportunity with on-site experience will allow you to establish yourself with a team prepared to guide you through the learning process.
Role & Responsibilities
- Work under the direction of lead carpenters to learn and perform skilled carpentry work
- Learn detailed workmanship on custom cabinets, finished carpentry and other customer-inspired ideas
- Develop skills to design, build, and install custom cabinets, install crown molding, beams, doors and windows
Job Requirements & Skill Sets
- High school diploma
- No carpentry experience required
- A desire to pursue a career in the construction industry, particularly in carpentry
- Physical strength and endurance to carry out physical carpentry tasks
- Math and problem-solving skills necessary to modify products that require adjusting
Key Competencies
- Attention to detail
- Dexterity
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Dependability
- Task-focused
- Well-organized
- Sweating but smiling—the day goes fast!
How to Apply
If you’re interested, please complete the form below, upload your resume and a letter of interest.
Interior Designer
Holland, MI
Full time. Competitive Compensation & Benefits.
At Cottage Home, we design and build well-appointed homes and cottages on the West Michigan Lakeshore. It is our mission to provide every client with an exceptional experience throughout the design/build process and beyond. We are looking for an individual with an eye for trends and style to play a pivotal role in bringing clients’ vision to life while maintaining our signature Cottage Home look. We are searching for empathetic and attentive individuals who recognize the client doesn’t go through this process often—this is a significant life experience and should be a rewarding one.
Role & Responsibilities
- Meet with clients, providing selection options to fulfill the construction specifications
- Research and understand products and finishes used in homes
- Help communicate construction specification changes through change orders
- Ensure selections room is kept current with appropriate samples and in good condition
- Select, purchase and decorate all model homes, per the guidelines of the construction budget
- Assist the marketing team by answering any design or product questions on Houzz
- Help develop cabinet plans
- Ensure finished product is consistent with the look and feel of past Cottage Home products while representing the client’s individual style and vision
Job Requirements & Skill Sets
- One year of prior experience
- Ability to capture a client’s vision and develop a trusting relationship with the client
- Present curated selections options
- Guide clients through the selection process
- Assess selections in terms of functionality, aesthetics, and feasibility
- Reassure clients of their selections during the build
- Communicate selections clearly to the Cottage Home team
- Assist and ensure that the documentation is up-to-date and accurate
- Assist clients with furniture layout and selection
Key Competencies
- Clear communicator
- Empathetic
- Eye for style
- On top of trends
- Sense of fun
- Appreciation for client and team
- Positive outlook
- Dependable
- Team player
How to Apply
If you’re interested, please complete the form below, upload your resume and cover letter.
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Full-Time Benefits
Health Insurance
401k With Match
Paid Time Off
Long & Short Term Disability Coverage
Cell Phone Reimbursement
Our Values
Cottage Home aspires to be a stable and trusted leader in home design, construction, sales, and service along the lakeshore from St. Joseph to Holland. We live out our values with the understanding that these lake houses and cottages are safe havens and places of well-being and thriving, which clients cherish.
Creativity
The restless drive to constantly improve , which culminates in a better solution, better design, and better houses.
Expertise
The wisdom gained through experience, study, and research, then shared with others.
Passion
A commitment to never settle for the status quo. To believe in something bigger than ourselves.
Teamwork
Actively managed culture with a clear set of values and beliefs, where we can care and rely on others.
Integrity
Exists and prospers as a result of consistent, predictable, and ethical decisions and practices.