A framing and carpentry inventory specialist keeps the nails, hangers, hold-downs, adhesives and blades that crews pull every day counted and on the shelf. They build each house's hardware kit from its plans, log what goes out and comes back, and reorder before a crew runs short.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, structure and exterior contractors · BLS, May 2025
Serve as the central point for inventory management with a focus on framing and carpentry materials. Ensure the timely logging, reordering, and accurate tracking of stock levels to support project efficiency and client satisfaction. Collaborate with team members to maintain optimal stock levels, minimizing downtime and facilitating smooth operations on job sites.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Maintain detailed records of framing and carpentry materials entering and leaving inventory.
Regularly review stock levels and reorder supplies to prevent shortages and overstock.
Coordinate with carpentry teams to understand usage patterns and material requirements.
Monitor supplier performance and negotiate pricing or terms when necessary.
Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards for all materials stored and used on-site.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Log daily material transactions and verify entries against purchase orders and usage reports.
Conduct regular physical inventories and reconcile any discrepancies with system records.
Liaise with suppliers for order statuses, prompt delivery updates, and issue resolution.
Prepare and present inventory reports to management and project leads.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Inventory Accuracy: Achieve a minimum accuracy rate of 98%.
Reorder Efficiency: Ensure reorders are processed within 24 hours of identifying low stock.
Stock Availability: Maintain over 95% availability of critical framing and carpentry materials.
Cost Management: Reduce inventory holding costs by at least 10% through process optimizations.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
High school diploma or equivalent; Associate’s degree in Business or Supply Chain Management preferred.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in inventory management, preferably within the home services or construction industry.
Proficient in inventory tracking software and Microsoft Office Suite.
Strong organizational skills with acute attention to detail.
Effective communication and problem-solving skills.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience working with inventory systems in the framing, carpentry, or related construction sector.
Familiarity with vendor relations and supply chain logistics within home renovation or construction industries.
Prior experience in a role with a fast-paced, project-oriented environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a dynamic setting.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
Frequent walking, bending, and reaching in warehouse or job site environments.
Occasional exposure to outdoor weather conditions during site visits.
Adequate visual acuity for reading labels, inventory lists, and using digital devices.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Typical work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Occasional extended hours or weekend work depending on project demands.
Minimal travel required between warehouse and job sites.
On-call duties may be required for urgent inventory or supply issues.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Hourly wage range: $18 - $25 per hour, based on experience and qualifications.
Performance-based bonus opportunities available quarterly.
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) plan with company match.
Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
10. Company Culture and Overview
We foster a collaborative environment where every team member’s contribution is valued.
Our culture emphasizes continuous learning, professional development, and teamwork.
We celebrate innovation and encourage employees to bring forward ideas that enhance service delivery.
Our commitment to quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction defines our approach to every project.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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What a framing stockroom asks of an inventory specialist
Most inventory work is counting and reordering. In framing, much of the stock is structural hardware named on the engineer's sheets, and the fasteners have to fit the exact guns your crews carry.
Hardware comes off the structural sheets
Hold-downs, straps, hangers and anchors are chosen by the engineer and listed by model on the plans. A look-alike part can fail inspection. In Fairbanks, Alaska, for one, a local amendment requires a truss hurricane tie such as a Simpson H1, and twist straps don't count. Stock the models your builders' plans call for, keep them in bins labeled by model number, and send any substitution to the project manager before it leaves the shelf. Source: City of Fairbanks, Alaska: building FAQ on framing inspections (example).
Nails are bought for the gun
Framing nailers take nails collated at a set angle, in plastic strips, paper tape or wire coils, and the wrong kind won't feed. Keep a list of every gun model the crews run and what each one takes, and stock by that list rather than by nail length alone. Treated lumber needs nails that resist corrosion, such as hot-dipped galvanized or stainless, under the American Wood Council's deck guide, so give those their own bins. Source: American Wood Council: DCA 6, prescriptive residential wood deck construction guide.
Each house leaves with a counted kit
Build a hardware kit for each house from its plan: the hold-downs, hangers, straps and anchors it needs, tagged with the lot number. Count it before it goes on the truck and log whatever comes back. Kits make a shortage show up at the shelf instead of on the lot the morning a crew needs it.
Blades, bits and gun parts run out quietly
Crews go through saw blades, drill bits, driver blades and nailer O-ring kits faster than anyone writes down. Log them by crew so you can see who uses the most, and keep a floor on the shelf for each. OSHA's nail gun guide says to take a broken or malfunctioning gun out of service right away, so tag a misfiring gun and send it to the warehouse manager for repair instead of handing out another. Source: OSHA and NIOSH: Nail gun safety, a guide for construction contractors.
How much framing & carpentry inventory specialists make
The closest BLS group for framing & carpentry inventory specialists is shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $23.76 an hour ($49,410 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s above the $45,260 median for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in all industries. About 950 of the 816,870 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in that survey work for structure and exterior contractors.
Hourly, with overtime, plus the quarterly bonus the template mentions. That range lands between the low and high BLS pay figures shown for inventory clerks at structure contractors.
Structure and exterior contractors
$49,410$49,410 median Middle half $42,300–$57,600 10th–90th $35,430–$71,170
All industries
$45,260$45,260 median Middle half $38,200–$51,570 10th–90th $34,650–$62,190
$20k$30k$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Structure and exterior contractors
$35,430
$42,300
$49,410
$57,600
$71,170
All industries
$34,650
$38,200
$45,260
$51,570
$62,190
BLS doesn’t publish pay for framing contractors on their own. These figures cover foundation, structure and building exterior contractors, which include them. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Matches hardware model numbers to a plan's schedule exactly
Counts carefully and chases down a mismatch the same day
Knows framing fasteners, connectors and anchors by name
Keeps the inventory system current while crews wait at the counter
Gets clear delivery dates out of suppliers
Teach these on the job
Your gun list and the nails each one takes
Your kit lists for each builder's plans
Your purchase order and receiving steps
Pallet jack use in your shop
Which suppliers carry which hardware lines
Stock may live in a spreadsheet, an inventory module in your accounting software or a standalone app with barcode scanning. Name yours in the ad, along with the hardware lines you carry, so applicants who know them can say so.
Two of the 6 questions we'd ask, and what a strong answer sounds like. Ask every candidate the same questions, and rate each answer on your own before you compare notes.
Situational · Wrong fasteners
You learn a crew used the wrong nails in joist hangers because the right ones ran out. What do you do?
A strong answer: Gets the right nails out fast, tells the supervisor so the hangers can be fixed before inspection, and raises the reorder point.
Behavioral · Supplier negotiation
Tell me about a time you negotiated better pricing, terms or returns with a lumber yard or hardware supplier.
A strong answer: Explains what they asked for, such as a return allowance for unused lumber or price holds on hardware, the usage data they brought, and the result.
Use the template's numbers to start. Once a season of counts and kit returns is logged, set targets from that record and review them with the warehouse manager.
Inventory Accuracy
Count a set of bins each week, rotating through the shop, and compare shelf counts with the system. Report how many bins matched and which items keep drifting, such as loose hangers.
Reorder Efficiency
Log when an item first drops to its reorder point and when the purchase order goes out. Look into the slow ones to see whether the delay was approval, the supplier or a missed count.
Stock Availability
List the items crews can't frame without, such as each gun's nails and the common hold-downs and hangers, and check daily that each is on the shelf. Record every time a crew leaves short.
Cost Management
Add up what keeping stock costs: slow-moving hardware, rusted or damaged items written off, and shelf space. Compare it each quarter against what the crews actually used.
Career path
Counter or yard worker at a lumber yardLearns lumber, hardware and how builders order.
Inventory specialistCounts, kits and reorders the shop's framing stock.
Warehouse managerRuns the shop, the yard staff and material runs to lots.
Project managerChecks takeoffs and orders packages for builder jobs.
Who orders lumber for each house if the inventory specialist runs the shop?
Lumber, trusses and engineered beams for a house are usually ordered against its plans and shipped from the yard straight to the lot, so the project manager owns that order. The inventory specialist runs the shop stock: fasteners, hardware, adhesives and tool parts. The two jobs meet when a crew runs short and needs a quick run from the shop.
How much does a framing & carpentry inventory specialist make?
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks who work for foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors earned a median of $23.76 an hour ($49,410 a year) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $42,300 and $57,600 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and overtime.
What does the inventory template's lifting, bending and label-reading language mean in a framing shop?
Carrying cases of coil nails and boxes of hold-downs up to the weight you list, bending to low bins and reaching high shelves, loading kits onto trucks outside in rain or cold, and reading small model numbers stamped on hangers and printed on boxes. Spell those out in the ad, and name the person at your shop who takes accommodation requests.
Why would a framing inventory specialist get a call before 7 a.m.?
A lead finds the kit is two hold-downs short, or a gun won't feed the nails on the truck, and the frame walk is that morning. Agree on what counts as urgent: anything that would stop a crew or fail a walk that day. Everything else waits for shop hours. Keep a log of these calls so you can fix the kit list or gun list behind them.
Which inventory reports does a framing company's management want?
Hardware used per house plan against the kit list, items that ran short and why, slow movers with their value, and supplier orders that came late or wrong. The per-plan view matters most: if one crew keeps using more straps than the plan needs, the project manager can find out whether the plan changed or the crew is wasting them.
