Combination Welder - Austin Industrial; Plaquemine, LA

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. Established for more than 60 years, the company offers single-source solutions to customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

We are hiring a Welding Technician to join metal parts such as pipes or metal plates as specified by layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures, or oral instruction through the application of heat or electric arc‑welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

• Use spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
• Unite pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turn valves to release mixture.
• Reach expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
• Preheat work pieces for welding or curving, using torch.
• Fill holes or correct mistakes in lead pieces and make bulges, thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Check the weakness of work pieces and measure work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
• Climb up ladders or work on scaffolds to take apart textures.
• Signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
• Use thermal‑cutting equipment such as flame‑cutting torch or plasma‑arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
• Use hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
• Choose place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
• Instruct and bring flame or electrodes on or across workpiece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
• Join pieces together, cover up taut points, and add metal to develop parts.
• Other duties as assigned.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

4 years of Journeyman-level experience.

• Weld Test
• Valid Driver’s License
• TWIC Card
• 51-51-B GTAW
• 43-43-B GTAW
• 8-8-B-1 GTAW
• 1-1-BA-2 GTAW/SMAW
• 1-1-B GTAW

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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