Scaffold Builder - Austin Industrial - Orange, TX

Scaffold Builder Journeyman - Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial is a merit shop, employee‑owned company that has been a provider of construction, maintenance, plant services, turnaround, and specialty services to the oil, gas and chemical, energy (power and ethanol), and manufacturing industries for more than 60 years.

This person will construct, assemble, maintain, and dismantle tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures. Minimum of 3 years of experience is required within the scaffolding craft. Other duties may be assigned.

• Determines type of scaffold needed.
• Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards.
• Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding.
• Transports tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold to the dimensions required.
• Hoists scaffolding materials upward in order to erect temporary structure.
• Properly secures and levels locking sections of scaffolding material.
• Properly secures scaffold to the permanent structure for added stability.
• Adheres to all OSHA, site specific and Austin Industrial requirements for the erecting and navigation of the scaffolding.
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.
• Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

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.

High School diploma with a certification as a lubrication technician.

3 years’ minimum experience, ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

May directly supervise 1 to 5 scaffold builder helpers in the Operations Department, carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Austin Industrial’s policies, procedures and applicable laws.

Ability to read, write, and speak fluent English; present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

The work environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; vibration; wet and/or humid conditions; and loud noise levels.

TWIC Card and Valid State .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. See the "Know Your Rights" poster available in English and Spanish.