Plumber - Austin Industrial; Pasadena, TX

Position: Plumber - Austin Industrial (Pasadena, TX)
About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

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Plumber

Performs installation, repair, assembly, and maintenance of plant plumbing as well as installation of compressed air, chemical, industrial waste fluids, steam systems, and accessory installations.

Specific

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Conducts corrective maintenance to resolve issues and preventive maintenance inspections

* Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures, such as sinks, commodes, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners

* Repairs and maintains plumbing, by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipe, and opening clogged drains

* Studies building plans and working drawings to determine work required and sequence of installations

* Locates and marks position of pipe and pipe connections and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors, using ruler, spirit level, and plumb bob

* Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and power tools

* Cuts and threads pipe, using pipe cutters, cutting torch, and pipe-threading machine

* Assembles and installs valves, pipe fitting, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass, and lead, and nonmetals, such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic, using hand tools and power tools

* Joins pipes by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, and caulks joints

* Fills pipe system with water or air to read pressure gauges to determine whether system is leaking

* Reading blueprints to determine size, position, and amount of material required

* Cutting, threading, and installing pipe, using hand tools and power tools

* Installing pipe in walls, ceilings, and floors

* Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, sand blast hoods, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms;

climb stairs; work at heights; balance for extended periods of time.

* Assist with other facility maintenance as required

* Other duties as assigned.

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

Physical Demands:

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.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education:

no minimum education requirements.

Certification/License: A Valid Driver's License and TWIC Card.

Experience:

2 years of experience in an industrial setting, preferred.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental,…