Process Operator Trainee Jobs in Port Neches, 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. 

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial. 

PROCESS OPERATING TRAINEE – Austin Industrial

Job Duties

1. Maintain the necessary skills to operate all equipment per operating and safety
2. Maintain accurate records and logs as required in the process
3. Manually operate valves to support safe and efficient plant
4. Unplug process lines as
5. Perform safe-out of equipment when
6. Troubleshoot operational
7. Initiate and enter maintenance notifications into SAP as
8. Utilize process area equipment to ensure safe and efficient
9. Communicate with supervision and complete tasks as
10. Demonstrate knowledge and ability to perform all necessary make-ups for process
11. Maintain accurate records for all make-
12. Perform all required safety equipment
13. Conduct routine visual checks on all equipment, monitoring operations and
14. Execute proper lock-ins and
15. Perform basic maintenance tasks such as:
    • Breaking flanges for safe-out
    • Connecting hoses
    • Changing small valves, filters, and cleaning equipment
    • Assisting maintenance
16. Maintain a high standard of housekeeping to ensure a safe working
17. Perform additional duties as required, including those covered by other BR production

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.

Problem-Solving & Response

1. Assists the team in addressing issues related to process equipment, product quality, safety, and environmental concerns.
2. Takes immediate action to prevent or minimize damage caused by such
3. Bases decisions and actions on experience, plant policy, and supervisory

Compliance with Responsible Care® Initiatives (RC-HESS)

The Process Operating Trainee is accountable for carrying out job functions in accordance with site and corporate Responsible Care® - Health, Environment, Safety, and Security (RC-HESS) initiatives. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Knowledge and use of site/work area HESQ procedures and work practices at all times
• Maintaining a clean and uncluttered work
• immediately reporting all incidents, injuries, illnesses, exposures (e.g., chemical), and near
• immediately correcting and/or reporting of all hazardous acts and

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.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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No Third-Party Inquiries Please

• This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Accessibility Note

• If you are a job seeker with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Teamat (877) 831-1217.