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About Austin Industria

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.

Job Summary:

A Combination Pipe Welder in a refinery setting is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of piping systems, including those in excavations and underground, as well as welding structural steel. This role involves welding, cutting, and assembling pipes and structural components to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the refinery.

Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled Pipe Combination Welder to join our refinery maintenance and construction team. The successful candidate will perform high-quality welding, fabrication, repair, and installation of piping systems in an operating refinery environment. This position requires the ability to weld carbon steel, stainless steel, and alloy piping while maintaining the highest standards of safety, workmanship, and productivity.

Essential Responsibilities

• Perform SMAW, GTAW (TIG), FCAW, and/or GMAW welding processes as required.
• Weld pipe in various positions, including 6G, in accordance with approved welding procedures.
• Read and interpret isometric drawings, P&IDs, blueprints, and weld procedures.
• Fabricate, fit, and weld piping systems for maintenance, repair, turnaround, and capital projects.
• Complete welds that meet refinery, client, ASME, and applicable code requirements.
• Perform grinding, beveling, fit-up verification, and weld preparation activities.
• Inspect completed work to ensure quality standards and specifications are met.
• Work closely with pipefitters, supervisors, inspectors, and operations personnel.
• Maintain tools, equipment, and work areas in a safe and organized manner.
• Participate in safety meetings, job hazard analyses, permit reviews, and refinery-specific training.

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 3 years of industrial pipe welding experience.
• Ability to pass a refinery pipe combination welder qualification test.
• Experience welding carbon steel and stainless steel piping systems.
• Ability to read blueprints, isometrics, and welding symbols.
• Knowledge of refinery safety requirements and safe work practices.
• Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and perform physically demanding work.

Preferred

• Previous refinery, petrochemical, chemical plant, or industrial maintenance experience.
• Current NCCER certification.
• TWIC Card.
• OSHA 10 or OSHA 30 certification.
• Experience with turnaround and outage work.

Safety Requirements

• Strict adherence to all refinery safety rules and procedures.
• Must wear required PPE, including FR clothing, hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, and steel-toed boots.
• Participate in site-specific safety orientation and ongoing training.
• Maintain a zero-incident mindset and stop work authority when unsafe conditions exist. [V-ITAPIA2...1110073107 | PDF], [Foreman ex...ions 11126 | Word]

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong welding and fabrication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to meet production schedules while maintaining quality standards.

What We Offer

• Competitive wages
• Overtime opportunities
• Benefits package
• Career advancement opportunities
• Safe and professional work environment

Qualified applicants must successfully pass a pre-employment welding test, drug screening, background check, and any site-specific refinery requirements prior to employment.

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.

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.

Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

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 (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company. 

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