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About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services 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. Our team of 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost efficiency.

Scaffold Builder 

This person will construct, assemble, maintain,and dismantle tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures.This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.A minimum of 3 years of experience is required within the Scaffolding craft. Other duties may be assigned. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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. 

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.

Qualifications Required for this Position: 

Education-  no minimum education requirements.

Experience - 3 years’ minimum experience

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

License/Certification - Valid ID required

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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.

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 become the property of the Company. 

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