Welder Journeyman - Austin Industrial (Bay City, TX)

Austin Bridge & Road•Bay City, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

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. This person must be able to join metal parts, such as pipe or metal plates as specified by layout, blueprints, work orders, welding procedures or oral instructions through the application of heat or electric arc-welding equipment. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

4 years of Journeyman-level experience.
A Weld Test
A Valid Driver’s License
A TWIC Card
Physically intensive role, requiring lifting up to >50 lbs, climbing ladders, and working in confined or wet spaces.
Able to stand and/or walk for 10+ hrs daily, able to climb stairs and ladders
May perform repetitive hand and wrist motions and may sometimes have to twist and bend body
Vision – May be exposed to yellow lights, blinking lights
Able to discern audible alarms
Potential to work with materials which contain hazardous chemicals
High school diploma or GED required
Mechanical or Industrial Maintenance
Experience in UPW or industrial wastewater treatment operations.
Familiarity with handling and replacing filtration membranes, resins, and biological components.
The role involves extensive use of computers for data entry, documentation, analysis, and internal communication.
Candidates must be comfortable and proficient in the full suite of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, etc.) and able to learn new office applications quickly.
Familiarity with enterprise CMMS (Computer-Aided Maintenance Management System) software and Confluence is required for daily task management, issue tracking, and collaboration.

Nice To Haves

associate degree or vocational training in water treatment, mechanical systems, or industrial maintenance preferred.
Experience in semiconductor, cleanroom or high-purity environments preferred.

Responsibilities

Uses spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment to weld or tack weld pieces together.
Unites pipes from torch to tanks of oxygen and fuel gas and turns valves to release mixture.
Reaching expected temperature, size, and color of flame by burning torch and adjusting flow of gas and air.
Preheats work pieces for the preparation of welding or curving, using torch.
Fills holes or corrects mistakes in lead pieces and makes bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
Checks the weakness of work pieces and measures work pieces with straightedge or template to ensure the piece meets specifications.
Climbs up ladders or works on scaffolds to take apart textures.
Gives signal to crane operator to lift large work pieces.
Uses thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torch or plasma-arc equipment to dismount metal assemblies or cut scrap metal.
Uses hoist, crane, wire and banding machine, or hand tools to place and protect work pieces.
In order to protect the torch chooses place of weld based on type, thickness, area, and expected temperature of metal.
Instructs and brings flame or electrodes on or across work piece to straighten, curve, dissolve, or develop metal.
Joins pieces together, covers up taut points, and adds metal to develop parts.
Other duties as assigned.
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.