Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.
Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
Requirements
welding
power hammers
leakproof
english
spanish
work authorization
Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.
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.
Benefits
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.
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).
Training + Development
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Interview process
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Visa Sponsorship
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Company
Overview
1918 Founded
Year Established
The company was established in 1918 by Texas bridge-building pioneers George and Frank Austin.
Top 50 Contractor
U.S. Contractor Ranking
The company is ranked among the top 50 U.S. contractors, generating multi-billion-dollar annual revenues.
100% Employee-Owned
Employee Ownership
The company practices full employee ownership, fostering a unique company culture and stake in success.
Grew from a family-run bridge builder into three specialized divisions—bridge & road, commercial, and industrial construction.