What are the responsibilities and job description for the Combination Pipe Welder- Austin Industrial (McIntosh, AL) position at Austin External?
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 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.
Combination Pipe Welder
Performs inspection, installation, repair, adjustment, and maintenance of piping systems and welding-related equipment. Works scheduled maintenance and emergency repair assignments as directed. Other duties as assigned.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoots and repairs mechanical and piping systems; determines repair methods and material needs.
- Performs electric and oxy‑acetylene welding on carbon steel and alloys to X‑ray standards.
- Installs, repairs, and maintains piping, valves, fittings, and related equipment.
- Responds to service calls, reads prints, completes maintenance reports, and uses CMMS.
- Operates welding/cutting equipment, power and hand tools, and lifting equipment.
- Follows all safety and environmental requirements, reports incidents and near misses.
- Works in hazardous industrial environments; lifts to 50 lbs. and wears required PPE.
- Other duties as assigned.
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 accommodation 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.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of pipe welding experience.
- 3 years' experience welding pipe and structural systems and components.
- Journeyman Welder designation a plus.
Requirements:
- Must be available for overtime and call-ins.
- Must be able to weld the following alloys- carbon, stainless, nickel, and some hast alloy.
Benefits & Compensation
We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned.
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 becomes the property of the Company.
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