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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.
Instrument Fitter
Must be able to install and remove various instrumentation, such as indicators, recorders, telemetry, controllers, transmitters, transducers and analyzers used to measure and control variables, such as pressure, flow and temperature. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Reads and works from related blueprints and other schematic drawings.
- Installs and/or removes various instrumentation devices.
- Comprehensive knowledge of pneumatics, electronics and electricity.
- Cuts, bends, and installs pipe tubing or conduit for the installation of air or process lines for instrument controls using hacksaws and pipe cutters for the proper installation of the instrumentation device.
- Installs instruments, instrument stands and control wiring to valves and strokes valves to verify operation.
- Installation and calibration of recorders, alarms, switches and other devices.
- May steam trace lines when necessary.
- May install flanges and orifice plates.
- May repair steam traps.
- May perform other duties necessary in order to remove, install or troubleshoot instrumentation devices.
- Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
- 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.
Qualifications Required for this Position:
Education – no minimum education requirements.
Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.
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).
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