Scaffold Builder- Austin Industrial (McIntosh, AL)

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.

Austin Industrial is currently seeking an experienced Scaffold Builder to support our site in McIntosh, AL. 

This person will assist in the construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling of tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work at heights with no fear.
• Has basic hand tools to bring to site.
• Determines type of scaffold needed.
• Transports tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold as instructed by the scaffold builder.
• 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.
• Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.
• 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:

• Strong mechanical, numerical and verbal aptitude
• Basic math and problem solving and computer abilities
• Experience using Microsoft Office products preferred

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Journeymen Scaffold Builder certification preferred or at least 5 years' experience as a Scaffold Builder in an industrial setting.
• Must be able to obtain a TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) and possess a valid US Driver's license. 

Benefits & Compensation 

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.  

Accessibility Note 

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 Team at (877) 831-1217.