Instrument Fitter - Austin Industrial (Orange, TX)

About the role

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. We offer single-source solutions in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Responsibilities

• Reads and works from related blueprints and other schematic drawings.
• Installs and/or removes various instrumentation devices.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge of pneumatics, electronics, and electricity.
• Cuts, bends, and installs pipe tubing or conduit for air or process lines using hacksaws and pipe cutters.
• Installs instruments, instrument stands, and control wiring to valves; strokes valves to verify operation.
• Installs and calibrates recorders, alarms, switches, and other devices.
• Steam traces lines when necessary.
• Installs flanges and orifice plates.
• Repairs steam traps.
• Performs other duties necessary to remove, install, or troubleshoot instrumentation devices.
• Maintains current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4 years of Journeyman level experience.
• NCCER certification and a valid Driver’s License.
• Legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States (Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa).

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• 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 include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.