Scaffold Builder Carpenter - Austin Industrial (Baytown, TX)

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

This person will construct, assemble, maintain, and dismantle tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures. Specific duties include:

• Determines type of scaffold needed
• Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards
• Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding
• Transports tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold to the dimensions required
• 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
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding
• Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling
• Work at heights with no fear

Qualifications

Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years of experience in the Scaffolding craft. A minimum of 3 years of experience is preferred.

• Education – no minimum education requirements
• Certification/License - A Valid Driver’s License - NCCER is preferred but not required

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.