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 singlesource solutions to our customers in the oil gas chemical food agriculture power and manufacturing industries. Our team of 4000 employeeowners equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures helps owners optimize safety productivity profit margins and costefficiency.
Mechanical Helper
We are currently seeking a Mechanical Helper to be based in Neenah WI. This person will assist pipefitters and pipe fabricators to lay out assemble install and maintain pipe systems pipe supports and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for steam hot water heating cooling lubricating sprinkling and industrial production and processing systems. Other duties may be assigned.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Cut thread and hammer pipe to specifications using tools such as saws cutting torches and pipe threaders and benders.
- Cuts or drills holes in walls to permit passage of pipes using pneumatic drill.
- Selects specific type and size of pipe.
- Mounts pipe hangers and brackets to hold pipe.
- Assists Pipefitter to install valves couplings and other fittings.
- May disassemble and remove damage or worn pipe.
- Convoys tools equipment and parts to the work area.
- Cleans work areas and places salvageable Material in bins.
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
- Bolts or unbolts assemblies using hand tools.
- May install packings catalysts and desiccants in vessels.
- Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts such as safety valves or regulators using torches jacks caulking hammers power saws threading dies welding equipment or metalworking machinery.
- Layout plate sheet steel or other heavy metal.
- Install utility holes handholes taps tubes valves gauges or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers using hand tools.
- Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts using hammers jacks or torches.
- Shape seams joints or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts using cutting torches hammers files or metalworking machines.
- Position align and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames tanks or vats of pressure vessels following blueprints.
- Shape or fabricate parts such as stacks uptakes or chutes to adapt pressure vessels heat exchangers or piping to premises using heavymetalworking machines such as brakes rolls or drill presses.
- Clean pressure vessel equipment using sers wire brushes and cleaning solvents.
- Install refractory bricks or other heatresistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
- Assemble large vessels in an onsite fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
- Austin is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.
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 accommodations 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 twentyfive pounds and may frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Qualifications Required for this Position:
Education no minimum education requirements.
Certification/Licenses: State Drivers License and TWIC card
Experience 6 months experience in an Industrial setting preferred.
Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
No ThirdParty 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 employeeowners by staffing agencies search firms or thirdparty recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so e. payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).
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