Loader – ChemicalBulk Handler – Austin Industrial (Houston, TX. area)
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
07-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 4000 employee-owners equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures helps owners optimize safety productivity profit margins and cost-efficiency.
Loader Chemical/Bulk Handler
This person will load chemicals into or from tanks trailers rail cars or other various containers. Other duties may be assigned.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- At all times follows proper procedures for the loading or onloading of chemicals.
- Uses requisite Personal Protective Equipment at all appropriate times.
- Pumps liquid chemicals liquid petroleum products and other liquids into or from tank cars trucks or barges.
- Verifies tank car numbers with loading instructions for making sure accurate placement of cars by crew.
- Connects ground cable to carry off static electricity.
- Removesand/or replacesdome caps using wrenches or other appropriate tool(s).
- Inspects interior for cleanlinessand exterior for leaks and/or damage.
- Swings loading spout over dome turns valve to admit liquids to tank.
- Lowers gauge rod into tank or reads meter to verify specified volume of liquids loaded.
- Lowers sample bottle into tank for laboratory testing.
- Seals outlet valves on car.
- When unloading cars connects hose to outlet plugs on cars attaches special dome using wrenches.
- Starts pumps or turns valves to admit compressed air into tank carforce liquids into storage tanks.
- May test sample for specific gravity using hydrometer and record reading on loading slip.
- May clean interior of tank cars or tank trucks using mechanical spray nozzle.
- May inspect rupture disc vacuum relief valve rubber gaskets on valve cover plates and replace defective parts using wrenches.
- May pump nitrogen or compressed air into car to test for leaks.
- 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 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 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. Must be able to Pass D.O.T. physical and NASAP D.O.T. test.
Qualifications Required for this Position:
Education no minimum education requirements. PTEC degree preferred.
Certifications/Licenses: TWIC and Valid Drivers License
Experience 2years experience in an Industrial setting preferred.
Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
See the Know Your Rights poster available in English and Spanish.
See the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision poster available in English and Spanish.
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 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 becomes the property of the Company.
Accessibility Note
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Key Skills
- Load & Unload
- Ruby
- Shipping & Receiving
- Forklift
- Lift Truck Experience
- Basic Math
- Packaging
- Warehouse Experience
- Delivery Driver Experience
- Heavy Lifting
- Human Resources
- RF Scanner
About Company
In 1918, Charles R. Moore purchased the contracting part of the company when the Austin brothers wanted to focus primarily on bridge fabrication. The company became known as Austin Bridge Company and Associated Companies until 1974 when the parent company, Austin Industries, was form ... View more
