Instrument Fitter Foreman (Baytown, TX)

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.

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Supervise to testing inspection troubleshooting and calibration if instrumentation equipment to ensure that that it is in good working order. Assess schedule and assign predictive and preventative maintenance tasks; troubleshoot electrical Information Technology and instrumentation equipment and systems; estimate time cost labor and material needs.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage preventative maintenance routines to assigned equipment including 3^rdparty test equipment.
• Investigate and solve technical problems that involve equipment and processes that affect product quality and equipment reliability.
• Ensure code compliance with all State and Federal codes and compliance with Company policies and procedures including annual inspections of the above-referenced equipment and facilities.
• Assure that information related to maintenance operation and training activities and changes to procedures and equipment are up-to-date and accurately recorded.
• Train a well-motivated competent workforce capable of carrying out the various tasks necessary to maintain the safe reliable and economic operations of all equipment using prepared up-to-date training programs.
• One of the maintenance contacts for any unplanned Production Area shutdown equipment failure or unplanned need for instrumentation maintenance.
• Provide guidance and supervision on the determination of severity course of action and notification of relevant personnel of potential issues equipment failures.
• Supervise nonexempt and other employees within platform teams.
• Responsible for timely and proper execution of all instrumentation (instrument) jobs relevant to their assigned areas.
• Monitor and report on job quality effectiveness and efficiency of all craft jobs carrying out regular field follow-up visits to ensure work progress clear barriers and to support/coach instrument craftsmen.
• Support the daily instrumentation needs of large zone within the facility by supervising craftsmen and working with instrument and analyzer technical support.
• Interface with Maintenance Schedulers Instrumentation Team and other Maintenance & Mechanical Supervisors to share resources and meet the highest priority needs of the facility.
• Development & implementation of safe work practices and standard maintenance instructions for the use of the electrical and instrumentation group.
• Plan and execute routine and turnaround maintenance on the electrical and instrumentation systems.
• Coordinate instrument and electrical maintenance activities and train direct reports as necessary.
• Oversee the operator training of new and existing staff to ensure team is fully trained in committed to and conduct their activities in accordance with all aspects of Company safety and quality requirements.
• Must be willing to respond to after hour calls from the site.
• Willingness to come to the site in the event of an unplanned or emergent need.
• Develop and maintain a callout list of certified technicians.
• 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 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 Required for this Position:

Education:Associates degree in Instrumentation and Electrical

Experience: Minimum of Six (6) years of cumulative experience.

Certification/License: NCCER and a valid Drivers License.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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).

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