CARPENTER HELPER- Austin Industrial

Austin Industries; Chalmette (LA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Craft Helper to assist the Craft Journeyman in assembling, installing, testing, and maintaining equipment, using hand and power tools. You will help diagnose issues, locate causes of breakdowns, and assist in corrective work on site.

Education: no minimum education; Certifications: Valid Driver’s License and TWIC Card; Experience: 1–2 years as a helper. Equal opportunity employer. Must be legally eligible to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Education: no minimum education requirements.
• Certifications/Licenses: Valid Driver’s License and TWIC Card.
• Experience: 1–2 years of Helper level experience.
• Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities

• Gathers tools and supplies for the work site.
• Measures, cuts and bends wire and conduit.
• Drills holes for wiring and pulls wiring through openings.
• Trace out short circuits using test meter.
• Assists in lifting, positioning or fastening objects.
• Performs minor repairs.
• May disassemble defective equipment, replace worn or defective parts and reassemble equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

No minimum education required

Job description

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.

Craft Helper

Assist Craft Journeyman in the assembly, installation, testing, and maintenance of, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools. Assist in the diagnosis of malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and assist in correcting the problem. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Gathers tools and supplies to be used at the work site according to the instructions.
• Measures, cuts and bends wire and conduit, using a ruler and hand tools.
• Drills holes for wiring, using power drill and pulls or pushes wiring through opening.
• Trace out short circuits in wiring, using knowledge of wiring and test meter.
• Assists in lifting, positioning or fastening objects.
• Performs minor repairs.
• May disassemble defective equipment, replace worn or defective parts and reassemble equipment.
• 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: no minimum education requirements.

Certifications/Licenses: Valid Driver’s License and TWIC Card

Experience: 1 - 2 years of Helper level experience.

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 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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