Electrician Journeyman - Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Austin External; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 64,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401K matching

Job summary

Austin Industrial in La Porte, TX is seeking a Journeyman Electrician to join our industrial maintenance team. The role involves assembling, installing, testing, and maintaining electrical wiring and equipment, diagnosing malfunctions, and ensuring compliance with state codes.

Qualified candidates will have 3–5 years of journeyman experience, a high school diploma or equivalent, and valid NCCER and state licenses. We offer competitive benefits and an ESOP-owned company structure.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of journeyman-level electrical experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid NCCER and state electrical license (JM).
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Authorized to work in the United States; no sponsorship.
• Experience with hand and power tools and electrical testing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
• Inspect electrical systems for hazards, defects, and code compliance.
• Plan layout and install wiring based on specs and local codes.
• Direct and train workers on installation and repair of wiring and fixtures.
• Test circuits with meters and oscilloscopes to ensure safety and functionality.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures as needed.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install or repair electrical systems.
• Provide sketches and cost estimates for materials and services.

Skills

Journeyman experience

Overtime readiness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

NCCER

NCCER-Ind Elec Cert

State Electrical License - JM

Job description

Electrician Journeyman - Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: ELECT033326

• Posted : August 19, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

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Description

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 4,000 employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

Austin Industrial is currently seeking an Electrician to join our staff located at La Porte, TX. They must be able to assemble, install, test, and maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools. Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
• Inspect electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
• Test electrical systems and continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, and oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.
• Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet state regulations.
• Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes.
• Direct and train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures.
• Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring and equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.
• Use a variety of tools and equipment such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment including oscilloscopes, ammeters, and test lamps.
• Install ground leads and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors.
• Perform business management duties such as maintaining records and files, preparing reports and ordering supplies and equipment.
• Repair or replace wiring, equipment, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and roofs to install, maintain or repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures.
• Place conduit (pipes or tubing) inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.
• Construct and fabricate parts, using hand tools and specifications.
• Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls to house electrical switches or outlets.
• Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit and moving and lifting heavy objects.
• Provide preliminary sketches and cost estimates for materials and services.
• Aid during emergencies by operating floodlights and generators, placing flares, and driving needed vehicles.
• 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 accommodation 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:

• Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid NCCER
• Valid Driver's License
• Valid TDLR
• Meet physical demands as listed above
• Ability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed by the assigned location
• Ability to operate power tools and heavy equipment
• Applicants must be legally able to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa for this position.

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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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.

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 (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 become the property of the Company.

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Licenses & Certifications

Valid Driver's License

State Electrical Lic - JM

NCCER-Ind Elec Cert

NCCER-Ind Elec PV

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.