Insulator/Metalman Austin Industrial (Baytown, TX)

Austin Industries, Inc.; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial in Baytown, TX is hiring an Insulator/Metalman to perform insulation installation, removal, and repair across industrial facilities. You’ll read blueprints, select materials, and apply insulation on ducts, pipes, tanks, and boilers to control temperatures and noise.

Must be comfortable working at heights and in fast-paced environments. Requirements include NCCER, TWIC, and a valid Driver’s License, plus 3–5 years journeyman experience.

Qualifications

• Reads blueprints and selects required insulation material.
• Journeyman level experience in insulation work.
• Must be able to work at heights.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and select insulation materials such as fiberglass and foam.
• Apply, remove and repair insulating materials on ducts, pipes, tanks, and boilers.
• Measure, cut, wrap, and seal insulation according to specs.
• Work at heights and use hand tools safely.
• Maintain safety procedures and cooperate with teams.

Skills

Reads blueprints

Education

NCCER

TWIC

Driver’s License

Job description

Insulator/Metalman Austin Industrial (Baytown, TX)

Job Category: Craft

Requisition Number: INSUL034941

• Posted : October 22, 2026
• Full-Time

Locations

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Baytown, TX, USA

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.

Must be able to apply, remove, and repair insulating material to exposed surfaces or structures, such as air ducts, hot or cold pipes, storage tanks, boilers and buildings to help control noise and maintain temperatures. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reads blueprints and selects required insulation material.
• Work at heights with no fear.
• Brush adhesives on or attach metal adhesive applicationto insulation material.
• Determine the amounts and selects required insulation material (in sheet, tubular, or roll form), such as fiberglass, foam rubber, Styrofoam, cork, and urethane based on material's ability to retain heat, location, surface, shape, and equipment use.
• Using tape measure or other measuring device, measure and cut insulation material to specified size and shape for covering flat or round surfaces, using handsaw, knife, or scissors.
• Fit, wrap or attach required insulation material around or to structure, following blueprint specifications.
• Cover or seal insulation with preformed plastic covers, canvas strips, sealant or tape to secure insulation to the structure - according to the type of insulation used and structure covered, using staple gun, trowel, paintbrush, or caulking gun.
• 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.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Certifications/ Licenses: NCCER, TWIC and Driver’s License

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

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• 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 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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Qualifications

Experience

Required

2 years:

Insulator

Licenses & Certifications

Required

TWIC Card

Equal Opportunity Employer
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