Scaffold Builder Leadman - (Freeport, TX) - Austin Industrial

Ausitn Industrial; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Scaffold Builder Leadman for the Freeport, TX site. The role requires supervision of tubular scaffolding construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling with emphasis on safety and compliance.

Qualified candidates will hold NCCER Scaffold certification, a valid driver's license, and at least four years of journeyman-level experience. The job is on-site and full-time, with duties including training crews and ensuring proper scaffold installation.

Qualifications

• Certification: NCCER Scaffold certification and a valid driver's license.
• 4 years of journeyman-level experience in scaffolding.
• Ability to work at heights and operate scaffolding equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Supervise in construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling tubular scaffolding or temporary structures.
• Instruct on proper scaffold installation and ensure safe erection.
• Oversee transport and erection of scaffold materials and finalize inspections.
• Adhere to OSHA and site-specific Austin Industrial safety rules.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Journeyman scaffolding

NCCER Scaffold certification

Valid Driver's License

Job description

Scaffold Builder Leadman - (Freeport, TX) - Austin Industrial

Job Category: Hourly Craft

Requisition Number: SCAFF034185

• Posted : September 23, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

Showing 1 location

Freeport, TX, USA

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.

This person will supervise in the construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantlingoftubular scaffolding or other temporary structures.Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work at heights with no fear.
• Determines type of scaffold needed and how to properly instruct on how to install.
• Oversight of transport tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold as instructed by the scaffold builder.
• Hoists scaffolding materials upward in order to erect temporary structure.
• Properly secures and levels locking sections of scaffolding material.
• Properly secures scaffold to the permanent structure for added stability.
• Adheres to all OSHA, site specific and Austin Industrial requirements for the erecting and navigation of the scaffolding.
• Supervises thedismantlingof scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.
• Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.
• 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.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Certification/License: NCCER Scaffold certification and a Valid Driver’s License.

Experience: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.

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.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.

Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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 becomes the property of the Company.

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Licenses & Certifications

NCCER-Scaff Bldr PV

Valid Driver's License

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