Scaffold Builder Level 4 - Austin Industrial (Houston, TX)

Austin Careers; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Scaffold Builder to supervise the construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling of tubular scaffolding at our Houston sites. The role requires at least 4 years of journeyman-level experience, NCCER Scaffold Builder certification, a TWIC card, and a valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities include directing scaffold installation, securing materials, ensuring OSHA compliance, and maintaining strict safety standards on site.

Qualifications

• OSHA and site-specific requirements compliance.
• Journeyman-level experience in scaffold construction.
• Ability to work at heights and supervise scaffold assembly/dismantling.

Responsibilities

• Supervise construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling of tubular scaffolding or temporary structures.
• Instruct on proper installation and type of scaffold needed.
• Oversee transport and erection of scaffold, hoisting materials as required.
• Ensure scaffolding is secured and level, and anchored to permanent structures.
• Inspect completed scaffolding and store materials properly.
• Adhere to all safety policies and customer/site requirements.

Skills

Scaffold construction

Safety compliance

OSHA awareness

Education

NCCER Scaffold Builder Certification

TWIC Card

Driver’s License

Job description

Posting Details

• Posted on November 9, 2026

Locations

• Houston, TX, USA
• On-site
• Rate : $24 USD per hour
• Hourly Craft
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SCAFF035280

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.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial .

Scaffold Builder

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 Industries 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 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 the ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education: no minimum education requirements.

Experience: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.

Certification/License: NCCER, a Valid Driver’s License, and a TWIC Card

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

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.

See the “Know Your Rights” 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 (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.

Accessibility Note

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Qualifications

Experience

Required

4 years: 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

TWIC Card NCCER-Scaff Bldr PV Valid Driver's License Equal Opportunity Employer

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.