Scaffold Helper (Freeport, TX) Austin Industrial

Austin Industries; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industries is seeking a Scaffold Builder Helper to assist scaffold builders with erection, maintenance, and dismantling of tubular scaffolding and other temporary structures. The role emphasizes safety, proper material handling, and coordination with journeymen.

Applicants should be prepared to work at heights and adhere to OSHA and company requirements. No sponsorship for visas is available, and prior industrial experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• No formal education requirements are stated.
• 6+ months of industrial experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist scaffold builders with transportation and erection of tubular scaffold.
• Hoist scaffolding materials to construct temporary structures.
• Secure and level locking sections; secure scaffold to permanent structures.
• Follow OSHA and site-specific safety requirements and company policies.
• Pass tools and materials to journeyman as needed.
• Dismantle scaffolding when instructed.

Job description

Scaffold Builder Helper

This person will assist Scaffold Builders in the construction, assembly, maintenance, and dismantling of tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Work at heights with no fear.
• Transports 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.
• Pass materials and tools to Journeyman as needed.
• Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
• 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.

Experience

6+ months experience in an Industrial setting preferred.

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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