Ironworker Helper (Pasadena, TX) Austin Industrial

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.

Ironworker Helper

Ironworker Helper assists skilled ironworkers with tasks related to the erection, installation, and maintenance of steel structures like buildings and bridges. They are responsible for preparing materials, maintaining tools, and ensuring safety protocols are followed. Helpers also learn to read blueprints, use tools, and assist with tasks like cutting, bending, and welding steel.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting skilled ironworkers:
• Helping position, align, and secure steel components.
• Using tools and equipment:
• Learning to use hand tools, power tools, and potentially welding equipment under supervision.
• Maintaining a safe work environment: Adhering to safety procedures and participating in Firewatch or spotter duties.
• Gaining knowledge of blueprint reading, steel fabrication, and rigging techniques.
• Required Skills and Qualifications:
• Physical fitness and stamina: The job is physically demanding and requires the ability to lift, bend, and work in various conditions.
• Ability to follow instructions: Working under supervision and learning from experienced ironworkers.
• Basic understanding of construction: Familiarity with tools, equipment, and safety procedures.
• Willingness to learn : A desire to progress and develop skills in the ironworking trade
• 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 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 Required for this Position:

Education: – no minimum education requirements.

Experience: – 3+ years of Industrial level experience.

Certifications/ Licenses: Valid Driver’s License

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 .

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 ( 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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