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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.

**Austin Industrial** is currently seeking a **Rigger** to join our staff located at **Houston, TX.** They must be able to assemble rigging to lift and move various equipment and materials to and from industrial work areas by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Select cables, ropes, pullups, winches, blocks, and sheaves according to the weight and size of the load to be moved.

+ Attach pullups and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings, and gin pole boom with bolts and clamps.

+ Assembles and disassembles cranes.

+ Splices rope and wire cables to make or repair slings or tackle.

+ Attach load with grappling devices, such as loops, wire rope, and chains to crane hook.

+ Gives direction to operators engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure the safety of workers and material handled using hand signals and radios.

+ Sets up, braces, and rig hoisting equipment using hand tools and power wrenches.

+ Responsible for observing and monitoring others' observance of all safety rules.

+ Maintain current certifications to meet regulations.

+ Forklift experience on Extend-a-boom, all-terrain, and 32000-pound rate forklift (Big)

+ Other duties as assigned.

**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:

+ Experience – 5+ years of Journeyman level experience.

Requirements** **:

+ High school diploma or equivalent

+ NCCCO Rigging Level II or NCCER Advanced Gold

+ Valid Driver's License

+ TWIC Card & TWIC PIN #.

+ Meet physical demands as listed above

+ Ability to work overtime, weekends, and holidays as needed by the assigned location

+ Ability to operate power tools and heavy equipment

+ Applicants must be legally able to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa for this position.

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 https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English and Spanish.

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 .

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.

Accessibility Note

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the **People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.**

Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

+ Valid Driver's License

+ TWIC Card

+ NCCER-Adv Rigger Cgold

+ NCCCO-Rigger 2 (Rig II)

+ NCCCO-Rigger 1 (RigI)

Experience

Required

+ 4 years: Rigger experience

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.