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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.

Concrete Finisher

A concrete finisher is a skilled tradesperson who specializes in smoothing, leveling, and finishing freshly poured concrete surfaces. They work on a variety of construction projects, ensuring a high-quality, durable, and aesthetically pleasing finish. This involves using hand and power tools to achieve the desired texture and level and often requires working with other trades to meet project specifications.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Preparing surfaces:

This can involve cleaning, leveling, and preparing the base for concrete placement. They may also install forms (Molds) to shape the concrete.

+ **Pouring and spreading concrete:**

Concrete finishers ensure the concrete poured to the correct depth and level.

+ **Smoothing and leveling:**

They use tools like trowels, floats, and power screeds to smooth and level the concrete surface, removing any imperfections.

+ **Finishing:**

This includes creating different textures and finishes, such as a smooth, broom-swept, or textured surface, as per project requirements.

+ **Curing and protecting:**

They may apply curing compounds or other treatments to ensure the concrete cures properly.

+ **Cutting expansion joints:**

Using saws to cut expansion joints in the concrete to prevent cracking as it cures.

+ **Ensuring quality and safety:**

Concrete finishers must ensure that the finished concrete meets specifications and adhere to all safety protocols.

+ **Reading and interpreting plans:**

They may need to read blueprints or project plans to understand the requirements of the job.

+ **Working with other trades:**

Concrete finishers often work alongside other construction professionals, like masons and carpenters. 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 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.

**Certifications/ Licenses:** Valid State ID or Driver’s License

**Experience:** – 5 years of Journeyman level experience.

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp\_10\_20.pdf) .

+ _See_ the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp\_%20English\_formattedESQA508c.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp\_formatted\_Spanish2-27-18ESQA508c.pdf) .

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).

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.**

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.