Mechanic Welder/Fabricator (Owensboro, KY) Austin Industrial (KC)

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 improve safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.

Mechanic Welder/Fabricator 

This person must be able to work in all areas of a weld/fabrication shop environment to manufacture parts and/or assemblies per customer specifications.

Job Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing work in the Fabrication Shop, including fabricating parts using various techniques such as assembling, welding, drilling, grinding, bending, sawing, painting and sand blasting. 
• Able to read and interpret complex engineering drawings to manufacture parts and equipment. 
• Must have experience with TIG welding, MIG welding, and stick welding. 
• Must be able to work in a challenging environment to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Fastens steel members to cable of hoist, using chain, cable or rope.
• Guides structure being lifted into proper position and aligns rivet holes with corresponding holes.
• Drives drift pins through rivet holes.
• May help with lifting, positions and securing materials and work pieces during installation.
• Verifies vertical and horizontal alignment using plumb bob and level. Bolts align members to keep them in position until they can be permanently bolted or welded in place.
• Bolts aligned structures to keep them in position until permanently riveted, bolted or welded into place.
• Uses Gas-Metal Arc, Flux-Cored Arc, Gas-Tungsten Arc, Submerged Arc or Shielded Metal Arc welding processes.
• Fills holes or corrects mistakes in lead pieces and makes bulges thin and curves in metal work pieces.
• Manually apply filler rod to supply weld metal. May clean or degrease weld joint or workplace, using wire brush, portable grinder, or chemical bath.
• Remove excess weld, defective weld Material, slag and spatter, using carbon arc gouge, hand scrapper, grinder or power chipper.
• 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.
• Applicants will be taught how to do precision alignments, bearing, motor, and gearbox replacements.
• We are a full-time mechanical contractor at Kimberly Clark, Owensboro KY. We have been here for 20 plus years.

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 must regularly sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must often 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:

Certification – Must pass a schedule 10 stainless pipe tig out in the 6G position and a schedule 160 carbon pipe with tig root and hot pass, then weld out 7018.

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Pay - Based on experience and mechanical background.

Benefits – Competitive wages, 401K, Profit sharing, paid holidays, vacation, and medical benefits. We work a 4-10 schedule off most weekends.

Certifications/ Licenses: Weld Test, Valid Driver’s License 

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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