Scaffold Builder

**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.

**Scaffold **Builder Lead**

This person will construct, assemble, maintain, and dismantles tubular scaffolding or other temporary structures. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. A minimum of 5-7 years of experience is required within the Scaffolding craft. Other duties may be assigned.

*** **Specific Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Determines type of scaffold needed.
- Inspects job site and all scaffold material for defects and safety hazards.
- Effectively communicates safety hazards and mitigates avoidable hazards prior to construction of scaffolding.
- Transports tubular scaffold or other structural material and erects the scaffold to the dimensions required.
- 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.
- Performs final inspection of completed scaffolding.
- Dismantles scaffolding when it has been properly communicated to do so.
- Inspects and properly stows scaffolding material after dismantling.
- Work at heights with no fear.
- 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 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 -** 5 - 7 years’ experience in a Scaffolding preferred.

**Certification/License** - Valid Driver’s License - NCCER is preferred but not required.

**Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.**
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- _See_ the “Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision” poster available in English and Spanish.

**No Third-Party Inquiries Please**

**Accessibility Note**

**Licenses & Certifications**: Required
- Valid Driver's License
- TWIC Card