PIPEFITTER FOREMAN - Austin Industrial - Luling, LA

Austin Industrial is a merit shop, employee-owned company and has been a provider of construction, maintenance, plant services, turnaround and specialty services to the oil, gas and chemical, energy (power and ethanol), and manufacturing industries for more than 60 years.

We are currently seeking a highly skilled Mechanical Piping Foreman. This person will provide continuous oversight of execution of maintenance work, communication any deviations to work, communication any deviations to work schedules, insuring any noted improvements to the execution process are clearly communicated, and necessary closure and reliability data is promptly inputted for each job.  This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.  Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities - May directly or indirectly supervise workers in the Operations Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Austin Industrial's policies & procedures and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Responds as necessary to support emergency and reactive orders


• Reviews call-outs with maintenance coordinator


• Reviews job scope and timing and assigns appropriate crafts to complete emergency and reactive orders during normal working hours


• Provides technical support or solicits support to conduct root cause failure analysis


• Provides technical support or solicits support to initiate the MOC process, if necessary


• Ensures that documentation is completed and that tools and material are returned or repaired


• Participates in the development of quality job plans by working with the planners and participates in the field walk through


• Participates in the development of the weekly maintenance work schedule


• Reviews and fills assigned job packages


• Provides resource availability count to scheduler


• Reviews schedule and provides constructive feedback, as necessary


• Ensures published schedule is executed as planned or ensures that necessary adjustments are made


• Prints work orders and assign craftsmen


• Makes resource changes based on input from scheduler (maintenance coordination and equipment availability)


• Leads tool box safety meetings, communicates schedule changes, as necessary, and reviews job scopes with craftsmen


• Communicates and makes necessary adjustments to complete or reschedules jobs that go beyond original scope of work


• Ensures the MOC process is initiated for job scope changes


• Works with material coordinator to get tools and materials for scope changes and to return non-stock parts, tools and equipment at the ne of the job


• Interacts with work permitting process as needed and ensures that all applicable safety procedures are followed


• Ensures that jobs are properly completed in a timely fashion


• Ensures unused stock parts are returned to the storeroom


• Ensures rental equipment is taken off rent and necessary changes to requisitions are made


• Ensures vendor operations are properly closed


• Ensures that repairable parts process is properly initiated


• Ensures proper job plan feedback is provided to the planners from craftsmen


• Participates in the identification and implementation of reliably driven improvements


• Ensures work group has a full understanding of the work flow process


• Ensures operations on an order which are complete are CNF’d


• Ensures all history/reliability data has been entered


• Promptly close (teco) orders upon job completion

• 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.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a minimum of 7 years experience, be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. For safety reasons, it is imperative that the employee be able to read and speak fluent English.

Mathematical Skills - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

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.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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 (e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement). 

Accessibility Note

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