• Job Description

  Req#: OPERA026645

  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 dependable and hardworking Plant Utility Laborer to join our team in Iron Station, North Carolina. Must be able to support daily both production and facility upkeep to ensure smooth plant operations. Other duties may be assigned.

  Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Moving items like bearings, cones, and polytape to the right locations.
  • Checking hoppers, chip systems, and conveyors to ensure smooth operation.
  • Rake excess chips from conveyor
  • Cleaning screens, tanks, filters, and keeping work areas tidy.
  • Collecting paper, bottles, and cans from office areas.
  • Safely operate Cushman cart to transport materials, tools, and equipment safely across facility grounds.
  • Performing various tasks as needed to support plant operations.
  • 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:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Valid ID or driver’s license
  • Prior experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred.
  • Meet physical demands as listed above
  • Must be able to work in hot, cold, dusty, and physically demanding environments
  • Willing to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed
  • 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.

  Requirements :

  • Must be able to follow safety procedures and work independently.

  • Must be willing and able to work in extreme weather conditions (hot, cold), dust, and physically demanding or dirty work areas.

  • Must be willing to work in varied conditions and environments both indoor and outdoor environments

  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.

  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 notice from the Department of Labor.

• About the company

  Austin Industries was founded by Charles R.Moore in 1918. But the Austin name first became known in the Texas bridge building field when George Austin came to Dallas in 1889 as an agent for the George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa. His brother...

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