Location: Lugoff,SC, USA
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.
Industrial Insulator Apprentice
Under the supervision of Senior Insulators, the Insulator Apprentice will learn how to layout, fabricate, assemble, install and repair insulation and sheet metal around pipes, maintenance parts, fittings, equipment and systems.
Responsibilities
* Assist with the installation of temp mat and pads and install pipe covering and fittings (Calcium Silicate).
* Assist with forming sheet metal materials around pipes, ductwork and industrial equipment.
* Assist with the installation of insulation and fittings, pipe cover and board materials, such as perlite and calcium silicate.
* Assist with the installation sheet metal around insulated pipes with screws/ bands to protect the insulation from weather conditions or physical damage.
* Makes flat sheet metal layouts of finished parts, such as sheet metal square-to-round transitions, offsets, flashing, tapered elbows, transitional elbows, Y branches and compound fittings.
* Be willing to learn about brushing adhesives and mastic application to insulation material.
* Be willing to learn about using a tape measure or other measuring device, measure and cut metal material to specified size and shape for covering flat or round surfaces.
* Be willing to learn how to use hand tools and equipment to form, crimp, or roll metal in place.
* Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; work at heights, balance for extended periods of time. Must be able to climb ladders and lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
* Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education - no minimum education requirements.
Experience - Any previous Insulator experience helpful, but not required.
Must pass drug screen and background check, as a condition of employment.
This is a full-time maintenance job working 40 hours a week (4/10's). There is no per diem and no relocation funding.
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.
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 Austin, please go to
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).
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Unlike other companies that may be privately or publicly held, Austin is 100% owned by our employees. It's a source of pride for everyone, one of our 5,700+ employee-owners, that we have vested interest in the day-to-day success of our company. We share Austin's growth and profitability and are accountable to ourselves for doing everything it takes to serve our customers with excellence and to make Austin the best it can be. After all, We Own It. Learn more at www.austin-ind.com.