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.

Responsibilities:

• Carries our routine daily checks and calibrations of a wide variety of analyzers in the ammonia, urea and utility plants such as H2S and O2 analyzers, gas chromatographs, PH meters, infra-red and thermal conductivity analyzers etc.
• Repairs or rectifies any routine problems as observed and informs Engineer of any serious abnormalities for his advice and direction.
• Carries out routine preventive maintenance on analyzers in accordance with schedule, such as replacing cylinders for span, carrier or zero gas.
• Carries out routine check-up of laboratory equipment including gas chromatograph, gas detection systems, repairing workshop equipment and equipment used by the HSE Department.
• Carries out breakdown maintenance of all analyzers equipment as directed by Engineer and maintenance of any instrument associated with the distribution control system in the field and equipment room as assigned.
• Carries out a variety of repairs for instruments/components brought to the workshop for maintenance, such as repairing electronic cards, regulators, column regeneration, sample cell cleaning and other like repairs.
• Ensures the proper care and maintenance of all tools and equipment and that proper housekeeping is carried out in the field and workshop after maintenance.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Must have working knowledge of the following:

• GC's
• FID detection theory
• TCD detection theory
• Method setup / valving methodology as it pertains to both packed and capillary applications.
• Peak integration, to include the Pros and Cons of slope and forced gating techniques.
• IR/UV
• Chopped NDIR theory.
• Split beam theory
• O2 Detectors
• paramagnetic theory
• Chemical cell theory
• Zirc-oxide cell theory
• Water Treatment
• ph probes
• Conductivity, both probe and toroidal types
• Dissolved O2
• Turbidity

Summary:
Carries out preventive and breakdown maintenance and calibration of all on-line (plant) analyzers, laboratory equipment, gas detection system and portable equipment utilized by HSE Department personnel. Includes carrying out various preventive maintenance and calibrations checks of field analyzers in accordance with established weekly schedule (each analyzer is checked at least once weekly). Calibrates transmitters, calibrating probes, different types of flow meters, gas analyzers including the calibration of weighing scales, or any other job associated with process plant, as directed by the Engineers and/or Section Head. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Must have a minimum of 4 years progressive experience within this craft. Other duties may be 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.

Certification/License: a valid driver license.

Experience: 4+ years’ experience in an Industrial setting preferred.

Austin ("The Company") is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Company's policy prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Licenses & Certifications

• Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)