Must be able to install, repair, replace and dismantle the machinery and heavy equipment used in industrial settings. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

THERE IS NO PER DIEM AND NO RELOCATION FUNDING.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Replace defective parts of machine or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.


• Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, and plumb bobs.


• Connect power unit to machines or steam piping to equipment, and test unit to evaluate its mechanical operation.


• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment.


• Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.


• Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings, to determine work procedures.


• Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate and align unit to centerline.


• Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.


• Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks. 


• Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.


• Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.


• Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.


• Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.


• Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.


• Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.


• Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.


• Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, usually performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.


• Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials such as wood, cement, and steel.


• Operate engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications.


• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

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.

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)

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