Austin Industries

Lube Technician - (Freeport, TX) - Austin Industrial

Austin Industries  •  Freeport, TX (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

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.

Machinery Lubrication Technician

The MLT (Machinery Lubrication Technician Level 1) position is responsible for equipment lubrication, contamination control, inspection and proactive maintenance activities for all lubricated mechanical systems.

A description of the general activities may include:

  • Coordination of inventory and routine ordering of products.
  • Stocking inventory locations.
  • Use of tools and equipment for routine and non-routine lubrication functions.
  • Draining and cleaning of reservoirs.
  • Mechanical modification of systems as directed to facilitate sampling and filtration, and other proactive improvements.
  • Filling reservoirs.
  • Topping off reservoirs.
  • Changing filters and breathers on reservoirs
  • Operating filtration equipment.
  • Grease relubrication with manual and automatic dispensing equipment
  • Maintenance of dispensing equipment and automatic systems.
  • Labeling and tagging reservoirs, equipment, inventory and delivery containers.
  • Printing and fulfilling planned lubrication activities
  • Update scheduling systems, including adding notes to system and requesting work orders for maintenance repairs and activities.
  • Perform field level oil analysis, including: Crackle, Viscosity, Demulsibility and Blotter Test.
  • Schedule, collect, label and mail samples for analysis.
  • Receive and evaluate oil analysis results for future planned maintenance.
  • Report in writing any discrepancies or conditions that require corrective, predictive or planned maintenance for production systems.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Requirements:

The MLT Level I position requires the following skills and abilities:

  • Good oral and written communication skills and good team building skills.
  • Capability to work in an unsupervised position effectively.
  • Capability to read and interpret technical documents, such as:

o OEM Maintenance plans

o Advanced Lubrication Technology instruction and recommendations

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.

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. Positions may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Employees must possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Employees must be able to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies; exercise sound judgment; solve problems; maintain attention to detail; effectively manage stress; and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position.

Must be able to perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.

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).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

Accessibility Note

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.

Austin Industries

About Austin Industries

Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services, capitalizing on the depth of expertise in our three operating companies – Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial. Austin Industries is one of the 10 largest general contractors based in the southern half of the U.S. and is the third largest merit shop contractor in America. The company is consistently ranked in the top 50 of Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine’s Top 400 contractors.

Industry
Construction & Skilled Trades
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Year Founded
1918
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