Heat Treat Maintenance Technician II @ AUS

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.

Heat Treat Maintenance Technician II

Is responsible for the maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and reliability of heat-treating equipment and associated production systems used in industrial manufacturing environments. This role ensures equipment operates safely, efficiently, and within required temperature and process specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment failures.
• Troubleshoot and maintain heat-treating furnaces, ovens, burners, drives, motors, pumps, and gearboxes.
• Perform preventive and predictive maintenance on production and heat-treatment equipment.
• Inspect, calibrate, and maintain temperature-control instrumentation and sensors.
• Verify proper operation of safety systems, alarms, and interlocks.
• Repair or replace defective mechanical and electrical components.
• Interpret technical manuals, schematics, blueprints, and wiring diagrams.
• Maintain gas burner systems and combustion-related equipment.
• Perform equipment inspections to identify and prevent potential failures.
• Support production by responding to equipment breakdowns in a timely manner.
• Document maintenance activities, repairs, and inspection results.
• Follow all plant safety procedures, environmental regulations, and maintenance standards.
• Assist with equipment installations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with operations and engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and uptime.
• Perform additional maintenance duties as assigned.

Skills

• Strong troubleshooting skills in mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Knowledge of industrial maintenance best practices.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and technical drawings.
• Experience with control instrumentation, sensors, and calibration procedures.
• Understanding of combustion systems, gas burners, and heat-treatment processes.
• Familiarity with lockout/tagout (LOTO) and industrial safety procedures.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving and diagnostic abilities.

Experience

• Typically 2 to 5 years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Prior experience maintaining heat-treating equipment, industrial furnaces, ovens, or heavy manufacturing machinery preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Technical school, vocational training, or certification in:
• Industrial Maintenance
• Electrical Systems
• Mechatronics
• Instrumentation
• Metallurgy
• Mechanical Technology

is strongly preferred.

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).

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