Crane Operator - Austin Industrial (Freeport, TX)

Job Category : Craft Requisition Number : CRANE032808 Posted : July 28, 2026 Full-Time Locations Showing 1 location Freeport, TX, USA 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. Responsible for operating a stationary or traveling crane to lift, move, position, and reposition loads. Depresses buttons, lifts levers, and ensures load is safely attached to crane before making any lift. Erect structures, move products, equipment, or materials to and from industrial work areas by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities.Other duties may be assigned. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: Manipulate or depress cane controls to regulate speed and direction of crane and hoist movement according to written, verbal, or signal instructions. Repair crane as needed. Inspect crane for safety issues daily and determine if any parts are malfunctioning. Cleans, maintains, and lubricates equipment. Complete job tickets, service quality summaries, and all other necessary paperwork. Lift, position and place machinery, equipment or other large objects at construction sites and industrial facilities. Place blocks and outriggers to prevent capsizing when lifting heavy loads. Move levers and pedals to rotate crane on chassis to raise and lower crane boom and to raise and lower load-line. Bolt boom sections together to extend or modify boom for pile driving or high lifting. Work within precise limits and standards of accuracy. Take actions to avoid potential hazards and obstructions such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, and falling objects. Operate crane according to signals from rigger. Start engines, move throttles, switches, and levers, and depress pedals to operate machines. Maintain current NCCCO certifications to meet regulations. Other duties as assigned. 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.. Qualifications Required for this Position: Certification / License: NCCCO or NCCER, State issued Driver’s License, TWIC Card & Advance Rigging certs Experience – 5 years of operating equipment in an Industrial setting. 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. Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 please contact the People Services Team at View phone number on click.appcast.io. Qualifications Experience Required 5 years: 5 years of operating equipment in an Industrial Licenses & Certifications Required TWIC Card Valid Driver's License Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor. #J-18808-Ljbffr Austin Industrial