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Utility Specialist – Austin Industrial - (Channelview, TX)

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Compensation
$20/hr
Location
Channelview, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TWIC Card, requiredValid Driver's License, required

Job overview

Austin Industrial seeks a Utility Specialist to maintain and monitor water and tank-cleaning efforts while complying with RCRA disposal, DOT regulations, and HAZWOPER requirements. The role includes facility waste and outfall monitoring, supporting tank cleaning during spills, operating a forklift and flatbed truck, and supervising staff and timesheets for up to 10 direct reports. Applicants need two years of experience, a TWIC Card, and a valid driver’s license.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Water Monitoring, nice to haveTank Cleaning, nice to haveRCRA Disposal Compliance, nice to haveDOT Regulations, nice to haveForklift Operation, nice to haveFlatbed Truck Operation, nice to haveTrash Collection, nice to haveRain Outfall Monitoring, nice to haveVacuum Truck Monitoring, nice to haveMachinery Maintenance, nice to haveWaste Transportation, nice to haveStaff Supervision, nice to haveLifting 50 Pounds, nice to haveSafety Procedure Compliance, nice to haveProblem Solving, nice to haveAttention to Detail, nice to haveStress Management, nice to haveAdaptability, nice to have

Qualifications

2 Years Experience, requiredTWIC Card, requiredValid Driver's License, required

Full job description

Rate: $20 USD per hour

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 .

Utility Specialist

Must be able to maintain and monitor water and Tank cleaning efforts while staying compliant with RCRA disposal, DOT regulations, and HAZWOPER certifications. Will be pick up trash/drum and operating a forklift and flatbed truck. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Performs all tasks in a safe and responsible manner.

  • Maintain trash route for trash truck throughout facility.

  • Monitor and maintain facility rain outfalls.

  • Responsible for directing the Containers Storage Area (CSA).

  • Monitor vacuum trucks with chemical and water, including oil spills, berms for exchanger work, skim life stations, and maintaining sumps and containments throughout facility.

  • Performs daily and regular cleaning and light maintenance tasks on machinery and equipment.

  • Support tank cleaning efforts during spills.

  • Shipping and transportation of site waste.

  • Responsible for staff and collecting time sheets on up to 10 direct reports.

  • Complies with all quality policies, specifications, regulations and instructions

  • Pricking up trach/drum.

  • Operating Forklift and Flatbed Truck

  • Other duties as assigned.

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education – no minimum education requirements.

Experience – 2 years of experience.

Certifications/Licenses: A TWIC Card and a Valid Driver's License

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.

See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) and Spanish (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) .

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.

Qualifications

Licenses & Certifications

Required

  • Valid Driver's License

  • TWIC Card

Experience

Required

  • 2 years: 2-year experience

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.

How this job compares

Set against the 513 open Industrial Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$20/hr
  • US median$30–35/hr247 hourly ranges

This rate, $20/hr, is 38% below the US median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Industrial Maintenance hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 40 open Industrial Maintenance jobs in Texas and 513 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Industrial Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (352 postings).
Education
3 of the 513 open Industrial Maintenance jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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