Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services 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. Our team of employee-owners, equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures, helps owners optimize safety, productivity, profit margins, and cost-efficiency.
UPW/IWT Critical Work Technician
JOB DESCRIPTION
Guided by a belief in extensive data analysis and a commitment to collaborative global relationships, the Ultra-Pure Water (UPW) and Industrial Wastewater (IWT) team is responsible for providing continuous, safe and high-quality utilities to our Fab. At our water and wastewater plants on the Samsung Taylor Semiconductor campus, our Operations team’s drive for sustainability and operational excellence is balanced by our need to adopt tomorrow’s technologies to ensure plant resilience, environmental stewardship, and the safety of our staff.
- As a Critical Work Technician for our 24/7 Operations team, you will be responsible for executing critical Grade A and Grade B step plans with precision and strict adherence to safety and quality standards. This role involves performing detailed technical procedures, ensuring compliance with operational protocols, and maintaining documentation for each step. In addition to the critical work, your role will include ensuring the reliable, safe, and timely replacement of critical equipment consumables including but not limited to: Reverse Osmosis(RO)membranes, Ultrafilters, Activated Carbon, Membrane Bioreactors(MBR)modules, Biological Nutrient Removers(BNR)components, Ion Exchange vessels and Polisher Resin—in ultrapure water and industrial wastewater treatment systems, thereby maintaining system performance, product quality, environmental compliance, and operational continuity.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, essential functions are as follows:
- Key role in supporting production efficiency and product integrity through accurate, timely completion of critical work grade non-standard work packages.
- Perform scheduled and condition-based replacement of critical equipment consumables.
- Utilize portable instrumentation to verify system recovery and water quality.
- Prevent system downtime or failures.
- Maintain spare part inventories, request replacements, and assist in managing consumable lifecycle tracking.
- Conduct back-flushing procedures and confirm particle retention performance.
- Prevent contamination of downstream polishing equipment
- Perform and record analytical trends to track performance and determine replacement timing.
- Teamwork and Communication: able to work well in a team environment and effectively communicate throughout organization
- Respond to equipment/system failures and performs initial troubleshooting.
- Creates, maintains, and add improvements to operational SOP’s.
- Participate in continuous training to stay current with SOPs, system changes, and safety procedures.
- Creates, maintains, and adds improvements to the operations certification system.
Competencies/Experience Needed
- Strong understanding of municipal and Industrial Wastewater treatment processes
- Technical/Mechanical aptitude for disassembling, replacing and reassembling components
- Proficient in using hand tools, torque wrenches, fittings and valves
- Must be able to recognize hazards and follow safety protocol
- Ability to read and use complicated P&IDs
- Understand the function of basic system equipment such as: transfer valves, pumps, hydraulic systems, and high-pressure air systems
- Typing skills with minimum 15 wpm
- Stay vigilant of ongoing training and certifications to keep up with regulations and best practices
- Knowledge of health and safety regulations
- Knowledge of basic record keeping techniques
- Work independently
- Meet schedules and timelines
- Effective communication skills with internal and external customers
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to assess situations and set priorities
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Skilled in MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Flexible, Adaptable and team oriented
Work Environment
All work is performed in an industrial environment.
Physical Demands
- Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear, chemical protective clothing, supplied air and air purifying respirators, safety harness, sand blast hoods, fire resistant coveralls, hard hat, ear plugs and safety glasses.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body, able to reach overhead, able to work in various positions, including, but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, squatting; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; work at heights; balance for extended periods of time.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Employees assigned to a 1st Shift schedule work a 9-hour shifts, 5 days a week, Monday-Friday. The 1st Shift position begins at 7:00am and ends at 4:00pm each scheduled day.
Travel
No overnight travel is expected for this position. Some occasional local day travel may be necessary.
Required Education and Experience
- High school diploma or GED required; associate degree or vocational training in water treatment, mechanical systems, or industrial maintenance preferred.
Experience:
- Mechanical or Industrial Maintenance
- Experience in UPW or industrial wastewater treatment operations.
- Familiarity with handling and replacing filtration membranes, resins, and biological components.
- Experience in semiconductor, cleanroom or high-purity environments preferred.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
None required for this position.
Computer‑Based Work & Technical Proficiency
- The role involves extensive use of computers for data entry, documentation, analysis, and internal communication.
Candidates must be comfortable and proficient in the full suite of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, etc.) and able to learn new office applications quickly.
- Familiarity with enterprise CMMS (Computer‑Aided Maintenance Management System) software and Confluence is required for daily task management, issue tracking, and collaboration.
Must pass pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check, as condition of employment.
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.
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 Austin, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/who-we-are (https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/who-we-are).
Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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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 (https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/industrial).
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
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Preferred
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Associates or better in Mechanical Systems
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Associates or better in Water Resources Engineering or related field
Required
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.
