Boilermaker Helper

Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC•Pasadena, TX

19d

About The Position

The Boilermaker Helper supports boiler, tank, and vessel assembly, installation, maintenance, and repair. The role includes measuring and marking reference points; positioning, aligning, and joining structural components; working with boiler tubes, drums, headers, casings, and fabricated parts; and assisting with pressure testing. Work is performed under immediate supervision using instructions and established guidelines. The position also requires observing and complying with safety and project rules and performing other duties as required. The role involves physical work, including standing, walking, lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, and working at heights. The job description lists standing 60% of the time, walking 20%, and sitting 20%, as well as specified frequencies for climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, and fingering.

Requirements

Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
Apply shop mathematics to solve problems.
Plan work and select proper tools.
Compare differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects.
Visualize three-dimensional objects from plans and drawings.
Make decisions based on measurable criteria.
Work at heights without fear.
May require a high school diploma or equivalent and previous experience in the field or a related area.
Have knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field.
Lift and carry up to 50 pounds; push and pull with 70 ft-lb of force.

Responsibilities

Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on foundations using measuring and layout tools and knowledge of geometry.
Attach rigging or signal crane operators to lift components into specified positions.
Align structural sections and plates to assemble boiler frames, tanks, or vats using plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.
Hammer, flame-cut, file, or grind irregular edges to prepare sections and structural parts for fitting.
Bolt or arc-weld structures and sections together.
Position drums and headers into supports, and bolt or weld supports to frames.
Align water tubes, connect them, and expand their ends to drums and headers using a tube expander.
Bolt or weld casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles, and fabricated components to frames using wrenches.
Perform minor maintenance and cleaning activities with tools and equipment.
Install manholes, handholds, valves, gauges, and feed-water connections in drums to complete water-tube boiler assemblies.
Assist in testing assembled vessels by pumping water or gas into them at specified pressures and observing instruments for leakage.
Repair boilers or tanks in the field by removing defective sections or tubes, straightening plates, installing tubes, fitting and welding new sections, and replacing worn lugs on bolts.
Fasten and caulk vessel sections using pneumatic fasteners and caulking hammers, as needed.
Line fireboxes with refractory brick and blocks, as needed.
Fabricate parts such as stacks, uptakes, and chutes to adapt boilers to their installation premises, as needed.
Use flame-cutting techniques and demonstrate knowledge of torch use.
Observe and comply with all safety and project rules.
Perform other duties as required.