Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Austin Bridge & Road•La Porte, TX

15h

About The Position

Austin Industrial is hiring a Boilermaker to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler-house auxiliaries. The work includes assembling boiler frames, tanks, or vats to blueprint specifications; testing assembled vessels; cleaning boilers and furnaces; and inspecting and repairing fittings such as safety valves, regulators, automatic controls, water columns, and auxiliary machinery. The role uses hand and power tools, welding equipment, rigging, measuring instruments, and heavy-metalworking machinery. Other duties may be assigned. Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Austin Industries cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. No minimum education is required. Applicants must have four years of journeyman-level experience, NCCER certification, a valid driver’s license, and a TWIC Card. The job may involve industrial and construction environments, including exposure to weather, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must be able to wear required PPE and meet applicable customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements. Reasonable accommodation may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities. Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Four years of journeyman-level experience.
NCCER certification.
Valid driver’s license.
TWIC Card.
Legally authorized to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available.
Ability to read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, solve problems, maintain attention to detail, manage stress, and adapt to changing priorities.
Ability to meet applicable customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment.
Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties.
May be required to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds and work at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
Sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, and vats for defects such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections.
Bolt or arc-weld pressure-vessel structures and parts together using wrenches or welding equipment.
Inspect assembled vessels and components, including tubes, fittings, valves, controls, and auxiliary mechanisms, for defects.
Repair or replace defective pressure-vessel parts using tools and equipment such as torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to position heavy frame and plate sections or other parts.
Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure-vessel tube ends to create leakproof joints.
Lay out heavy metal and mark bending and cutting lines using measuring or drawing instruments or templates.
Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in water-tube boiler drums.
Study blueprints to determine part locations, relationships, and dimensions.
Straighten or reshape bent pressure-vessel plates or structural parts using hammers, jacks, or torches.
Shape seams, joints, and irregular edges to fit pressure-vessel sections or structural parts.
Position, align, and secure structural parts or assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or pressure vessels according to blueprints.
Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations using blueprints and measuring instruments.
Shape or fabricate parts such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes using heavy-metalworking machines.
Clean pressure-vessel equipment using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in pressure-vessel fireboxes.
Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop before installation to confirm proper fit.
Maintain a commitment to safety, quality, and productivity while performing assigned duties.
Perform other duties as assigned.