Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (La Porte TX)
About The Position
Boilermaker Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Engages in the direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines. Also, this person will be able to assemble rigging to lift and move various equipment and materials to and from industrial work areas by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired. Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment. Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects. Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery. Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place. Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints. Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates. Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools. Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts. Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches. Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines. Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints. Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments. Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses. Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents. Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels. Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop before installation to ensure proper fit. Selects cables, ropes, pullup, winches, blocks and sheaves according to weight and size of load to be moved. Attach pullup and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings and gin pole boom with bolts and clamps. Assembles and disassembles cranes. Splices rope and wire cables to make or repair slings or tackle. Attach load with grappling devices, such as loops, wire rope and chains to crane hook. Gives direction to operator engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and material handled using hand signals and radios. Sets up, braces and rigs hoisting equipment using hand tools and power wrenches. Responsible for observing and monitoring others observance of all safety rules. Maintain current certifications to meet regulations. 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
Requirements
- 4 years of Journeyman-level experience.
- NCCER (BM & RG)
- a Valid Driver’s License
- a TWIC Card
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
- Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
- Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
- Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
- Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
- Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.
- Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
- Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
- Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
- Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
- Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
- Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
- Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop before installation to ensure proper fit.
- Selects cables, ropes, pullup, winches, blocks and sheaves according to weight and size of load to be moved.
- Attach pullup and blocks to fixed overhead structures, such as beams, ceilings and gin pole boom with bolts and clamps.
- Assembles and disassembles cranes.
- Splices rope and wire cables to make or repair slings or tackle.
- Attach load with grappling devices, such as loops, wire rope and chains to crane hook.
- Gives direction to operator engaged in hoisting and moving loads to ensure safety of workers and material handled using hand signals and radios.
- Sets up, braces and rigs hoisting equipment using hand tools and power wrenches.
- Responsible for observing and monitoring others observance of all safety rules.
- Maintain current certifications to meet regulations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
