Boilermaker

Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC•Baytown, TX

About The Position

The Boilermaker assembles, inspects for defects, and repairs boilers, tanks, vats, pressure vessels, boiler auxiliaries, and ancillary equipment according to blueprints and specifications, using power tools and hand tools. In the Leadman capacity, the employee provides leadership, instruction, and guidance to craft workers on the crew, assists the Foreman, and works as a journeyman. The role includes fabricating, fitting, aligning, welding, and bolting structural components; installing boiler components and accessories; assisting with pressure testing; and repairing boilers and tanks in the field. The employee performs minor maintenance and cleaning, follows safety and project rules, and carries out other duties as required. Work is performed under immediate supervision and according to instructions and established guidelines.

Requirements

Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
Apply shop mathematics to solve problems.
Plan work and select appropriate 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.
Previous years of experience in the field or a related area may be required.
Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures in the field.
Able to follow instructions and pre-established guidelines and work under immediate supervision.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, instruction, and guidance to craft workers; assist the Foreman while working as a journeyman.
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 position.
Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frames, tanks, or vats using plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.
Hammer, flame-cut, file, or grind irregular edges to fit sections and structural parts together.
Bolt or arc-weld structures and sections together.
Position drums and headers in 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 parts such as chutes, air heaters, fan stands, feeding tubes, catwalks, ladders, coal hoppers, and safety hatches to frames.
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.
Signal crane operators when lifting parts into position.
Assist with testing assembled vessels by pumping water or gas under specified pressure and observing instruments for leaks.
Repair boilers or tanks in the field by removing defective sections or tubes, straightening plates, installing new tubes, fitting and welding replacement 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 the installation premises, as needed.
Use flame-cutting techniques and torches.
Observe and comply with all safety and project rules.
Perform other duties as required.