Boilermaker

Turner Industries • Chickasaw, AL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Turner Industries is seeking a Boilermaker for a position in Chickasaw, Alabama. The role assembles and disassembles, erects, and repairs boilers, tanks, vats, pressure vessels, exchangers, and heaters according to blueprint specifications. This is a non-exempt role reporting to a Front-Line Supervisor (Foreman). Duties are assigned according to specific procedures, and work is checked frequently.

The Boilermaker locates and marks reference points for columns and plates on foundations; attaches rigging or signals crane operators to lift parts into position; aligns and joins structures and plate sections; and prepares edges by hammering, flame-cutting, filing, or grinding. Work also includes bolting structures and sections together, positioning drums and headers, connecting and expanding water-tube ends, installing fabricated boiler components and process-tower trays, fitting manholes, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections, and assisting with tests of assembled vessels.

The position may involve climbing and balancing on ladders, scaffolds, and structures; handling tools and materials; lifting and carrying 30 to 50 pounds; standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, and crouching; wearing a respirator and other PPE; and working in excessive heat or cold and in loud environments. Compensation is based on individual qualifications and experience. Depending on employment status, benefits may include health, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment (ADD), voluntary life and ADD, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, telehealth access, and an employee assistance program.

Requirements

• High school education or equivalent.
• One to four years of experience in the specified skill, depending on mechanic level.
• Demonstrated proficiency using construction tools, such as grinders and oxyacetylene torches.
• Rigging experience.
• Must complete a post-offer drug and alcohol screen and physical evaluation, and sign acceptance of the company Drug, Alcohol and Contraband Policy.
• Must comply with company and client job-site safety requirements.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace.

Nice To Haves

• National rigging certification is preferred and may be required by the client.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, disassemble, erect, and repair boilers, tanks, vats, pressure vessels, exchangers, and heaters according to blueprint specifications.
• Locate and mark reference points for columns and plates on foundations.
• Attach rigging or signal crane operators to lift parts into specified positions.
• Align structures and plate sections and prepare irregular edges by hammering, flame-cutting, filing, or grinding.
• Bolt structures and sections together and position drums and headers into supports.
• Align water tubes and connect and expand tube ends to drums and headers.
• Bolt casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles, and fabricated components to frames.
• Install trays in process towers and install manholes, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections in drums.
• Assist in testing assembled vessels.

Benefits

• Depending on employment status: health, dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment (ADD), voluntary life and ADD, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401(k), paid time off, paid holidays, telehealth access, and an employee assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED