BOILERMAKER - Austin Industrial - Orange, TX

Austin External
Any Location, TX
Job Description
Boilermaker needed to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Must have NCCER Boilermaker certification, a Valid Driver’s License, and TWIC Card. 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience required.

Requirements

  • Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects
  • Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together
  • Inspect assembled vessels or individual components
  • Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts
  • Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections
  • 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
  • Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections
  • Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts
  • Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts
  • Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts
  • Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats
  • Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations
  • Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping
  • Clean pressure vessel equipment
  • Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels
  • Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit
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