Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (Channelview, TX)

Austin External
Any Location, TX
Category Engineering
Job Description
Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. A boilermaker constructs, assembles, maintains, and repairs stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. The role requires 4 years of Journeyman-level experience and certifications, such as NCCER, a Valid Driver’s License, and a TWIC Card.

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 to locate any defects
  • Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts
  • 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
  • Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers
  • 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
  • Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels
  • 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 to premises
  • 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

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) or similar retirement plan
  • Paid Time Off
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