Boiler & Pressure Vessel Field Mechanic

Cleaver-Brooks; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service (CBSS) in San Antonio, TX is seeking a Boiler & Pressure Vessel Field Mechanic. You’ll travel daily to customer locations, transform plans into operational systems, and improve safety and efficiency on each site.

Based in San Antonio, you’ll read blueprints, assemble boiler piping, and perform installation, testing, and repairs. Strong mechanical skills and a valid driver’s license are essential for this on-site role.

Qualifications

• Work to exact tolerances and visualize 3D assemblies from drawings.
• Valid driver’s license with clean record.
• Experience with boiler piping and fittings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build boilers, tanks, vats and pressure vessels to spec with hand and power tools.
• Read blueprints and translate drawings into precise assemblies.
• Expand bell tube ends to connect fire tubes to heads and water tubes to drums; bead ends with a power hammer.
• Drill and tap for stud installation.
• Assemble and torque frames.
• Install water-tube casings, burners, and furnace casings.
• Fit and fasten man- and hand-holes, gauges, and valves.
• Diagnose and replace failed parts or piping.
• Perform refractory brick and furnace tile installs/repairs.
• Thread and install pipe; restore insulation.
• Oxy-fuel cut defective parts.
• Lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and maintain boiler piping with threaded, sweated copper and ProPress connections.
• Choose pipe sizes and materials per project requirements.
• Inspect sites to identify obstacles and prevent structural compromise.
• Plan installation sequences with other trades.
• Cut with hacksaws and pipe-cutting tools.
• Thread pipe with a threading machine.
• Assemble/install metal piping and fittings.
• Support runs with clamps, brackets, and hangers.
• Pressure-test and verify integrity by monitoring gauges for leaks.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Pipe fitting

Pipe threading

Tool handling

D1ooding?

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Pipe threading machine

ProPress connections

Job description

Build the systems that power industry

At Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service (CBSS) in San Antonio, you’ll be the on-site expert customers count on. As a Boiler & Pressure Vessel Field Mechanic, you’ll travel daily to customer locations, transform plans into operational systems, and leave every site safer and more efficient than you found it.

Based in: San Antonio, TX

Impact you’ll make

• Build boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels to spec with hand and power tools.
• Read and interpret blueprints, translating drawings into precise assemblies.
• Expand and bell tube ends to connect fire tubes to heads and water tubes to drums and headers; bead ends with a power hammer.
• Drill and tap for stud installation using a portable drill.
• Assemble and torque frames with hand or power wrenches.
• Install water-tube casings and attach davit heads, burners, and furnace casings on fire-tube boilers.
• Fit and fasten man-holes, hand-holes, fans, gauges, and valves.
• Diagnose and replace failed parts or piping using prybars and wrenches.
• Perform refractory brick and furnace tile installs/repairs when required.
• Thread and install pipe using wrenches and dies.
• Restore insulation on shells, piping, and boiler fire-sides; remove/replace and caulk seams.
• Oxy-fuel cut defective parts, boiler tubes, or tube ends.

Own the piping lifecycle

• Lay out, fabricate, assemble, install, and maintain boiler piping systems with threaded, sweated copper, and ProPress connections.
• Choose pipe sizes and materials per project requirements.
• Inspect sites to identify obstacles and prevent any compromise to structural integrity.
• Plan installation sequences to avoid interferences and coordinate with other trades.
• Cut with hacksaws, pipe cutters, hammer/chisel, cutting torch, and pipe-cutting machines.
• Thread pipe accurately using a threading machine.
• Assemble/install diverse metal piping and fittings.
• Support runs using clamps, brackets, and hangers.
• Pressure-test and verify integrity by monitoring gauges for leaks.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Craft skills: Work to exact tolerances, make decisions with measurable criteria, and visualize 3D assemblies from drawings.
• Physical capability: Skilled hand use; lift/carry up to 50 lbs; sound vision (corrective lenses acceptable); comfortable on ladders/scaffolds; able to stand, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Work environments: Willing and able to work at heights and in confined spaces; CBSS provides appropriate safety gear.
• Driving: Valid current driver’s license with a clean record.

Safety first

Familiarity with industrial/commercial safety, including general safety practices, lockout/tagout (LOTO), working overhead, confined space entry, and basic electrical safety.

Rewards & benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental, vision, maternity support, discounted virtual physician visits
• Voluntary coverages: critical illness, hospital care, accidental injury
• FSA, HSA, life, short-term and long-term disability
• 401(k) with cash match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pet insurance
• Employee discount program
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays

About Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service

CBSS provides end-to-end boiler room solutions: new equipment, installations, rentals, retrofits, repairs, parts, and service. We help customers enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and optimize space with reliable, safe, and sustainable systems—backed by a 24/7 customer-driven operation.

Notes

This overview describes the general nature of the role and may be adjusted as business needs change; related duties may be assigned.