Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (Houston, TX)

Austin External; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 63,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial in Houston, TX is seeking a Boilermaker for on-site work on boilers and boiler-house equipment. You will read blueprints, weld, bolt, align frames, and inspect fittings to ensure leak-proof joints.

This role requires 4 years of Journeyman-level experience, NCCER certification, TWIC card, and a valid driver’s license. Austin Industrial emphasizes equal opportunity employment and does not sponsor unsolicited resumes.

Qualifications

• Journeyman-level experience (4 years) required.
• NCCER certification required.
• TWIC card required.
• Valid driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Examine boilers and pressure vessels to locate defects for repair.
• Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts.
• Inspect components like tubes, valves, and gauges for defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts using welding equipment and tools.
• Attach rigging and coordinate crane or hoist operations for lifting parts.
• Inspect and repair boiler fittings such as safety valves and regulators.
• Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Welding

Rigging

Heavy lifting

Education

NCCER Certification

TWIC Card

Valid Driver's License

Tools

Welding equipment

Hand and power tools

Blueprints

Job description

Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (Houston, TX)

Job Category: Hourly Craft

Requisition Number: BOILE034476

• Full-Time
• On-site
• Rate : $31.50 USD per hour

Locations

Showing 1 location

Houston, TX, USA

Description

About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years, we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing industries.

Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Engages in the direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
• Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
• Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
• 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, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
• Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
• 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, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
• Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
• Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
• Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
• 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 to ensure proper fit.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Qualifications Required for this Position

Experience

4years of Journeyman-level experience.

Certification / License

NCCER, a Valid Driver’s License, and a TWIC Card.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy. (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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Licenses & Certifications

Required

NCCER- BM Press Vsl PV

TWIC Card

Valid Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.