Boilermaker: Boiler Vessels, Welds & Repairs

Austin-Industrial; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a Boilermaker in La Porte, TX to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries on site. You will read blueprints, align structures, and use a range of hand and power tools to ensure safe, leakproof joints.

The role requires 3-5 years journeyman experience, physical stamina, and the ability to work with welding equipment and rigging.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.
• Valid Driver's License.
• NCCER-BM Exch KV certification.
• Ability to read blueprints.

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 components to locate any defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machines.
• 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 mark cutting lines using protractors and templates.
• Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers.

Skills

Journeyman experience

Tools

Welding equipment

Job description

Austin Industrial is seeking a Boilermaker in La Porte, TX to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries on site. You will read blueprints, align structures, and use a range of hand and power tools to ensure safe, leakproof joints.

The role requires 3-5 years journeyman experience, physical stamina, and the ability to work with welding equipment and rigging.