Boilermaker: Industrial Boiler Fabrication & Repair

Austin Industries; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Industrial is seeking a skilled Boilermaker to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries at customer sites across the U.S. The role requires reading blueprints, welding, and rigging with safety as a priority.

You will work on boilers, pressure vessels, and related equipment, ensuring leakproof joints and proper fitting while adhering to blueprints and safety standards. On-site duties require physical endurance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years in industrial planning and scheduling.
• NCCER certification and a valid Driver’s license.
• No formal education requirement.

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, 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.
• Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
• Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Education

NCCER Certification

Driver’s License

Job description

Austin Industrial is seeking a skilled Boilermaker to construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries at customer sites across the U.S. The role requires reading blueprints, welding, and rigging with safety as a priority.

You will work on boilers, pressure vessels, and related equipment, ensuring leakproof joints and proper fitting while adhering to blueprints and safety standards. On-site duties require physical endurance.