Boilermaker - Towers

Zachry Group; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachry Group is seeking a Boilermaker for an industrial new construction plant in Texas. The role involves constructing iron/steel structures, reading blueprints, rigging, welding, and alignment checks on site.

Responsibilities include fabricating components, hoisting materials, and ensuring safety and quality per drawings. The candidate should have experience with industrial machinery installation and be able to work at heights with appropriate PPE.

Qualifications

• Must have experience reading blueprints and IFC drawings.
• Able to meet physical requirements including climbing heights.
• Knowledge of safe rigging practices and bolt/tension procedures.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine scope of work, locations, quantities and sizes of materials.
• Identify tools required for tasks.
• Identify safety risks and the precautions required.
• Fabricate equipment according to blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Hoist equipment into location via bull rigging or crane.
• Verify alignment of structural-steel members using plumb bobs, lasers, or levels.
• Connect columns/beams/girders with bolts per blueprints.
• Bolt aligned members for riveting or bolting.
• Cut, bend and weld iron/steel pieces as needed.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Rigging knowledge

Welding basics

Team leadership

Physical stamina

Education

NCCER Boilermaker

Formal/technical education

Tools

Torque wrench

Skidmore

Hogan drills

MIG welding equipment

Mag drills

Crane/rigging equipment

Job description

Job Description Boilermaker will construct iron/steel structures to specifications. They will work with the mechanical department on an industrial new construction plant along with other miscellaneous structures involved with the new construction.

Job Description Boilermaker will construct iron/steel structures to specifications. They will work with the mechanical department on an industrial new construction plant along with other miscellaneous structures involved with the new construction. Responsibilities Position Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specification to determine the scope of work: locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
• Identify all tools required for tasks.
• Identify safety risks and the precautions required to eliminate those risks.
• Fabricate equipment according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
• Hoist equipment and tools into location via bull rigging or crane.
• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels.
• Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.
• Bolt aligned structural-steel members in position for permanent riveting or bolting.
• Pull, push, or pry iron/steel equipment into approximate positions for bolting into place.
• Cut, bend, and weld iron/steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, and welding equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Employee will be required to adhere to large amounts of standing, walking, bending, squatting, sitting and lifting.
• Will talk and hear to communicate.
• Will use arms and hands to signal, grab, hold, turn, push, and pull: objects, materials, controls and tools.
• May be required to pick up, lift, carry and move up to 50lbs.
• Will work at heights, climb ladders and stairways, and may occasionally work off of platforms/scaffolding using the appropriate fall protection requirements.

Must be able to work in all weather conditions (including heat, rain, cold and wind) while wearing appropriate PPE. Qualifications Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer experience with industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance of Power Generation machines and equipment.
• JVIC/Zachry ROF’ed employee.
• Former JVIC/Zachry Employee.
• Basic Computer efficiency
• Formal/technical education.
• NCCER Boilermaker

Qualification Highlights

• Must have 4+ years’ experience as a Boilermaker Helper, Boilermaker Ironworker or comparable position with Experience
• Must possess all Knowledge Skills and Abilities for positions (see below).
• Must be able to meet all physical requirements.
• Must be able to work at heights in excess of 300 ft.
• Must have all required tools.
• Must have reliable transportation.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to take lead in erection of steel, fabrication, grid layout, rigging etc.
• Ability to perform all job duties of craft trade.
• Ability to read, understand IFC drawings.
• Ability to make hang list, read details off drawings, read all notes on drawings before erection, locate and understand ECN’s and holds on drawings.
• Understand when to stop production work and when a RFI needs to be initiated.
• Read and understand craft specs and cut sheets, craft spec procedures and recommendations
• Able to locate piece marks for correct views and know how to pick out different elevations
• Being able to know the correct installation based on the orientation.
• Knowledge of symbols based on legend
• Knowledge of all types of safe rigging practices (chokers, slings, ect.)
• Ability to dictate correct knots based on material
• Know all aspects of connecting
• Correct procedures of Bolting
• Torque vs Tension
• Ability to read cut sheets
• Lay out from drawing
• Cut material from lay out and cut sheets
• Knowledge of Torque and Values
• Knowledge of Tension
• Turn of the nut method
• Different types of indicators
• Understand how to use a skidmore
• Ability to take drawings, required material, line out helpers and execute work
• Knowledge of specialty tools (torque wrench, skidmore, torque guns, mag drills, hogan drills)
• Basic knowledge of welding (machine set up, Mig, stick, gas, ect)
• Knowledge of cutting torch, set up, dangers, usage, cleaning, types of tips and when to use the different types of tips
• Knowledge of JLG’s man baskets, cranes
• Basic maintenance (inspections)
• Safe operations practices
• Flagging of cranes, forklifts, man lifts
• Tying knots for tag lines, etc.
• Basic knots for lashing
• Footage, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions to perform all craft duties.
• Must be willing to perform any additional duties as instructed.

JVIC ( a ZACHRY GROUP company) is dedicated to providing a Safe and Drug-Free work environment and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.