Lead Boilermaker: Precision Boiler & Tank Fabrication

Central Gulf Industrial Alliance; Greenville, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance

life insurance

AD&D

flexible spending account

disability

paid time off

flexible work schedule

Job summary

Brown & Root Industrial Services seeks a Leadman to provide leadership, instruction and guidance to craft workers while operating in a journeyman capacity, supporting Foreman on boiler and vessel projects. The role involves assembling, inspecting for defects, and repairing boilers, tanks, and pressure vessels per blueprints, using power and hand tools.

The position emphasizes safety compliance, crane signaling, rigging coordination, and hands-on fabrication, with responsibilities spanning

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
• Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
• Works under immediate supervision.

Responsibilities

• Locates and marks reference points for columns or plates on foundation, sing master straight edge, squares, transit and measuring tape and applying knowledge of geometry.
• Attaches rigging or signals crane operator to lift components to specified position.
• Aligns structures or plates sections to assemble boiler frame, tanks or vats sing plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs or turnbuckles.
• Hammers, flame-cuts, files grinds irregular edges of sections or structural parts to facilitate fitting edges together.
• Bolts or arc-welds structures and sections together.
• Positions drums and headers into supports or bolts or welds supports to frame.
• Aligns water tubes, connects and expands ends to drums and headers using tube expander.
• Bolts or welds casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles and such fabricated parts as chutes, air heaters, fan stands, feeding tube, cat walks, ladders, coal hoppers and safety hatch to frame using wrenches.
• Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment.
• Installs manholes, handholds, valves, gauges and feed water connection in drums to complete assembly of water tube boilers.
• Signals crane operator in lifting parts to specific positions.
• Assists in testing assembled vessels by pumping water or gas under specified pressure into vessels and observing instruments for evidence of leakage.
• Repairs boilers or tanks in field by unbolting or flame cutting defective sections or tubes, straightening plates using torch or jacks, installing new tubes, fitting and welding new sections and replacing worn lugs on bolts.
• May fasten and caulk sections of vessels, using pneumatic fasteners and caulking hammers.
• May line firebox with refractory brick and blocks.
• May fabricate parts such as, stacks, uptakes, and chutes to adapt boiler to premises in which it is installed.
• Flame cutting and knowledge of torch use.
• Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules. Performs other duties as required.

Job description

Brown & Root Industrial Services seeks a Leadman to provide leadership, instruction and guidance to craft workers while operating in a journeyman capacity, supporting Foreman on boiler and vessel projects. The role involves assembling, inspecting for defects, and repairing boilers, tanks, and pressure vessels per blueprints, using power and hand tools.

The position emphasizes safety compliance, crane signaling, rigging coordination, and hands-on fabrication, with responsibilities spanning