Lead Boilermaker: Structural Steel Erection & Fabrication

Zachry Group; Freeport (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachry Group is seeking an experienced Boilermaker Helper to join our industrial construction team in the U.S. Texas area. You will read blueprints, fabricate and install steel, and work with mechanical teams on a new construction plant.

You will hoist and position structural steel, verify alignments, and bolt or rivet assemblies. The role requires practical welding skills, rigging know-how, and your own tools, with travel to site as needed.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of boilermaker/ironworker experience or equivalent.
• Must meet all physical requirements and work at heights over 300 ft.
• Must have all required tools and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Read blueprints and specifications to determine scope, locations, quantities, and material sizes.
• Identify tools required for tasks and safety precautions.
• Fabricate equipment per blueprints or supervisor instructions.
• Hoist equipment into location using bull rigging or crane.
• Verify alignment of structural-steel members with plumb bobs, lasers, or levels.
• Connect columns/beams/girders; bolt for permanent riveting or bolting.
• Pull, push, or position iron/steel for bolting; cut/bend/weld pieces as needed.

Skills

Blueprint reading

Tool identification

Safety awareness

Fabrication

Rigging

Welding

Bolting

Cutting

Tools

Torque wrench

Skidmore

Torque guns

Mag drills

Hogan drills

Job description

Zachry Group is seeking an experienced Boilermaker Helper to join our industrial construction team in the U.S. Texas area. You will read blueprints, fabricate and install steel, and work with mechanical teams on a new construction plant.

You will hoist and position structural steel, verify alignments, and bolt or rivet assemblies. The role requires practical welding skills, rigging know-how, and your own tools, with travel to site as needed.