Boilermaker

About the role

The Boilermaker will remove, replace and/or repair various piping systems; work on various coal fired boiler components including soot blowers, burners and dampers; work around and have experience with flue gas desulfurization process and equipment. Must have the knowledge to troubleshoot and detect both minor and major, with machines and equipment within a coal fired power plant; ability to dismantle and reassembly pumps.

Responsibilities

• Read specifications to determine the scope of work: locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
• Identify all tools required for tasks.
• Ability to properly use tools of the craft
• 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.
• Steel fabrication using torches, band saws, plasma cutter, grinders etc…
• Minor pipe fabrication – ability to pull field measurements to repair/replace like in kind pipe sections
• Pipe and steel prep for welding procedures
• Follow direction of supervision

Requirements

• 6 Plus More Years Experience
• NCCER PLUS CERTIFICATION
• Must be able to meet all physical requirements.
• Must be able to work at heights and in confined spaces
• Must have all required tools.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have ability to work a rotating schedule which includes nights and weekends.
• Self-motivated

Skills

• Ability to read basic blue prints
• Read and understand craft specs, 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, etc.)
• Knowledge of rigging components (come-a-longs, chain hoist, tuggers – manual, electric and pneumatic)
• Ability to dictate correct knots based on material
• Knowledge of specialty tools (torque wrench, mill hogg, torch, plasma cutter, chop saws, mag drills, Hogan drills)
• Welding and cutting Knowledge of cutting torch, set up, dangers, usage, cleaning, types of tips and when to use the different types of tips
• Equipment Knowledge Knowledge of JLG’s man baskets, ST and RT fork lifts, ability to be training through Zachry and operate in needed
• Basic maintenance (inspections) Safe operations practices
• Signaling of equipment (ETS, NCCO, NCCER)
• Flagging of cranes, forklifts, man lifts
• Knots Tying knots for tag lines, etc. Basic knots for lashing
• Math Skills Footage, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions to perform all craft duties.

Qualifications

Must have a valid driver's license.