Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (Corpus Christi, TX)

About the role

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance, construction, and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. As a Boilermaker, you will construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Work involves aligning structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats following blueprints, using hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. You will assist in testing assembled vessels, clean boilers and boiler furnaces, and inspect and repair boiler fittings such as safety valves, regulators, automatic control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.

Responsibilities

• Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections for repair.
• Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together using wrenches or welding equipment.
• Inspect assembled vessels or individual components (tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms) to locate defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts (safety valves, regulators) using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.
• Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
• Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
• Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and mark bending and cutting lines using protractors, compasses, drawing instruments, or templates.
• Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers using hand tools.
• Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
• Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structural parts using hammers, jacks, or torches.
• Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts for specified fit using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.
• Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels following blueprints.
• Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations using blueprints, straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
• Shape or fabricate parts (stacks, uptakes, or chutes) to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.
• Clean pressure vessel equipment using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
• Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
• Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop before installation to ensure proper fit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of experience in industrial planning and scheduling.
• NCCER certification.
• Valid TWIC Card and Driver’s License.
• Legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States (Austin Industrial is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position).

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Employees must be able to:

• Sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties.
• Lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Work at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
• Possess sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.
• Read, comprehend, and follow safety procedures, work instructions, and company policies.
• Exercise sound judgment, solve problems, maintain attention to detail, manage stress, and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment.

Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards. Employees must wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements applicable to the position. Must maintain a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.