Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (Houston, TX)

Austin Industrial provides premier self‑perform maintenance, construction, and soft‑craft services to leading industrial companies across the United States. An industry leader for more than 60 years, the company offers single‑source solutions to customers in the oil, gas, chemical, food, agriculture, power, and manufacturing sectors. Learn more about Austin Industrial.

Responsibilities

• Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler‑house auxiliaries.
• Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints.
• Use hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.
• Assist in testing assembled vessels.
• Engage in the direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces.
• Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic‑control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.
• Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects (leaks, weak spots, 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, auxiliary mechanisms) to locate any defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure‑vessel parts (safety valves, regulators) using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metal‑working 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 leak‑proof joints.
• Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines using protractors, compasses, and 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 to attain a specified fit, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metal‑working 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 straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
• Shape or fabricate parts (stacks, uptakes, chutes) to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy‑metal‑working 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 prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

Employees must be able to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands and fingers to perform assigned duties. The role may require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 lb, working at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces. Work is performed in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site‑specific hazards. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Education: No minimum education requirements.
• Certification/License: NCCER Boilermaker certification, a valid driver’s license, and a TWIC card.
• Experience: 3–5 years of journeyman‑level experience.

Applicants must be 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.

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information from staffing agencies, search firms, or third‑party recruiters.

Accessibility: If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact the People Services Team at 877‑831‑1217.