Boilermaker - Austin Industrial (La Porte 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, and assisting in testing assembled vessels.

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, marking 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 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 using heavy-metalworking machines (brakes, rolls, 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4 years of Journeyman-level experience as a Boilermaker.
• NCCER certification.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• TWIC Card.
• Legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States (Austin Industries is unable to sponsor employment visas).

Physical, Mental & Environmental Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and use hands/fingers to perform assigned duties.
• Capable of lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Work at elevations, on uneven surfaces, or in confined spaces.
• Sufficient visual, hearing, communication, and motor skills to safely perform job responsibilities.
• Ability to 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.
• Work in industrial and construction environments with exposure to weather conditions, temperature extremes, noise, dust, fumes, moving equipment, vibration, and other site-specific hazards.
• Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and meet all customer, site, regulatory, medical, and fitness-for-duty requirements.
• Perform all job duties while maintaining a constant commitment to safety, quality, and productivity expectations.