Insulator

About the role

Turner Industries is a fully diversified industrial contractor that helps move the world forward by providing responsive, innovative solutions designed to increase plant production, reduce costs, reduce downtime, and prevent shutdowns. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, Turner Industries has over 20,000 employees with offices and job sites across the United States. Its single‑solution approach serves the petrochemical, refining, energy, pulp and paper, and related industries, earning the company the No. 1 spot on ABC's 2024 Top Performers list.

Turner Industries Group is seeking a journey‑level Insulator for maintenance work in the Hopewell, VA area. This position involves covering boilers, pipes, tanks, and refrigeration units with insulating materials such as fiberglass, cork, plastic, and magnesia to reduce heat loss or absorption, prevent moisture condensation, and deaden sound.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience as an insulator
• Experience making insulation blankets
• Local candidate
• Ability to pass a craft test
• Written pre‑employment qualification test
• Post‑offer drug/alcohol screen and physical evaluation

Responsibilities

• Wire prefabricated fiberglass covering around steam and hot water piping
• Trowel mastic or brush cement on insulation to obtain a smooth finish and cover piping with cloth
• Fit thermo‑block and magnesia‑block insulation around insulating boilers, evaporators, and turbines
• Wire insulation on machinery and staple wire netting over insulation
• Trowel cement on wire netting to protect insulating material
• Wire cork on salt water, refrigeration, and air‑conditioning piping and cement cloth over insulating material to obtain a smooth finish
• Cut sheets of insulation into sections and fit and cement sections around fittings
• Cover gas piping of refrigeration or air‑conditioning systems with molded plastic
• Fabricate detachable insulation for valves or similar fittings
• Wire detachable covers on valves or fittings
• Install fiberglass or spun glass on ventilation systems to deaden sound and prevent vibration

Skills

• Climbing ladders, scaffolds, structures, etc. above and below ground level
• Maintaining balance on ladders, scaffolds, structures, etc.
• Reaching in all directions
• Handling and manipulating objects and materials
• Coordinating movements of eyes, hands, and fingers to operate tools and equipment
• Lifting 30 to 50 pounds from ground level, waist level, and/or overhead
• Carrying objects, tools, equipment, etc.
• Standing/sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, bending, kneeling, crouching/squatting
• Seeing with or without correction
• Hearing with or without correction
• Wearing respirator and other PPE
• Typing/data entry
• Stepstool use
• Work in excessive heat
• Work in excessive cold
• Work in loud environment

Benefits

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• ADD
• Voluntary life / ADD
• Disability benefits
• Leaves of absence
• 401k
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Telehealth access
• Employee assistance program

Schedule

40+ hours, weekly