Insulator - Hopewell, VA
Turner Industries · Hopewell, VA · Yesterday
ManagementFull-time
Essential Qualifications
- Must have at least 3 years experience as insulator and have experience making insulation blankets
- Must be local candidate
- 40+ hours, weekly
- Must be able to pass craft test
- Written pre-employment qualification test
- Post-offer drug/alcohol screen and physical evaluation
Functional Requirements
- Wires prefabricated fiberglass covering around steam and hot water piping
- Trowels mastic or brushes cement on insulation to obtain a smooth finish
- Covers piping with cloth
- Fits thermo-block and magnesia-block insulation around insulating boilers, evaporators and turbines
- Wires insulation on machinery and staples wire netting over insulation
- Trowels cement on wire netting to protect insulating material
- Wires cork on salt water, refrigeration and air-conditioning piping and cements cloth over insulating material to obtain a smooth finish
- Cuts sheets of insulation into sections
- Fits and cements sections around fittings
- Covers gas piping of refrigeration or air-conditioning systems with molded plastic
- Fabricates detachable insulation for valves or similar fittings
- Wires detachable covers on valves or fittings
- Installs fiber glass or spun glass on ventilation systems to deaden sound and prevent vibration
Pay
Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.
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
Physical Involvement
- 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
- Coordination of the 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