Boilermaker (Catlettsburg, KY) Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance construction and soft craft services to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil gas chemical food agriculture power and manufacturing industries. Our team of employee-owners equipped with innovative technology and optimized procedures helps owners optimize safety productivity profit margins and cost-efficiency.

This is a fulltime position working 40 hours a week (4/10S). There is no per diem and no relocation funding.

Boilermaker

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. Work involves use of hand and power tools plumb bobs levels wedges dogs or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Engages 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. This is accomplished by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Examine boilers pressure vessels tanks or vats to locate defects such as leaks weak spots or defective sections so that they can be repaired.
• Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together using wrenches or welding equipment.
• Inspect assembled vessels or individual components such as tubes fittings valves controls or auxiliary mechanisms to locate any defects.
• Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts such as safety valves or 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 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 structure parts using hammers jacks or torches.
• Shape seams joints or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts 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 following blueprints and using straightedges squares transits or measuring instruments.
• Shape or fabricate parts such as 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 prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
• Must be able to perform work wearing personnel protective equipment. Including but not limited to the following: rain gear chemical protective clothing supplied air and air purifying respirators safety harness sand blast hoods fire resistant coveralls hard hat ear plugs and safety glasses.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to have full range of mobility in upper and lower body able to reach overhead able to work in various positions including but not limited to stooping standing bending over sitting kneeling squatting; use hands to handle or feel objects tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; work at heights; balance for extended periods of time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required for this Position:

Education no minimum education requirements.

Experience 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience.

Must pass pre-employment physical drug screening and background check as condition of employment.

This is a fulltime position working 40 hours a week (4/10S). There is no per diem and no relocation funding.

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.

We offer excellent benefits including medical dental life and disability insurance and a matching 401K plan. We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)! To learn more about Austin please go to

Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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About Austin Industrial

Austin Industrial provides premier self-perform maintenance construction and soft craft service to leading industrial companies across the U.S. An industry leader for more than 60 years we offer single-source solutions to our customers in the oil gas chemical food agriculture power and manufacturing industries.

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