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Overview

Austin Industrial is an industry leader providing maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Boilermaker position involves constructing, assembling, maintaining, and repairing stationary steam boilers and related equipment.

Responsibilities

  • Examine boilers and pressure vessels to locate defects for repair.
  • Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together.
  • Inspect assembled vessels or components for defects.
  • Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts using various tools.
  • Attach rigging and signal crane operators to lift heavy sections.
  • Bell, bead, or weld pressure vessel tube ends for leakproof joints.
  • Lay out and mark bending and cutting lines on heavy metal.
  • Install manholes, valves, and gauges in water tube boilers.
  • Study blueprints to determine part locations and dimensions.
  • Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or parts.
  • Shape seams and joints of pressure vessel sections for fit.
  • Position and secure structural parts to boiler frames following blueprints.
  • Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates.
  • Shape or fabricate parts to adapt pressure vessels and piping.
  • Clean pressure vessel equipment using scrapers and solvents.
  • Install refractory bricks in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
  • Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop.

Requirements

  • No minimum education requirements.
  • 3+ years of Journeyman-level experience.
  • NCCER certification.
  • Valid Driver’s License.
  • TWIC Card.

Additional Information

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
  • Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments.
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How this job compares in Channelview, TX

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Channelview, TX currently run a median of $32/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$35/hr across 9 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Channelview, TX

We're tracking 22 other active welding openings in Channelview, TX right now, from 7 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,287 other active welding openings from 583 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Channelview, or widen the search to Texas.

Austin Industries currently has 34 other openings live in Texas, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Austin Industries (34), Welding Shop in Austin, TX (25), and Zachry Group (22). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Abernathy at $45/hr, Arlington at $40/hr, and Pasadena at $37/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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