Austin Industries

Overview

Austin Industrial is a leading provider of maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to industrial companies across the U.S. The Boilermaker role involves constructing, assembling, maintaining, and repairing stationary steam boilers and auxiliary 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 parts into place.
• Weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
• Lay out and mark bending and cutting lines on heavy metal.
• Install components in drums of water tube boilers using hand tools.
• Study blueprints to determine locations and dimensions of parts.
• Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or parts.
• Shape seams and edges of pressure vessel sections for proper fit.
• Position and secure structural parts to boiler frames following blueprints.
• Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on foundations.
• 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.
• NCCER Boilermaker certification required.
• Valid Driver’s License and TWIC Card required.
• 3-5 years of Journeyman level experience required.

Additional Information

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Work may be performed in industrial and construction environments.