Boilermaker

About the Role

• Locate and mark foundation reference points using geometry tools. • Signal crane operator and attach rigging to lift components to position. • Align and assemble boiler frames, tanks, or vats with plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. • Position drums and headers, then bolt or weld supports to the frame. • Align water tubes and expand ends to drums/headers with a tube expander. • Perform minor maintenance and cleaning with tools and equipment. • Install manholes, handholds, valves, gauges and feed‑water connections in drums. • Test assembled vessels by pressurizing with water or gas and checking for leaks. • Repair boilers/tanks in the field by unbolting, flame‑cutting, straightening, installing new tubes, and welding sections. • Fasten and caulk vessel sections using pneumatic fasteners and caulking hammers. • Line fireboxes with refractory brick and blocks when required. • Fabricate parts such as stacks, uptakes, and chutes to adapt boilers to site conditions. • Perform flame cutting and operate torches safely. • Observe and comply with all safety and project regulations. • Apply shop mathematics to solve problems. • Plan work and select appropriate tools. • Compare size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects. • Visualize three‑dimensional objects from plans and drawings. • Make decisions based on measurable criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸frame assembly
• ▸tube alignment
• ▸vessel testing
• ▸boiler repair
• ▸fabrication
• ▸safety compliance

What You Bring

The Journeyman position requires a minimum of three years of documented field experience in the chosen craft discipline. Candidates must be able to read and interpret instructions, document, plan, and perform work activities independently. Qualifications may include a high school diploma or equivalent coupled with relevant experience. The role expects knowledge of common concepts, practices, and procedures, reliance on established guidelines, and work under immediate supervision, typically reporting to a supervisor or manager. Physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, lifting and carrying up to 50 lb, and pushing or pulling forces of 70 ft‑lb. Workers must be able to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, handle tools, and perform fine finger work, with frequency ranging from occasional to constant as defined by company symbols. • Hammer, flame‑cut, file and grind edges for proper fit. • Bolt or arc‑weld structural sections together. • Bolt or weld casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles, and fabricated parts (chutes, air heaters, fan stands, feeding tubes, catwalks, ladders, coal hoppers, safety hatches) to the frame.

Requirements

• ▸flame‑cut
• ▸arc‑weld
• ▸bolting
• ▸3‑yr experience
• ▸high school
• ▸lift 50 lb

Benefits

Brown & Root Industrial Services is an equal‑opportunity employer and offers competitive lifestyle benefits such as a 401(k) plan with company match, medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, paid time off, flexible work schedules, and opportunities for career advancement through professional training and development.

Work Environment

Field