Boilermaker

Boilermaker

Cleaver Brooks Sales and Service is looking for a Boilermaker to join our team in San Antonio, TX. The Boilermaker is responsible for traveling daily to customer sites to assemble boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels according to blueprint specifications, using power tools and hand tools.

Job Location: San Antonio, TX

Essential functions:

Boilermaker:

• Assembles boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels according to blueprint specifications, using power tools and hand tools
• Reads blueprint to determine location and relationship of parts.
• Connects fire tubes to heads or water tubes to drums and headers of boilers, by expanding and belling ends, using tube expander and beading ends, using power hammer.
• Drills and taps holes for installation of studs, using portable drill.
• Tightens bolts to assemble frames, using hand or power wrenches.
• Mounts casings of water tube boilers, or attaches davit heads, burners, or furnace casing to fire tube boilers, using wrenches.
• Bolts or screws accessories, such as man-holes, hand-holes, fans, gauges, and valves to vessel, using hand tools or power wrenches.
• Replaces defective parts or piping, using power wrenches, prying bars, or hand tools.
• May install and repair refractory brick or furnace tile.
• May thread and install pipe, using pipe wrench and dies.
• May remove and replace insulation and caulk seams to repair insulation on shells, piping, boiler fire-sides or structures.
• May cut out defective parts, boiler tubes or tube ends using acetylene torch.

• Piping Lay out, fabricates, assembles, installs, and maintains piping and piping systems, fixtures, and equipment for boiler systems by threading or by sweating copper pipe or pro-press fittings.
• Selects type and size of pipe and related materials according to job specifications.
• Inspects worksites to determine presence of obstructions and to ascertain that piping integrity will not cause structural weakness.
• Plans sequence of installation to avoid obstructions and activities of other construction workers.
• Cuts pipe, using hacksaw, pipe cutters, hammer and chisel, cutting torch, and pipe cutting machine.
• Threads pipe, using threading machine.
• Assembles and installs variety of metal pipe and pipe-fittings.
• Secures pipes to structure with clamps, brackets, and hangers, using hand tools.
• Tests piping system for leaks by increasing pressure in pipes and observing gauges attached to pipes for indication of leaks.

Basic Requirements:

Education:

• A High School diploma or equivalent is mandatory.

Experience:

• Workers should be able to: Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy; make decisions based on measurable criteria; and visualize objects in three-dimensions from plans and drawings.
• Physically, workers must be able to: Work easily and skillfully with hands; lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds; see well (either naturally or with correction); climb and maintain balance on high ladders and scaffolds; and stand, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Must be willing and able to work at heights and in confined spaces with appropriate safety equipment provided by the organization.
• Must have a valid current driver's license with a clean driving record.

Working Conditions and Hazards:

Knowledge of Industrial & commercial safety, General Basic plus Safety, LOTO, working overhead, confined space entry, basic electricity safety.

Benefits of being a Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service Employee:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits (Critical Illness, Hospital Care, and Accidental Injury), FSA, HSA, life insurance, short term and long-term disability
• Cash matching 401(k) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Pet insurance
• Employee discount program
• Tuition assistance
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays

Who is Cleaver-Brooks Sales & Service:

Cleaver-Brooks Sales and Service, Inc. (CBSS) is a market leader in providing fully integrated boiler and burner systems. CBSS offers a full range of capabilities from: new equipment, installation, rentals, retrofits, repairs, parts, and service. We can deliver, install, and upgrade boiler room solutions that improve efficiency, reduce cost, and optimize space. CBSS delivers the most efficient, reliable, safe, and environmentally sustainable solutions that differentiate us in the marketplace. We are a 24/7 customer driven operation.