Boilermaker Helper - Austin Industrial (La Porte, TX)

Boilermaker Helper Assists the Boilermaker in construction, assembly, maintenance, and repair of stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Responsibilities include alignment of structures or plate sections, use of hand and power tools, testing assembled vessels, cleaning boilers and furnaces, and inspecting and repairing boiler fittings such as safety valves, regulators, and control mechanisms. Specific Duties and Responsibilities Convoy tools, equipment and parts to the work area. Cleans work areas and places salvageable material in bins. Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections into place. Bolts or unbolts assemblies using hand tools. May install packings, catalysts and desiccants in vessels. 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. Lay out plate, sheet steel or other heavy metal. Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges or feedwater connections in drums of water‑tube boilers. 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. 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. Other duties as assigned. 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. Physical Demands The employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, stand, walk, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must lift or move up to 25 pounds regularly and may lift or move up to 50 pounds frequently. Specific vision abilities required include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Qualifications Education: No minimum education requirements. Certifications/License: A valid driver’s license. Experience: 6+ months experience in an industrial setting preferred. Austin Industrial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. See the Know Your Rights poster available in English and Spanish. #J-18808-Ljbffr Austin Industries