Outage Boilermaker
Description:
Capable of certifying on multi-process pipe being proficient in SMAW, GTAW and GMAW welding processes. May require x-ray qualities.
Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Engages in the direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.
Responsibilities:
- Provide both our customers safe, clean, reliable, on-time, and courteous service.
- High level knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions applicable to the work of the trade and to work sites.
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with coworkers.
- Ability to interpret, explain and apply codes, rules and regulations involved in assigned boilermaker activities.
- Expertise of the standard methods, practices, materials, tools and equipment of the boilermaker trade.
- Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
- Bolt or arc welds pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
- 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.
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
- Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.
- Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.
- Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- 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.
- Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.
- 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.
Job Requirements:
- Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
- Make decisions based on measurable criteria.
- Apply basic mathematics to solve problems.
- Plan work and select proper tools.
- Visualize objects in three dimensions from plans and drawings.
- Work at heights without fear.
- Compare and see differences in the size, shape and form of lines, figures and objects.
Minimum Tools and Gear:
- Hard Hat
- Safety-toe Protective Footwear
- 6 - Combo Wrenches of various size
- 1 - 12" Crescent Wrench
- 1 - 25' Tape Measure
- 1 - 9" Torpedo Levels
- 1 - 10" Channel Locks
- 1 - Flange Scraper
- 2 - Bull Pins (Line Up Pins)
- 1 - Pry Bar
- 1 - Wire Brush
- 1 - 2' Level
- 1 - 18" Pipe Wrench
- 1 - 14" Pipe Wrench
- 1 - Ball Peen Hammer (32oz.)
- 1 - 4# Hammer
- 1 - Pair Burning Goggles
- 2 - Banana Wedges
- 1 - Striker
- 1 - 14" File
Required Training and Certifications:
- OSHA10 (will be provided within first six months if not already trained prior to employment)
- Manlift and Forklift Training (will be provided within first week on the jobsite if not already trained prior to employment)
- Signalperson and Rigger Training (will be provided within first six months if not already trained prior to employment)
- Confined Space Training (will be provided within first week on the jobsite if not already trained prior to employment)
- Valid drivers license and clean driving record
Education, Experience, and Certifications:
May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision. Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgment. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.
Upon job offer or promotion, candidate must pass a drug and/or alcohol test.
This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform other related job duties.