Industrial Boilermaker Technician

Job Description

Job Description

About the role

Picture your day starting at a busy industrial site. You review a set of drawings, map out where manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections will go in a water-tube boiler drum, and lay out your plan. You move from diagnostic testing to precision installation, then wrap with rigorous cleaning and final inspection—all with an unwavering focus on safety.

What you will do

• Test and inspect boiler systems to pinpoint leaks or defects, then document and remedy findings.
• Replace and repair valves using a full range of hand and power tools.
• Operate gas torches with confidence for cutting, heating, and fitting tasks.
• Clean boilers and boiler furnaces and de-scale pressure-vessel equipment using scrapers, wire brushes, and approved solvents.
• Inspect assembled vessels and components—tubes, fittings, valves, controls, and auxiliary mechanisms—to verify integrity and function.
• Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections in water-tube boiler drums using hand tools.
• Install refractory brick in fireboxes to specification.
• Use blueprints to determine exact locations, positions, and dimensions of parts.

How you work

• Read, interpret, and follow procedures; fully understand specifications and drawings.
• Wear appropriate PPE at all times; be fit-tested and qualified to use a respirator.
• Access confined spaces and maintain strict safety compliance at every stage of work.
• Climb stairs and ladders continually—up to 200 rungs/steps per hour.
• Walk to, from, and between work areas for the full shift; tolerate noise, fumes, dust, and inclement weather.
• Work overtime as needed to meet production demands; must be able to work 60+ hours/week.

Experience and credentials

• (Preferred) 8 years in boiler, heat exchanger, and valve repair.
• Bricklaying experience in refractories within industrial settings (cement plants, steel mills, power plants, etc.).
• Ability to obtain DBIDS/TWIC credentials.

Where you will work

• Open-air industrial environments with hot/cold conditions and occasional office-controlled settings.
• Project visits aboard ships and rigs, both on and offshore, including confined spaces.
• Expect varied surfaces/angles and activities like bending, crouching, and climbing over scaffolding, ladders, and internal barge/boat structures.
• Some travel required.

Compliance

Ability to pass a drug screen.