Boilermaker Lead

About the Role

The Leadman provides leadership, instruction, and guidance to craft workers in a work crew, assisting the Foreman while performing duties at the journeyman level. The role involves assembling, analyzing for defects, and repairing boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels along with associated auxiliaries, following blueprint specifications and using both power and hand tools. • Locates and marks reference points for columns or plates on foundation using master straight edge, squares, transit, and measuring tape, applying geometry knowledge. • Attaches rigging or signals crane operator to lift components to specified position. • Aligns structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frames, tanks, or vats using plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. • Hammers, flame‑cuts, files, and grinds irregular edges of sections or structural parts to facilitate fitting. • Positions drums and headers into supports or bolts/welds supports to frame. • Aligns water tubes, connects and expands ends to drums and headers using a tube expander. • Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment. • Installs manholes, handholds, valves, gauges, and feed water connections in drums to complete water‑tube boiler assembly. • Signals crane operator in lifting parts to specific positions. • Assists in testing assembled vessels by pumping water or gas under specified pressure and observing instruments for leakage. • Repairs boilers or tanks in the field by unbolting, flame‑cutting defective sections or tubes, straightening plates with torch or jacks, installing new tubes, fitting and welding new sections, and replacing worn lug bolts. • May fasten and caulk vessel sections using pneumatic fasteners and caulking hammers. • May line firebox with refractory brick and blocks. • May fabricate parts such as stacks, uptakes, and chutes to adapt boilers to installation premises. • Observes and complies with all safety and project rules. • Apply shop mathematics to solve problems. • Plan work and select proper tools. • Compare and see differences in size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects. • Visualize objects in three dimensions from plans and drawings. • Make decisions based on measurable criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸boiler assembly
• ▸tube alignment
• ▸fabrication
• ▸repair
• ▸vessel testing
• ▸leadership

What You Bring

Candidates typically need a high school diploma or equivalent combined with relevant field experience. The position relies on established guidelines and immediate supervision, with limited need for independent judgment, and reports to a supervisor or manager. Physical demands include standing, walking, and sitting for extended periods, lifting and carrying up to 50 lb, and performing tasks that require climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, and fine finger work, with varying frequencies throughout the workday. • Bolts or welds casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles, and fabricated parts such as chutes, air heaters, fan stands, feeding tubes, catwalks, ladders, coal hoppers, and safety hatches to frame using wrenches. • Applies flame cutting and torch use knowledge.

Requirements

• ▸welding
• ▸bolting
• ▸flame cutting
• ▸high school
• ▸field experience
• ▸heavy lifting

Benefits

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

Work Environment

Field