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The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.

Qualifications and Details about the Position

The Boilermaker Mechanic is responsible for the installation, maintenance, repair, fabrication, and inspection of boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, reactors, towers, piping systems, and related equipment within refinery and petrochemical facilities. This position requires strict adherence to safety standards, refinery procedures, and quality requirements while performing maintenance and turnaround activities.

• Install, maintain, repair, and replace pressure vessels, boilers, furnaces, exchangers, columns, reactors, and associated refinery equipment.
• Read and interpret blueprints, engineering drawings, P&IDs, isometric drawings, and specifications.
• Perform vessel entry, inspection preparation, and mechanical repairs during planned shutdowns and turnarounds.
• Layout, fit, align, and assemble structural and pressure-containing components.
• Remove and replace trays, packing, internals, tube bundles, refractory, and vessel components.
• Operate rigging equipment, chain falls, come-alongs, cranes, and hoisting devices safely.
• Perform cutting, grinding, torch work, and fabrication using approved procedures.
• Assist with hydrotesting, leak testing, and pressure testing activities.
• Conduct equipment inspections to identify wear, corrosion, damage, or mechanical deficiencies.
• Complete preventive and corrective maintenance activities on refinery process equipment.
• Ensure compliance with refinery safety procedures, lockout/tagout (LOTO), confined space entry, hot work permits, and fall protection requirements.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and complete required documentation.
• Participate in pre-job planning, safety meetings, and daily toolbox talks.
• Collaborate with welders, pipe fitters, millwrights, inspectors, and operations personnel.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of a recognized Boilermaker apprenticeship program preferred.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of industrial maintenance experience in oil refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants, or heavy industrial facilities.
• Ability to pass refinery-required safety orientation and site-specific training.
• Knowledge of ASME codes and pressure vessel repair practices.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and mechanical specifications.
• Experience working during turnarounds, shutdowns, and capital projects.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

• Pressure vessel maintenance and repair
• Structural steel fitting and assembly
• Rigging and hoisting
• Blueprint and drawing interpretation
• GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, and cutting process familiarity
• Measurement and precision alignment
• Confined space work
• Tower and column internals replacement
• Hydrostatic testing procedures
• Industrial hand and power tools

• Adhere to all OSHA regulations and refinery safety standards.
• Maintain certifications as required by site policy.
• Properly use all required PPE, including:
  • Hard hat
  • Safety glasses
  • Flame-resistant clothing (FRC)
  • Hearing protection
  • Respiratory protection
  • Fall protection equipment

• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds regularly.
• Ability to climb ladders, scaffolding, towers, and refinery structures.
• Ability to work in confined spaces and elevated locations.
• Ability to stand, bend, kneel, crouch, and work in physically demanding environments for extended periods.
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to work overtime, nights, weekends, holidays, and turnaround schedules as required.

• TWIC Card
• Fall Protection Certification
• Respiratory Protection Certification

Work is performed in active refinery and petrochemical operating units, maintenance shops, and construction areas. Employees may be exposed to elevated heights, confined spaces, rotating equipment, industrial noise, chemicals, extreme temperatures, and other refinery operating conditions.

Compensation is competitive and based on experience, certifications, qualifications, and…