Boiler Maker

Location:

Norfolk, VA (May also included Portsmouth, VA for future project sites based on awarded contracts)

The Boilermaker will be responsible for assembling, installing, and repairing boilers, closed vats, and other large vessels in ships. Shipyard Boilermaker responsibilities include reading blueprints, casting pieces, bending them into shape, and welding or bolting them into place.

• Interpret blueprints, sketches, and other specification documents to prepare for the construction and repair of boiler systems.
• Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints.
• Install manholes, handholds, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
• Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections.
• 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.
• 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.
• Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
• Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.
• Perform regular maintenance checks and repairs to ensure optimal boiler performance and adherence to safety standards.