Position summary:
Boilermakers or helpers shall be assigned to and employed on work covered by this job description. Contractor shall have the right to plan, direct, and control the operation of all its work, hire employees, direct the working forces in the field, assign employees to their jobs, discharge, suspend, or discipline for proper cause (proper causes for discharge include but are not necessarily limited.

A boilermaker is one skilled in various phases of his trade including one or more of the following occupations: welder (who must pass currently recognized welders’ qualification
tests); equipment maintenance men (who dresses tools, operates the tool room, if any, and keeps the equipment in safe and good working condition); acetylene burner; chipper; fitter gang leader; top erector (who climbs and connects steel in the air); riveter; caulker; heater; bucker; and moocher (who inspects welding and riveting); operators of any kind
of inspection or testing equipment.

A helper is one who helps at any of the above occupations. A helper not only helps a mechanic when such help is required, but the following occupations are considered helper’s
work: power brush operator; bolter; reamer; fitter helper (who works under a fitter gang leader and who prepares joints and seams for welders or riveters); scaffold erector (who erects, moves, and takes down scaffold); ground erector (who ties on and prepares steel for erecting); and similar items of work not requiring extensive experience or training. Helpers
may be assigned to tack weld for the purpose of providing them with opportunities of advancement or to serve when mechanics are not available.

Educational requirements:
High School Completion or GED is a requirement. Technical training and experience preferred.

Skills and experience:

• Minimum of 2 years experience with automated welding equipment.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints.
• Ability to perform MIG and TIG welding, Boilermaker/Welder (Vertical and Overhead Welding)

Essential duties:

• Operate WSI automated welding equipment in a confined space.
• Demonstrate competence in analysis of welding procedures.
• Determining materials and weld procedures for specific projects.
• Demonstrate capability to weld from all positions.
• Demonstrate capability to design, layout and fabricate and analyze metal failures and repairs needed.
• Demonstrate competence in fabricating, fitting and welding material from blueprints and drawings Able to operate miscellaneous hand and power tools.
• Operate measuring tools, shop support equipment.
• Able to follow instructions and direction with minimal supervision.
• Understand and practice all safety procedures for work environment.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.

• Willing and able to travel for field assignments as required.
• Other duties as assigned by your site superintendent/foreman.

Physical demands:
Must be able to lift 75+ pounds, be able to work while standing, squatting, sitting and kneeling. Must be able to weld from various positions.

Work environment:
Industrial Field Environment.