Boilermaker Journeyman.P&I Trade & Craft . Construction (OG&E) - 300001494146614-3269

John Wood Group - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time

Oklahoma City, OK

Support Activities for Mining

About the position

The Boilermaker Journeyman position at Wood PLC involves assembling and repairing boilers, tanks, vats, and pressure vessels, as well as their auxiliary components. The role requires the use of various tools and equipment to ensure that all assemblies meet specified standards and safety regulations. The position is critical in the construction and maintenance of boiler systems, ensuring operational efficiency and safety in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Locates and marks reference points for columns or plates on foundation using master straight edge, squares, transit, and measuring tape.
• Attaches rigging or signals crane operator to lift components to specified position.
• Aligns structures or plates sections to assemble boiler frame, tanks, or vats using plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles.
• Hammers, flame-cuts, files, grinds irregular edges of sections or structural parts to facilitate fitting edges together.
• Bolts or arc-welds structures and sections together, positioning drums and headers into supports or bolting or welding supports to frame.
• Aligns water tubes, connects and expands ends to drums and headers using tube expander.
• Bolts or welds casing sections, uptakes, stacks, baffles, and fabricated parts to frame using wrenches.
• Performs minor maintenance or cleaning activities with tools and equipment.
• Installs manholes, handholds, valves, gauges, and feed water connections in drums to complete assembly of water tube boilers.
• Signals crane operator in lifting parts to specific positions.
• Assists in testing assembled vessels by pumping water or gas under specified pressure into vessels and observing instruments for evidence of leakage.
• Repairs boilers or tanks in the field by unbolting or flame cutting defective sections or tubes, straightening plates using torch or jacks, installing new tubes, fitting and welding new sections, and replacing worn lugs on bolts.
• May fasten and caulk sections of vessels 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 boiler to premises in which it is installed.
• Responsible for observing and complying with all safety and project rules.

Requirements

• Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy.
• Apply shop mathematics to solve problems.
• Plan work and select proper tools.
• Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects.
• Visualize objects in three dimensions from plans and drawings.
• Make decisions based on measurable criteria.
• Work at heights without fear.