Mechanical Boilermaker

Job Highlights

Company Profile

CSX is a premier transportation company. It provides rail, intermodal, and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions to customers across a broad array of markets, including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, and consumer products.

Job Profile

The company is searching for a Mechanical Boilermaker who will renew and repair any system of boilers, tanks, and drums.

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED
• 18 years of age or older

Work Experience

• 1 year of experience building/repairing boilers or tanks
• 1 year of experience in interpreting schematics and diagrams
• 1 year of welding experience

Duties/Responsibilities

• Assemble and install a variety of metal tubes
• Build, repair, remove, and apply steel cabs and running boards
• Cut and shape defective parts, using an oxy-acetylene torch
• Ensure compliance with all railroad rules and regulations for safety, operations, and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
• Inspect, patch, drill, chip, cut, tap, weld, bolt, rivet, screw, clip, caulk, clamp, flange, flue, or bond parts to assemble products
• Interpret blueprints, sketches, or product specifications to determine the sequence and methods of fabricating, assembling, and installing sheet metal products
• Lay out, cut apart, build, or repair boilers, tanks, and drums and fit up sheet iron or sheet steel work made of 16 gauge or heavier, including fronts and doors, gates and gate rigging, ash pans, front end netting, and diaphragm work, engine tender steel underframe, pressed steel tender truck frames and locomotive cabs
• Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates and positions of parts on the foundation
• Operate electric and gas welding equipment
• Operate material handling equipment such as chain hoists and overhead hoists
• Position, align, and secure structural parts and related assemblies of pressure vessels, such as boilers, tanks, and vats
• Remove and replace rivets and caulk seams to repair riveted shells and structures
• Select gauge and type of sheet metal, or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications
• Set up and operate fabricating machines, to cut, bend, block and form, or straighten materials
• Signal crane operator or attach rigging to lift parts to the specified position
• Test assembled vessels and may be required to operate locomotives
• Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by the manager

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Communication skills (provide clear instructions/directions)
• Mechanical aptitude
• Reasoning skills (problem-solving and troubleshooting skills)
• Valid Driver’s License
• Verbal comprehension (understanding oral and written communications)

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of combined welding and boiler/tank repair experience
• Boilermaker

Physical Requirements

• Demonstrate auditory and visual acuity and ability to recognize colors
• Determine condition and temps of various mech components by feel or touch when working blind
• Heavy work, lifting up to 70 pounds occasionally and up to 100 pounds on a rare basis
• Stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, balance, and climb

Job Requirements

• Complete annual training and pass safety rules examinations
• Federal regulations require random testing for drugs or alcohol
• Must pass a background screening
• Must pass a post-offer medical examination, including a drug test
• Must pass all required assessments
• Wear protective equipment such as a hard hat, hearing protection, or safety-toe boots
• Work hours may include a nonstandard workweek, overtime, and various shift work
• Work safely to prevent on-the-job accidents and injuries

Employer’s Statement

CSX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.