Insulators

Job Description

Job Description

Turner Industries is a fully diversified industrial contractor. We help move the world forward by providing responsive, innovative solutions designed to increase plant production, reduce costs, reduce downtime, and even prevent shutdowns. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA, Turner Industries has over 20,000 employees with offices and job sites across the United States. Our single-solution approach in the petrochemical, refining, energy, pulp and paper, and related industries has made Turner one of the nation's top industrial contractors and earned us the No. 1 spot on ABC's 2024 Top Performers list. People are at the heart of everything we do. Their safety, security, and satisfaction have always been our top priorities. For proof, look no further than our strong working relationships and extraordinary workforce.

Turner Industries Group, LLC has an opening for an Insulator to join our Team in the Decatur, AL area. The Insulator will be responsible for covering boilers, pipes, tanks, and refrigeration units with insulating materials such as fiberglass, cork, plastic, and magnesia to reduce loss or absorption of heat, prevent moisture condensation and to deaden sound.

Qualification Standards:
• One (1) to four (4) years of experience in specified skill (depending on mechanic level)
• Written pre-employment qualification test
• Post-offer drug/alcohol screen and physical evaluation
• Hazard Communication orientation/test
• Turner Industries Group, LLC indoctrination
• OSHA approved corrective eyewear (Z87)
• Job site orientation
• Job site safety requirements as required by the client (clean shaven, long sleeves, steel toe boots,
etc.)
• Safety equipment as required by the client (hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, respirator, hearing
protection, safety harness with lanyard, etc.)
• Applicant/employee must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of such individual or others
in the work place

Functional Requirements:
Wires prefabricated fiberglass covering around steam and hot water piping; trowels mastic or
brushes cement on insulation to obtain a smooth finish and covers piping with cloth; fits thermoblock and magnesia-block insulation around insulating boilers, evaporators and turbines; wires
insulation on machinery and staples wire netting over insulation; trowels cement on wire netting to
protect insulating material; wires cork on salt water, refrigeration and air-conditioning piping and
cements cloth over insulating material to obtain a smooth finish; cuts sheets of insulation into
sections; fits and cements sections around fittings; covers gas piping of refrigeration or airconditioning systems with molded plastic; fabricates detachable insulation for valves or similar
fittings; wires detachable covers on valves or fittings; installs fiber glass or spun glass on ventilation
systems to deaden sound and prevent vibration.

Compensation:

Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience.

Benefits:

Depending on your employment status, benefits include health, dental, vision, life, ADD, voluntary life / ADD, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, telehealth access, and employee assistance program.

Physical Involvement:
Employee may be required to do the following: climbing ladders, scaffolds, structures, etc. above and
below ground level; maintaining balance on ladders, scaffolds structures, etc.; reaching in all
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directions, handling and manipulating objects and materials; coordinating the movements of eyes,
hands and fingers to operate tools and equipment; lifting 30 to 50 pounds from ground level, waist
level, and/or overhead; carrying objects, tools, equipment, etc.; standing; sitting; walking; pushing;
pulling; bending; kneeling; crouching/squatting ; crawling; seeing with or without correction; hearing
with or without correction.

Turner Industries is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing law.