I myself would skip the whole cutting a hole and adding screen to the top, as that'll just cause the humidity to be hard to keep. Same with the heat lamps. Heat lamps will just dry the enclosure out and will make humidity a task to keep up. Best way to heat a snake's enclosure would be belly heat, IMO. Get some flexwatt heat tape or a heat pad(and a thermostat to regulate the under tank heater), and pop it under the cage, and you should be good to go. As for air flow in the tub, just take a drill or soldering iron(if using a drill, be careful as the tub could crack easily with it) and put a bunch of holes on the sides. I use 3 foot by 2 foot underbed storage tubs for my snakes and I have 20 holes on the front side, 20 on the back side, and 4 on each short side, totalling 48 holes in the tub. You might find that more holes or less holes will work for you.
Also, that looks like a pretty large tub for the size of snake you have. I'd recommend filling up a lot of that space with decorations and hides to provide cover and make him/her feel secure in the new environment.(and yes I know the way the tub is in that pic is the unfurnished cage...just saying when you decorate it...yeah
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