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Wesco

Lighting Maintenance Technician

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Wage

$23.1 – $28.88/hr

Employment Type

Full-time

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Posted on September 2, 2026

Job Description

Overview

As a Lighting Maintenance Technician at Wesco, you will perform maintenance and repairs on mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and other physical structures, ensuring the functionality of facility systems. Wesco is a global leader in business-to-business distribution and logistics services, offering numerous opportunities for career growth.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance on facility equipment, including high voltage test equipment and systems.
  • Maintain equipment, parts, and supply inventory by checking stock to determine appropriate inventory levels.
  • Prepare mechanical maintenance reports.
  • Record and process findings of maintenance duties on maintenance log.
  • Identify root cause of problems by observing mechanical devices in operations.

Requirements

  • High school degree or equivalent required.
  • 5 years of service and maintenance of electric machinery required.
  • 2 years of facility repair and maintenance experience required.
  • 2 years of handling high voltage test equipment required; 5 years preferred.
  • Proficient in mechanical calibration.
  • Ability to read and work from blueprints and sketches.
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to be on your feet for extended periods.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Shift: Monday through Friday; 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $26/hr, this posting comes in about 28% below the $36/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, where the middle half runs $30–$45/hr across 25 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 12% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 46 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 32 different employers. 13 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 317 other active welding openings from 207 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Greene Tweed (9), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $36/hr and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Lighting Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.