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Overview

The Structure Maintainer E (Plumber) position involves performing plumbing work for MTA New York City Transit’s subway and related structures under general supervision. This full-time role requires passing a Civil Service Exam to obtain permanent status.

Responsibilities

  • Perform plumbing work in subway, surface, and elevated structures.
  • Install, maintain, and repair plumbing fixtures in various facilities.
  • Clean, test, dismantle, install, and repair pipes and hot water heaters.
  • Keep records and perform incidental structural work as needed.
  • May serve as a flagger and respond to signals on the tracks.
  • Load, unload, and drive vans and trucks.

Requirements

  • Graduation from a four-year full-time apprenticeship program in plumbing.
  • Four years of full-time journey-level experience as a plumber.
  • Two years of journey-level experience plus relevant education or experience.
  • Experience must be from an approved vocational or technical school.
  • Must possess a valid Class A or Class B Commercial Driver License or a valid Motor Vehicle Driver License with a Learner Permit for a Class B CDL.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Work location is various.
  • May require working various shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • New York City residency is not required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $38/hr median for welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY, whose middle half runs $32–$40/hr across 11 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 64% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 20 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 11 different employers. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 107 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, or widen the search to New York.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority currently has 7 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (7), and Veterans Health Administration (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Bronx at $43/hr, New York at $41/hr, and Brooklyn at $38/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Structure Maintainer E (Plumber) (Provisional)* figures were last recalculated when this page was built.