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Overview

Become a Maintenance Repairman 2 with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and take pride in keeping communities safe and connected! This position gives you hands-on experience with a broad range of building and repair work.

Responsibilities

  • Repair structures and bridges using carpentry, welding, masonry, and concrete methods.
  • Operate construction tools and machinery to complete maintenance tasks.
  • Install and replace fixtures, wiring, and related system components.
  • Maintain and repair plumbing fixtures, as well as install new piping when required.
  • Perform routine inspections and adjustments to heating and cooling systems.
  • Coordinate tasks and guide semi skilled workers during projects.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience as a Maintenance Repairman 1 or equivalent.
  • Four years of experience in building and plant maintenance work involving at least two of the building, electrical, or mechanical trades.
  • Any equivalent combination of experience and training that affords the applicant with the Required Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities.
  • Possession of a valid Pennsylvania Class C Driver's license.

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment.
  • Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • You will not have the option to telework in this position.
  • Selected candidates will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,605.00 (before taxes).
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How this job compares in Bucks County, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 29% below the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 168 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 11% 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 Bucks County, PA

Bucks County, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 315 other active welding openings from 206 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 5 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (15), Aerotek (11), and Hanwha Philly Shipyard (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 $32/hr, York at $27/hr, and Lancaster at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Maintenance Repairman 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.