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Job Description

Overview

As a Maintenance Repairman 2 with the Southeastern Veterans' Center, you will help maintain buildings, equipment, and grounds essential to the facility, supporting a safe and dependable environment for all who rely on the center. This role requires craftsmanship and responsibility in solving problems and making repairs.

Responsibilities

  • Repair doors, furniture, and partitions using power and hand tools.
  • Install circuits, fixtures, and outlets and repair motors and related systems.
  • Fix fixtures, open drains, and install pipe for water and steam lines.
  • Maintain heating, cooling, and refrigeration units and repair cooking equipment.
  • Cut grass, trim shrubbery, and keep outdoor areas free of debris.
  • Use protective gear and follow safety rules while addressing hazards.

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 trades.
  • Any equivalent combination of experience and training.
  • Possession of a valid Pennsylvania Class C Driver's License.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions.

Benefits

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment (7.5 hours per day; 37.5 hours per week).
  • Work hours are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • Required to work every other weekend.
  • No telework option available.
  • Starting annual salary of $41,506.00.
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How this job compares in Chester 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–$33/hr across 119 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 7% 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 Chester County, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Chester County, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 282 other active welding openings from 180 employers. 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 Phillips Tank & Structure (8), United States Army Reserve (8), and Aerotek (7). 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 $31/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/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.