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Overview

The HVAC Maintenance Technician - Specialist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is responsible for the installation, inspection, operation, repair, and preventative maintenance of mechanical systems in hospital buildings. This role requires skills in multiple trades including HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor, inspect, operate, and test machinery and equipment across hospital systems.
  • Diagnose machine malfunctions and maintain systems’ working order.
  • Conduct and oversee repairs and upgrades to hospital systems as needed.
  • Estimate and order materials needed for work projects.
  • Ensure coordination of work projects by possessing working knowledge of other trades.
  • Perform all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
  • Complete rounding to identify and resolve regulatory compliance deficiencies.
  • Assist and/or perform the work of other maintenance technicians and teams as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent.
  • Trade or vocational school graduate with courses in blueprint reading, mechanical drawing, and mathematics.
  • Successful completion of training from a certified technical school or program.
  • Journeyman-level credential or equivalent in skilled craft (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc.).
  • Philadelphia Class A or NJ Black Seal stationary engineer license depending on division location.
  • Two journeyman-level credentials in different skilled crafts (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc.).
  • HVAC-certified incumbents must possess Refrigerant Recovery License.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Short-term Disability
  • Long-term Disability
  • 401k
  • Tuition Assistance

Additional Information

  • Workday Day (United States of America)
  • Primary Location: 2301 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability
401k
Tuition Assistance
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $31/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$37/hr across 21 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 50 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 36 different employers. 19 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 312 other active welding openings from 189 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.

Jefferson Health currently has 1 other opening 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 (13), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (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 $31/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

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