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Overview

The Ventilation and Drainage Maintainer (Electric Fan & Pump Technician) position at New York City Transit involves maintaining, installing, and repairing ventilation and drainage equipment in subway stations. This civil service role requires passing a civil service exam for permanent status.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, install, clean, adjust, inspect, test, alter, replace, and repair ventilation and drainage equipment.
  • Work on generators, motors, electro-mechanical relays, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), limit switches, pumps, fans, valves, wiring, heaters, compressors, gasoline and diesel engines, and sewage ejectors.
  • Drive motor vehicles, keep records, write reports, and perform related work.
  • Climb and descend ladders and stairs to access pump, ejector, and fan rooms.
  • Walk along subway tracks near live third rails and tripping hazards.
  • Clear work areas in readiness for approaching trains.
  • Work in confined areas and wear required safety apparatus.
  • Lift material weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Perform work in a crouched position for long periods.
  • Work outdoors in all kinds of weather.

Requirements

  • Successful completion of a four-year, full-time apprenticeship in the construction, repair, and maintenance of pumps, fans, compressors, and/or related electro-mechanical systems and equipment.
  • Three years of full-time satisfactory experience at the journey level in the installation, repair, and maintenance of heavy duty electro-mechanical equipment.
  • Two years of full-time satisfactory experience at the journey level plus completion of specific training or education.
  • Graduation from a recognized trade school or technical school with a major course of study in electro-mechanical, electrical, or electronic technology.
  • An associate degree or a higher-level degree in a related field.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position may require working various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
  • New York City residency is not required.
  • You must be able to understand and be understood in English.

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 $30–$40/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 18 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 11 different employers. 6 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 139 other active welding openings from 88 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 5 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 (12), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (5), and Alstom (4). 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 New York at $45/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. Ventilation and Drainage Maintainer (Electric Fan & Pump Technician) (Provisional)* figures were last recalculated when this page was built.