Job Description

Overview

Join our team at Markley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center as a Maintenance Technician. We believe that a safe, reliable, and well-maintained environment is essential to delivering exceptional resident care and comfort.

Responsibilities

  • Perform general maintenance and repair work, including painting, plumbing, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, and other facility systems.
  • Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair building equipment and systems to ensure safe and efficient operation.
  • Support preventative maintenance programs to reduce equipment downtime and extend system longevity.
  • Maintain knowledge of building systems, equipment, and applicable building codes and regulations.
  • Utilize basic computer systems to document work orders, track maintenance activities, and communicate updates.
  • Respond to maintenance requests promptly while prioritizing resident safety and comfort.
  • Ensure all work is completed in accordance with safety procedures, facility policies, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

  • Three (3) years of general maintenance experience required, including painting, plumbing, carpentry, electrical, HVAC, or related trades.
  • HVAC, plumbing, and electrical experience strongly preferred.
  • Basic computer proficiency required, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and internet-based systems.
  • Strong knowledge of building equipment, building systems, and applicable building codes.
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule, including day, evening, weekend, and holiday shifts as needed.

Benefits

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Employee referral bonus
  • Health Insurance
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • 401k
  • Employee assistance program (EAP) resources

Additional Information

  • Full-time opportunity available!
  • 8am-4pm
  • $20 per hour (all inclusive)
  • Daily Pay!

Benefits

Tuition reimbursement
Employee referral bonus
Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
401k
Employee assistance program (EAP) resources

How this job compares in Norristown, 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 136 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 10% 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 Norristown, PA

Norristown, PA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 274 other active welding openings from 180 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), Johnson Controls (7), and Greene Tweed (6). 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, Braddock at $31/hr, and York at $27/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Norristown, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.