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Job Description

Overview

Temple University's Main Campus Facilities Department is seeking a Steam/Pipefitter II (Multi-craft) to maintain, repair, install, and replace piping and associated systems. The position offers competitive pay and a range of benefits.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain, repair, install, and replace piping, valves, fittings, gaskets, and pumps.
  • Work on steam, chill, hydronic heat, and processed water systems.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Education equivalent to completion of High School, trade school, or accredited apprenticeship.
  • Minimum of 5 years experience with steam and chill systems.
  • Rigging experience to work safely in all situations.
  • Proficient in cutting and welding applicable materials.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This position requires a motor vehicle driver's license check.
  • A drug screening and physical are required.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $37/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, whose middle half runs $25–$43/hr across 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 63% 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 Philadelphia, PA

We're tracking 44 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 31 different employers. 13 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 180 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.

The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (7), Greene Tweed (7), and TradeWorx (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 $34/hr and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.

Similar openings near Philadelphia, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Steam/Pipefitter II (Multi-craft) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.