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Job Description

Overview

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is seeking an experienced RR Bldgs Millwright Specialist to inspect, repair, and maintain various electro-mechanical equipment, contributing to the reliability and efficiency of the transportation system.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect, disassemble, clean, repair, and test motors and controls on equipment such as escalators, elevators, air compressors, pumps, cranes, and hoists.
  • Locate troubles in electro-mechanical equipment and perform complex mechanical and electrical repairs.
  • Inspect, clean, adjust, lubricate, and repair motors, motor controls, bearings, valves, and pumps.
  • Comply with safety and security policies and report any safety concerns.

Requirements

  • High school graduate or equivalent.
  • Must complete Qualifications Test and Performance Test.
  • Valid driver's license or equivalent; CDL license required later.
  • At least 3 years of experience in installation, maintenance, and repair of industrial equipment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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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 $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$43/hr across 20 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 45 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 33 different employers. 15 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 286 other active welding openings from 187 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.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) 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 Phillips Tank & Structure (8), 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 $35/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. RR Bldgs Millwright Specialist (1150) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.