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Overview

Mesa Public Schools is recognized as one of the Best Employers in Arizona and offers a full-time position for a Steamfitter J in Maintenance. The role involves repairing, maintaining, and installing water heating and conditioning systems to ensure comfort and safety within facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Repair, maintain and install water heating and conditioning systems and related equipment.
  • Maintain district steam boilers in excellent working condition for the cafeterias.
  • Maintain all hot water heaters, boilers for domestic use, and swimming pool boilers.
  • Perform repairs and maintenance on heating systems, boilers, piping systems, controls, and heat exchangers.
  • Maintain accurate records on all equipment and repairs.
  • Ensure regular and on-time attendance.
  • Keep district vehicle and equipment neat and well-maintained.
  • Assist other tradesmen and personnel as needed.

Requirements

  • High School education or equivalent.
  • Valid Arizona driver’s license.
  • Minimum two years of steamfitter experience.
  • Working knowledge of tools, materials, methods, and safe working practices of the trade.
  • Ability to read and interpret blueprints.
  • Ability to lift and/or move up to 100 lbs.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement matched through the Arizona State Retirement System

Additional Information

  • Work typically takes place during off-peak school hours.
  • Must be able to work in extreme temperatures and cramped spaces.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Retirement matched through the Arizona State Retirement System
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How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 14% below the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Mesa, AZ, where the middle half runs $28–$34/hr across 25 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 16% 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 Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 68 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 40 different employers. 21 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 509 other active welding openings from 258 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

Mesa Public Schools currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (20), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tempe at $32/hr, Phoenix at $30/hr, and Surprise at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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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. Steamfitter J - Maintenance figures were last recalculated when this page was built.