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Overview

Build your future as a Maintenance Repairman 2 with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs at the Fort Mifflin Readiness Center. In this role, you will take on a wide variety of repair and maintenance tasks that help keep facilities safe and functional.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance tasks involving carpentry, painting, electrical work, masonry, and plumbing.
  • Check building systems such as HVAC, alarms, generators, and automated controls.
  • Maintain clean, safe, and functional interior and exterior areas.
  • Use and maintain tools and machinery needed for electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and grounds work.
  • Assist with vendor communication and monitor contracted repair work.
  • Follow safety rules and report hazards or incidents to supervisors.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience as a Maintenance Repairman 1 or equivalent.
  • Four years of experience in building and plant maintenance work involving at least two of the building, electrical, or mechanical trades.
  • Any equivalent combination of experience and training that affords the applicant with the Required Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities.
  • Possession of a valid Pennsylvania Class C Driver's License.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions.

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week.
  • Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch period.
  • Work schedule may change based on operational needs.
  • Travel may be required.
  • You will not have the option to telework in this position.
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How this job compares in Philadelphia County, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $28/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$35/hr across 135 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 County, PA

This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Philadelphia County, PA, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 283 other active welding openings from 192 employers. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 3 other openings 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 Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8), TradeWorx (7), and JB Poindexter Company (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 $36/hr and York at $27/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. Maintenance Repairman 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.