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Overview

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is seeking a Buildings Millwright - First Class to inspect, disassemble, repair, and replace electro-mechanical equipment, ensuring reliable and efficient services in the transportation sector.

Responsibilities

  • Inspect visually, disassemble, repair, or replace various mechanical equipment such as cranes, hoists, vehicle washers, tanks, elevators, escalators, pumps, air compressors, and turnstile equipment.
  • Erect scaffolding and perform rigging as required.
  • Locate electrical trouble and diagnose using various electrical testing devices, repairing electrical issues as needed.
  • Manufacture, install, and repair parts such as bushings, bearings, pulleys, gears, belts, and gaskets related to mechanical equipment.
  • Comply with all Authority and departmental safety and security policies and procedures and report any safety concerns.

Requirements

  • Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
  • Must have a valid Pennsylvania driver's license or equivalent.
  • Must have three years relevant full-time work experience in installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical and pneumatic equipment.
  • Successful completion of trade school curriculum in a relevant area may substitute for up to one year of work experience.
  • Must have experience in cutting and threading pipe up to two inches in diameter.
  • Must successfully complete pre-employment and performance tests as required.
  • Must have knowledge of regulatory agency codes and requirements.
  • Will be required to possess or obtain hand tools as designated by the position's tool list.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Benefits

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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 $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $28–$38/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 59 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 32 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 283 other active welding openings from 192 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 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. 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. Buildings Millwright - First Class figures were last recalculated when this page was built.