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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 related systems. The position offers a competitive hourly rate and a range of benefits.

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

  • Education must be equivalent to the completion of High School, trade school or completion of an 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 all applicable materials.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

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 $36/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA, whose middle half runs $28–$38/hr across 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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 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.

Temple University 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 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.

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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. Steam/Pipefitter II (Multi-craft) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.