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Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing the High Line's mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, ensuring a seamless experience for millions of visitors. This hands-on role involves outdoor work across all seasons and requires regular interaction with staff, volunteers, and the public.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance and repair on specialized infrastructure elements, including HVAC, LED lighting, electrical distribution, irrigation pumps, and bathroom fixtures.
  • Conduct daily rounds and readings of mechanical areas.
  • Troubleshoot and maintain the water feature and its components, including pumps and filters.
  • Complete daily work orders on the custom Computerized Management System (CMS) as assigned.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, including winter snow and ice removal.

Requirements

  • 2-4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Demonstrate ability to perform a wide variety of maintenance tasks.
  • Experience working with electrical systems, including troubleshooting repairs.
  • Ability to perform carpentry repairs on wood structures.
  • Experience with power tools and small motorized equipment.
  • Ability to use ladders, scaffolding, and/or a scissor lift.
  • Good communication skills and ability to follow instructions.
  • Valid New York State driver's license.
  • Must acquire required OSHA, FDNY certificates of fitness, and a Pool & Spa Operator certification.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a full-time, year-round, non-exempt position.
  • Hourly rate of $30.
  • Ability to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and on an on-call basis as needed.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
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How this job compares in New York, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $30/hr, this posting comes in about 27% below the $41/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY, where the middle half runs $36–$49/hr across 28 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 14% 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 New York, NY

We're tracking 46 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 36 different employers. 27 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 165 other active welding openings from 106 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to New York.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (16), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (8), and Veterans Health Administration (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Bronx at $43/hr, New York at $41/hr, and Brooklyn at $40/hr. New York is among them.

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