Job Description

Overview

The Bldgs HVAC Specialist position involves installing, maintaining, diagnosing, testing, and repairing Building HVAC Systems and related equipment. This role is within the EM&C/Maintenance department at SEPTA, which is committed to providing a diverse work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Installs, operates, maintains, tests, and overhauls heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment.
  • Inspects, disassembles, cleans, replaces, repairs, installs, lubricates, and tests all HVAC equipment and related parts.
  • Locates trouble in electrical, electronic and pneumatic controls and diagnoses by various testing devices.
  • Repairs all electrical trouble as required.
  • Manufactures, installs and repairs various HVAC equipment such as bushings, bearings, pulleys, gears, belts, controls, chains, rollers, fixtures, brackets, etc.
  • Complies with all Authority and departmental safety and security policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent and two (2) years training at an accredited Technical School or equivalent.
  • Five (5) years practical experience in a related field may be substituted for technical school training.
  • Experience in the installation, operation, maintenance, testing and repair of low pressure steam, high temperature hot water, warm air heating units, refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
  • Knowledge of regulatory agency codes and requirements.
  • Must satisfactorily complete qualifications test and performance tests as required.
  • Will be required to obtain CDL driver's license.
  • Will be required to possess or obtain hand tools as designated by the position's tool list.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Location: 5800 Bustleton
  • Union: USA/C234
  • Starting Rate of Pay: Union Rate Scale
  • Finalist will be subject to an updated criminal background check.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO

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 $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$39/hr across 21 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 56 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 38 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 277 other active welding openings from 179 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 6 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 TradeWorx (7), Crash Champions (6), 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 $35/hr and York at $25/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. Bldgs HVAC Specialist (1140) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.