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Job Description

Overview

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is seeking candidates for the position of Plumber - First Class, responsible for assembling, installing, repairing, and inspecting plumbing systems according to specifications or plumbing codes.

Responsibilities

  • Installs and repairs plumbing in street water and sewer connections, ejectors, drain lines, sprinkler pipe, rain conductors, gas and gasoline pipe tanks and equipment, air pipes, lubrication oil pipes.
  • Installs pipe and boiler insulation, brass and copper tubing and fittings, and other related equipment.
  • Inspects and tests fire equipment, alarm systems, grounds, and vehicles.
  • Installs and repairs brass and copper tubing and related fittings.

Requirements

  • Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
  • Must be experienced in the installation, maintenance, and repair of plumbing and related parts and accessories.
  • Must be able to create shop drawings, layout work, compile material lists, and complete work reports.
  • Must satisfactorily complete qualifications tests: basic mathematics, blueprint reading, and plumbing and hand tools.
  • Must have valid Philadelphia journeyman's card.
  • Must have valid driver's license and obtain CDL permit within 60 days of transfer.
  • Must be able to work in a truck-mounted bucket with a maximum extension capacity of approximately 30 feet high.
  • Must be able to climb an extension ladder of approximately 20 feet and descend back to the ground.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

Starting pay rate is $37.1113/hour, increasing to $41.2348 after 12 months.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 12% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA — toward the top of a $30–$39/hr middle band drawn from 20 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 75% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

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. Plumber - First Class figures were last recalculated when this page was built.