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Overview

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking an HVAC Maintenance Mechanic for the Division of Institutional Planning & Operations (IP&O). This position involves working independently in a designated zone and performing a wide range of refrigeration and air-conditioning duties for all university facilities.

Responsibilities

  • Guide and instruct other staff in performing refrigeration and air-conditioning duties.
  • Provide skilled refrigeration, air conditioning, and mechanical duties for installation, maintenance, modification, and repair of university facilities.
  • Guide and instruct craft trainees.
  • Perform general trade duties in other areas as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school/vocational school or equivalent plus four years of experience in repair and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.
  • Successful completion of an approved training course or certified apprenticeship program plus two years of experience may substitute for the above experience.
  • Proof of certification as required by Section 608 of the Clean Air Act.
  • Valid driver’s license with two years driving experience and completion of the Rutgers Defensive Driving Course.
  • Good communication skills and ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to read and comprehend technical manuals and blueprints.
  • Competence in performing complex and varied repair and maintenance of refrigerating and air conditioning systems.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Full-time position with standard working hours of 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
  • Position is part of AFSCME Local 888 union.
  • Location: Rutgers University-Newark.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Newark, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $28/hr, this posting comes in about 16% below the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $29–$40/hr across 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 23% 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 Newark, NJ

We're tracking 14 other active welding openings in Newark, NJ right now, from 10 different employers. 11 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 123 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Newark, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Rutgers University currently has 2 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Darling Ingredients (5), Carvana (4), and Lockheed Martin (4). 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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newark at $35/hr and Lyndhurst at $30/hr. Newark 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. HVAC Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.