Job Description

Overview

The YMCA of Greater New York is seeking a Mechanic I for the Coney Island branch to maintain and repair HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and carpentry systems, while also ensuring cleanliness and upkeep of the facility. The YMCA is committed to empowering youth, improving health, and strengthening community through its various programs and services.

Responsibilities

  • Perform maintenance and repair of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and carpentry systems.
  • Conduct building repair, maintenance, and cosmetic upgrades as directed.
  • Clean and maintain the inside and outside of the YMCA and its off-sites.
  • Maintain sidewalks, hallways, stairways, bathrooms, shower rooms, offices, and program areas.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • Two (2) to three (3) years of maintenance and building construction work experience.
  • Knowledge of cleaning methods and equipment, along with a basic understanding of the upkeep and care of equipment.
  • Knowledge of the use of mechanical test equipment.
  • Understanding of cleaning compounds and chemicals, and their safe, efficient use (MSDS).
  • Maintain FDNY, DOB, and DOH logbooks as required.
  • Must be able to maintain the pool, including reading, repair, and maintenance.
  • Current Fire Safety Director certification or must pass the Fire Safety Director Certification within one (1) year of attaining the position.
  • Obtain Building Certification within three (3) months of attaining the position.
  • Must obtain S12, S13, and C42 Pool Certifications within one (1) year of attaining the position.
  • Must be able to work flexible hours as well as overnight.
  • Must be on call 24/7 when the Property Manager is not on-site.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance

How this job compares in Brooklyn, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 30% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Brooklyn, NY, where the middle half runs $29–$35/hr across 9 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 0% 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 Brooklyn, NY

We're tracking 18 other active welding openings in Brooklyn, NY right now, from 10 different employers. 7 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 146 other active welding openings from 93 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Brooklyn, 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 (21), Cushman & Wakefield (5), and Con Edison (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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $42/hr and Brooklyn at $30/hr. Brooklyn is among them.

Similar openings near Brooklyn, NY

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Mechanic I (Coney Island YMCA) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.