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Job Description

Overview

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is seeking to hire an experienced RR Carpenter/Locksmith-Specialist to construct, erect, install, or repair wooden structures and fixtures, while also performing locksmith duties. SEPTA is a leader in transportation, recognized for its commitment to innovation and community service.

Responsibilities

  • Performs carpentry work such as lay out and repair of inside and outside building framing and partitions.
  • Installs trim and millwork, doors, windows, counters, cabinetry, etc.
  • Constructs stations platforms, shoring, heavy timber framing, and concrete forms.
  • Operates various power woodworking tools such as combination saws, planers, etc.
  • Works from ladders, scaffolds and other structures.
  • Installs, repairs, replaces various door sets; installs and sets up key ways, locks for master keys, etc.
  • Complies with all Authority and departmental safety and security policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Must have experience as a carpenter in general building or industrial construction and roofing.
  • Must have experience as a locksmith or have successfully completed a course in locksmithing.
  • Must satisfactorily completed pre-employment and performance tests as required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO

Benefits

Health Insurance
401k
PTO
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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 $34/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$37/hr across 19 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 60 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 34 different employers. 27 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 273 other active welding openings from 175 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 5 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 Hanwha Philly Shipyard (8), TradeWorx (7), 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 $34/hr, York at $27/hr, and New Kensington at $22/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. RR Carpenter/Locksmith-Specialist (1120) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.