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Overview

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is seeking skilled candidates for the role of Vehicle Equipment Mechanic - 1st Class (0601). The successful candidate will be responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining vehicle systems to ensure optimal performance and safety.

Responsibilities

  • Diagnose complex mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic troubles.
  • Disassemble, repair, replace, reassemble, and adjust diesel or gasoline engines and other automotive equipment.
  • Test, diagnose, troubleshoot, repair, and adjust all types of air conditioning systems.
  • Check, adjust, repair, replace, and/or clean various mechanical and electrical components.
  • Perform duties of and direct activities of employees of lesser classifications as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Must satisfactorily complete written qualification tests and performance tests.
  • Must have a valid driver's license and be able to obtain a CDL.
  • Must possess tools pertinent to occupation.
  • Must be able to work varied shifts.
  • Graduate from an accredited technical school in the automotive repair field with certification required.
  • One year of work experience in the repair of gas or diesel engines is an acceptable equivalent.
  • Must have experience as an automotive mechanic, with experience repairing engines and transmissions.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Candidates under the age of 21 who do not currently hold a Pennsylvania driver’s license are not eligible to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Passenger (P) endorsement.
  • Only candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship will be accepted.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Philadelphia, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 19% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA — toward the top of a $25–$37/hr middle band drawn from 18 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% 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 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.

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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. Vehicle Equipment Mechanic -1st Class (0601) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.