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Overview

As a Maintenance Repairman 2 with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, you will complete a wide variety of repair and maintenance projects that support daily operations, making a visible difference each day in keeping facilities safe, functional, and well maintained.

Responsibilities

  • Repair doors, furniture, roofs, locks, walls, and other building components using trade tools and equipment.
  • Install and repair electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and steam systems.
  • Maintain tools, machinery, kitchen equipment, refrigeration units, and related devices in working condition.
  • Cut grass, trim trees and shrubs, maintain landscaping features, and keep outdoor areas attractive.
  • Clear sidewalks, parking areas, and entrances using plows, snow blowers, salt spreaders, and hand tools.
  • Follow trade safety practices and support quality improvement activities through process evaluation and data collection.

Requirements

  • Two years of experience as a Maintenance Repairman 1 or equivalent.
  • Four years of experience in building and plant maintenance work involving at least two of the building, electrical, or mechanical trades.
  • Possession of a valid Pennsylvania Class C Driver's License.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions.

Additional Information

  • Full-time employment (7.5 hours per day/37.5 hours per week).
  • Work hours are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
  • You will be required to work every other weekend.
  • Selected candidates will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,506.00.
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How this job compares in Chester County, PA

Pay in context

At roughly $20/hr, this posting comes in about 38% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania, where the middle half runs $27–$38/hr across 89 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 6% 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 Chester County, PA

Chester County, PA is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 228 other active welding openings from 144 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently has 1 other opening 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 (6), TradeWorx (6), and Mission Critical Group (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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Chester County, PA

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Maintenance Repairman 2 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.