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Overview

Arizona State University (ASU) is seeking a General Maintenance Mechanic for the Tempe campus to perform maintenance work in residence halls. The role involves electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and HVAC maintenance duties, ensuring proper installation, modification, and repair of related systems.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and repair lighting, ballast, switches, and receptacles including 277 Volt lighting.
  • Perform electrical troubleshooting utilizing multi-meters and circuit tracers.
  • Provide plumbing repair and maintenance for restrooms, kitchens, and laundry rooms.
  • Maintain and rebuild water closet flushometers and various types of faucets.
  • Clear all types of drain clogs and stoppages.
  • Maintain and adjust auto door closers and provide preventative maintenance for doors.
  • Repair and replace various types of flooring and maintain suspended ceiling systems.
  • Replace air filters and clean HVAC coils.
  • Utilize hand tools, power tools, and equipment for maintenance tasks.
  • Maintain daily logs and interact effectively with customers and students.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma and two years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of experience and training.
  • Experience with work order systems (TMA).
  • Experience in plumbing installation, repair, and maintenance.
  • Experience in electrical troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance.
  • Experience in carpentry repair and maintenance.
  • Experience in HVAC troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance.
  • Basic computer usage skills.
  • Effective communication skills.

Benefits

  • PTO
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • Work schedule is Monday - Friday, 4:00pm - 12:30am.
  • Position may require working at other ASU campus locations.
  • Must possess a valid Arizona driver's license.
  • Position requires a rotating on-call/stand-by schedule.
  • Employment is contingent upon passing background and fingerprint checks.

Benefits

PTO
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
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How this job compares in Tempe, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $21/hr, this posting comes in about 42% below the $37/hr median for welding jobs in Tempe, AZ, where the middle half runs $28–$81/hr across 12 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 Tempe, AZ

We're tracking 27 other active welding openings in Tempe, AZ right now, from 20 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 460 other active welding openings from 236 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Tempe, or widen the search to Arizona.

Arizona State University currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Sundt Construction (29), Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (17), and EZARC (16). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Tolleson at $38/hr, Tempe at $37/hr, and Scottsdale at $36/hr. Tempe 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. General Maintenance Mechanic (PM Shift)- Tempe campus figures were last recalculated when this page was built.