Job Description

Overview

The General Maintenance Mechanic at Abington Memorial Hospital is responsible for the installation, repair, and preventive maintenance of mechanical equipment and building facilities. This role involves ensuring the functionality of safety, lighting, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and control systems.

Responsibilities

  • Interact with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
  • Perform urgent, corrective, routine, preventative, and requisitioned repairs of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing equipment and systems.
  • Maintain routine records of all inspections, preventative maintenance, and repairs performed on any equipment or system.
  • Maintain and repair distribution systems involving vacuum, medical air, medical gas systems, and air compressors.
  • Maintain and repair pneumatic equipment located in engine rooms, such as hot water converters, thermostats, induction units, sump pumps, and all piping pertaining to the function of this equipment.
  • Make checks of all mechanical area equipment.
  • Handle maintenance calls from the main office.
  • Assist other trade maintenance technicians with more complicated repairs as needed.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent; additional education and/or training required.
  • 3 years of related experience required.
  • Journeyman Mechanical Maintenance (or equivalent) with understanding of electrical safety and lockout/tagout standards.
  • Knowledge of safe practices in daily operations and effective maintenance and repair services.
  • Ability to adapt to changes and recognize and resolve technical problems.
  • Knowledge of HSE policy and ability to implement it to ensure safety and compliance.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Work Shift: Workday Day (United States of America)
  • Primary Location: 1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Abington, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $27–$35/hr across 97 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 Abington, PA

Abington, 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 254 other active welding openings from 159 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Jefferson Health 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 Rhoads Industries (12), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (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 $30/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Abington, PA

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