Step into a role where your hands-on skill keeps Pennsylvania moving forward! As a Maintenance Repairman 2 with the Department of Transportation, you will step into a hands-on role that helps keep roads and facilities safe for everyone. The job offers steady, rewarding work using a variety of building and mechanical skills. You will be part of a dependable team that keeps essential structures operating as they should. This position provides a strong sense of purpose and the chance to grow your abilities each day.
This position focuses on maintaining and repairing buildings, roadway structures, and mechanical systems to support safe travel and reliable operations. As a Maintenance Repairman 2, you will perform the following duties:
- Structural Repairs: Repair bridges, culverts, and other structures using carpentry, masonry, welding, and concrete work
- Equipment Operation: Operate construction and maintenance equipment including welders, saws, compressors, and power tools
- Electrical Work: Install or replace fixtures, outlets, wiring, and lighting components as needed
- Plumbing Tasks: Maintain and repair faucets, drains, pipes, toilets, and drinking fountains
- HVAC Support: Check and adjust HVAC systems and perform basic maintenance to keep facilities functional
- Crew Coordination: Provide guidance to semi skilled workers and ensure tasks are completed safely and efficiently
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Two years of experience as a Maintenance Repairman 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
- Four years of experience in building and plant maintenance work, which has involved at least two of the building, electrical, or mechanical trades; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training that affords the applicant with the Required Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities.
Special Requirement:
- This position requires possession of a valid Pennsylvania Class C Driver's License.
Additional Requirements:
- You must have experience with roofing and siding.
- You must have landscaping experience.
- You must have experience following general safety guidelines.
- You must have experience performing carpentry, electrical, and plumbing tasks.
- You must have experience with general maintenance and tools.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Preferred Qualifications (not required):
- Previous experience painting, performing drywall and plaster tasks
- Previous experience installing, repairing, or removing flooring
- Previous cost estimation experience
- Previous experience reading and interpreting blueprints, schematics, or diagrams
- Previous welding experience
Legal Requirements:
- You must pass a background investigation.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.