Maintenance Repairman 2

Maintenance Repairman 2

Are you ready to take on skilled trade work that helps build and maintain important transportation structures? The Maintenance Repairman 2 position with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) offers the exciting opportunity to use advanced trade skills in a hands-on, rewarding environment. You will help build and repair structures that support transportation across the region. This role provides meaningful work and the chance to grow your abilities through a variety of tasks. Apply today to join an agency that values teamwork, craftsmanship, and dedication!

This role focuses on performing skilled construction, repair, and maintenance work that supports transportation operations. You will work with tools, materials, and structural components to complete projects safely and efficiently. As a Maintenance Repairman 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Bridge Duties: Tie rebar, pour concrete, build forms, and complete waterproofing tasks
• Construction Skills: Measure, cut, place materials, and perform framing and finish carpentry
• Tool Usage: Operate motorized and non-motorized tools including chainsaws, jack hammers, tampers, and mowers
• Safety Practices: Maintain awareness of work areas, report injuries and hazards, and use protective equipment
• Worksite Efficiency: Follow attendance rules, observe work schedules, and support overtime emergency responses
• Environmental Duties: Implement environmental protection requirements and attend designated environmental training

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.
• Work hours may vary for winter operations.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,506.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

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 be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply:

• 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 and click on Veterans.

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.