UCC Elevator Inspector Trainee

Join the Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety as a UCC Elevator Inspector Trainee and take the first step toward a rewarding career. This position gives you the opportunity to learn specialized skills that protect communities and ensure safe equipment operation. You will be part of a supportive team that encourages curiosity and steady improvement. Take the first step toward a future that makes a real difference!

• Inspection Support: Assist in checking elevators and lifting devices to confirm proper design, safe load capacity, and working safety features.
• Equipment Review: Observe and examine machinery, controls, hoistways, wiring, hydraulics, and safety devices to verify compliance with standards.
• New Installations: Help inspect new equipment or major repairs to ensure alignment with approved plans.
• Safety Determination: Assess conditions to help determine whether unsafe equipment may continue operating or must be taken out of service.
• Incident Assistance: Support investigations of elevator accidents and unresolved issues identified by authorized inspectors.
• Report Preparation: Prepare draft inspection and investigation reports for review by senior inspectors.

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Home Headquartered: This position is home headquartered. To qualify, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email.

• One year of experience in the construction, inspection, installation, maintenance, repair, or design of elevators, passenger ropeways, or other lifting devices, electronic equipment, electrical systems, heavy machinery, motors, engines, drives, or hydraulic systems.

• This position requires possession of a valid driver’s license.

• This position requires a valid certification issued by the Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as an Elevator Inspector within the probationary period.
• This position requires a valid certification issued by the Department of Labor and Industry, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a Passenger Ropeway Inspector within the probationary period.

• The selected candidate must live in or be willing to relocate to Westmoreland County by date of hire. Expenses will not be paid.
• You must meet the Pennsylvania residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

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 (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

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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.