Job Description

Overview

The Mechanical Watchmaker position at Tiffany & Co.’s Landmark store involves servicing client-owned merchandise and communicating repair statuses to staff and management. The role requires proficiency in quartz repairs and experience with mechanical and automatic movements, along with a commitment to quality and customer service.

Responsibilities

  • Perform quality repairs on all client-owned merchandise orders for complex quartz and mechanical watch servicing.
  • Communicate status updates to administrative staff and areas of concern to the Lead and Management.
  • Assist other Watchmakers to resolve challenging repairs.
  • Identify and requisition parts for repair.
  • Comply with all TCO policies and procedures, as well as departmental processes and best practices.

Requirements

  • At least 3-5+ years of professional experience.
  • Experience in the repair of all types of timepieces.
  • Detail oriented and well organized.
  • Good problem solving skills.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills; strong English language usage and grammatical skills.
  • Must be available to work variable hours, including weekends, as part of a retail schedule.

Benefits

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

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Queens, NY

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 28% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across New York — toward the top of a $25–$41/hr middle band drawn from 137 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Queens, NY

Queens, NY currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 5 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 202 other active welding openings from 136 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Queens, or widen the search to New York.

Tiffany & Co. currently has 3 other openings live in New York, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and GE Aerospace (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $53/hr, Brooklyn at $33/hr, and Latham at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Queens, NY

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