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Overview

The Inspector III position is part of the C4ISR team, which plays a crucial role in military defense and operational stability. The role involves inspecting electronic and mechanical systems to ensure quality and compliance with specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Visually inspect in-process and completed products such as electronic units and subsystems.
  • Use various measuring devices and testing equipment.
  • Accept, reject, or rework defective or malfunctioning units or systems.
  • Work from blueprints, diagrams, and inspection instructions.
  • Monitor and verify quality in accordance with control procedures.

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • At least three to five years of experience in inspection of mechanical and electromechanical systems.
  • Hands-on experience using precision measurement tools such as calipers and micrometers.
  • Experience working within regulated environments like AS9100 or ISO 9001.
  • Experience maintaining detailed inspection reports and non-conformance reports.
  • Extensive experience interpreting engineering drawings and technical specifications.
  • Ability to collaborate with production teams and engineers.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • 1st shift position on a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Wayne, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $39/hr, this posting sits about 15% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 154 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 Wayne, NJ

Wayne, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 139 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wayne, or widen the search to New Jersey.

BAE Systems, Inc. currently has 3 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Gpac (10), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (7). 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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Camden at $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $35/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Inspector III figures were last recalculated when this page was built.