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Overview

Reworld is a leader in sustainable waste solutions, seeking a Principal Engineer, Structural QA/QC to join their Plant Support Engineering team. This role involves quality oversight and field engagement at Thermomechanical Treatment facilities, ensuring compliance with structural repair standards.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement standard QA/QC work processes.
  • Support the development and enforcement of QA/QC processes for structural repair activities across multiple facilities.
  • Provide technical reviews of repair scopes, drawings, contractor procedures, and engineering packages.
  • Participate in risk assessments and contribute to structural integrity management strategies.
  • Travel to facilities to monitor ongoing structural repair work.
  • Conduct field inspections and collaborate with certified weld inspectors.
  • Act as the technical point of contact for site teams and contractors during repair execution.
  • Perform QA/QC reviews, audits, and verifications for repair activities.
  • Identify structural risks and nonconformances, propose corrective actions, and track resolution.
  • Support the development of quality documentation, inspection checklists, and acceptance criteria.
  • Coordinate across engineering, operations, safety, and maintenance groups.
  • Interface with 3rd party engineering firms, contractors, and vendors.
  • Deliver clear, actionable QA/QC reports and recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Coordinate with outage management and field services team for outage schedule compliance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering required.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
  • 7+ years of structural engineering experience in industrial environments.
  • Demonstrated experience in QA/QC and contractor/vendor oversight.
  • Hands-on exposure to field repair activities and coordination with certified weld inspectors.
  • Strong understanding of relevant codes, standards, and QA/QC practices.
  • Ability to perform structural risk analyses and communicate findings.
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and reporting skills.
  • Ability to function in a multi-discipline team.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Position requires regular travel to facilities (approximately 30-40% of time).
  • Combination of office-based technical review and field-based walk-downs.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $76/hr, this posting sits about 129% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $27–$40/hr middle band drawn from 101 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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.

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Reworld Waste currently has 1 other opening live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

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