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Overview

The Stationary Engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient operation, maintenance, and repair of boilers and related power plant equipment at the Jersey City Medical Center. RWJBarnabas Health aims to provide patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine while delivering a best-in-class work experience.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the safe and efficient operation of boilers and related power plant equipment.
  • Perform maintenance and repairs on boiler equipment.
  • Troubleshoot all equipment for repairs.
  • Maintain compliance with Federal and State regulations.
  • Collect data on boilers, water treatment, and fuel consumption.
  • Complete required documentation for all work performed.
  • Inspect equipment periodically to ensure safety regulations are complied with.
  • Maintain an appropriate amount of stock material for repairs.
  • Perform emergency repairs on boiler equipment.
  • Respond to temperature control problems.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 3 years as a Power Plant Operating Engineer.
  • Oral and written communication skills.
  • Computer literate with the ability to read operating and service manuals.
  • New Jersey High Pressure Black Seal License.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Full Time Day shift with rotating weekends and holidays.
  • Location: 355 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302.

Benefits

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

Pay in context

At roughly $33/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, whose middle half runs $30–$40/hr across 143 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 47% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 131 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Jersey City, or widen the search to New Jersey.

RWJBarnabas Health 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.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), gpac (10), and Gpac (10). 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 $51/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $38/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. Stationery Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.