Assistant Maintenance Mechanic
Location
Edison, NJ
Wage
$47,878 – $71,817/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
Location
Edison, NJ
Wage
$47,878 – $71,817/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on August 26, 2026
Middlesex Water Company is seeking an Assistant Maintenance Mechanic to support maintenance operations under the direction of the Maintenance Planner or Superintendent of Production. The role involves performing inspections, monitoring equipment, and adhering to safety policies while promoting the company's values of Respect, Invest, Growth, Honesty, and Teamwork.
At roughly $29/hr, this posting comes in about 13% below the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 154 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 34% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
Edison, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 134 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (11), and Gpac (9). 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 Newark at $38/hr, Camden at $37/hr, and Linden at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Assistant Maintenance Mechanic figures were last recalculated when this page was built.