Electro-Mechanical Technician
Location
Thorofare, NJ
Wage
$40.26 – $40.86/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 3, 2026
Location
Thorofare, NJ
Wage
$40.26 – $40.86/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 3, 2026
The Electro-Mechanical Technician at International Paper is responsible for diagnosing, repairing, and installing mechanical and electrical systems in a plant environment. The role requires a strong background in industrial maintenance and offers a competitive pay rate along with various benefits.
At roughly $41/hr, this posting sits about 19% 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 81% 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.
This is the only active welding job we're currently tracking in Thorofare, NJ, which makes it worth moving on quickly — there is no local competing offer to weigh it against. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 214 other active welding openings from 138 employers. 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), 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 Wayne at $39/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. Electro-Mechanical Technician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.