Plant Quality Engineer (Welding/Fabrication/Assembly) (Job Number: 1681)
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Posted on August 29, 2026
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Posted on August 29, 2026
We are seeking a Plant Quality Engineer to join our federal team at our York, PA location. This position is responsible for providing day to day quality engineering support within the Grantley Plant facility, primarily in the Welding, Fabrication and Assembly Areas, contributing to the growth and improvement of the JCNS business.
This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA currently run a median of $36/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$45/hr across 26 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.
We're tracking 46 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 33 different employers. 14 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 317 other active welding openings from 208 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.
Johnson Controls currently has 5 other openings live in Pennsylvania, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), Greene Tweed (9), and Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $36/hr and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Plant Quality Engineer (Welding/Fabrication/Assembly) (Job Number: 1681) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.