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Overview

The Mechanical Assembler role involves performing final assembly, finishing, and testing of customer products in the Assembly & Test Department. The technician will be responsible for building assemblies and components that meet the company’s quality standards.

Responsibilities

  • Perform final assembly, finishing, and testing of customer products.
  • Work with Helicoil’s, installing and removing as necessary.
  • Assemble and fit together mechanical components and final assemblies for testing.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve assembly issues.
  • Perform final cleaning operations on finished products.
  • Inspect work in progress to verify compliance with standards.
  • Verify all assembly, finishing, and test requirements prior to product sign-off.
  • Collaborate with engineering, production, and quality management.

Requirements

  • High School Graduate or equivalent GED.
  • Previous hands-on mechanical experience with car trucks or small engines.
  • 3 to 5 years’ experience in a mechanical assembly role is a plus.
  • Ability to interpret customer engineering specifications and drawings.
  • Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
  • Ability to understand and analyze technical documents.
  • Ability to work with mathematical concepts and apply them to practical situations.
  • Ability to define problems and draw valid conclusions.
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How this job compares in Fairfield, NJ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across New Jersey currently run a median of $35/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $30–$40/hr across 144 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Fairfield, NJ

Fairfield, 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 131 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

GPR Company 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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