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Overview

This position offers an exciting opportunity for an Electrician with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer. The role involves installing, operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical systems and industrial electrical equipment under general supervision.

Responsibilities

  • Install, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, maintain or alter electrical services, equipment and controls.
  • Work with high and low voltage systems, including transformers.
  • Handle facilities and research electrical systems including VFDs, UPSs, ATSs, and emergency generators.
  • Work from CAD drawings, prints, schematics, sketches or verbal instructions.
  • Install static grounding circuits.
  • Operate all hand/power tools and test instruments safely.
  • Adhere to workplace safety regulations and report unsafe conditions.
  • Maintain a clean and safe work area.
  • Assist in performing other duties as required.

Requirements

  • High School graduate or equivalent.
  • Vocational or technical school certification.
  • 5+ years apprenticeship or equivalent experience in electrical installation and repair in an industrial environment.
  • Completed courses in Electrical Theory and Practice.
  • Familiarity with the local National Electric Code.
  • Ability to understand wiring diagrams, schematics, and CAD drawings.

Additional Information

  • Shift: Day shift (7 am - 3:45 pm) or 2nd shift (3:00 pm – 11:45 pm), determined by position availability.
  • Environmental conditions will vary based on the job being performed.
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How this job compares in Rahway, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting sits about 27% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $30–$40/hr middle band drawn from 142 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 86% 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.

The local market in Rahway, NJ

Rahway, NJ currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 215 other active welding openings from 130 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Rahway, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Merck 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. Electrician figures were last recalculated when this page was built.