Lead Technician - Engineering
Location
Wilmington, DE
Wage
$30 – $40/hr
Employment Type
Contract
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Posted on September 9, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Lead Technician - Engineering with a global science and technology company in Wilmington, DE. This is a 12-month contract with a potential for extension.
Responsibilities
- Provide parts manufacturing leadership and knowledge required to fabricate specified prototype machine parts.
- Leverage knowledge and experience to set up machine operations, program tool paths, interpret models, and understand specified design intent.
- Work as part of a team with a focus on customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Prior experience and sound working knowledge of modern machining processes and conventional machining tools.
- Experience programming CNC machines and ensuring the machine performs as required.
- Experience planning and creating holding fixtures, selecting cutting tools, and securing materials onto shop machines.
- Experience adjusting machine settings to optimize part quality.
- Working knowledge of current CAD software packages and file types.
- Technical School preferred, not required.
- 10 or more years of machine shop experience with Manual Machine Shop tools.
- Experience with TRAC CNC equipment.
Benefits
- None specified.
Additional Information
- This is a W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.
How this job compares in Wilmington, DE
Pay in context
At roughly $35/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Delaware — toward the top of a $24–$45/hr middle band drawn from 12 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 67% 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 Wilmington, DE
Wilmington, DE currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Delaware as a whole we're tracking 17 other active welding openings from 15 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Wilmington, or widen the search to Delaware.
The most active employers in Delaware at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Aerotek (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
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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. Lead Technician - Engineering figures were last recalculated when this page was built.