Process Operator - 2nd Shift
Location
Westbury, NY
Wage
$24 – $26/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 9, 2026
Location
Westbury, NY
Wage
$24 – $26/hr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 9, 2026
Oerlikon is seeking a Process Operator for the 2nd shift at their Westbury NY facility. The role involves setting up and operating production equipment, ensuring product quality, and maintaining a safe work environment.
At roughly $25/hr, this posting comes in about 22% below the $32/hr median for welding jobs across New York, where the middle half runs $27–$40/hr across 139 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 16% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.
Westbury, NY is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 219 other active welding openings from 145 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New York.
The most active employers in New York at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in New York, NY (17), Randstad USA (6), and Philips (6). 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 York, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are New York at $45/hr, Staten Island at $31/hr, and Brooklyn at $30/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. Process Operator - 2nd Shift figures were last recalculated when this page was built.