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Job Description

Overview

This position is for an Inspector 1 on the 3rd shift at RTX, a leading aerospace and defense company. The role involves visually inspecting products and ensuring compliance with quality standards while working onsite in Middletown, PA.

Responsibilities

  • Visually inspects product and segregates nonconforming material.
  • Performs Solumina required job audits for Op Cert surveillance.
  • May require occasional weekend work to support production schedule.
  • Performs OpCert over-inspects as required.
  • Adheres to all EH & S guidelines, including wearing required personal protective equipment.
  • Has a basic understanding of print tolerances and can interpret some GD&T.
  • Meets vision requirements of NAS410 or internal equivalent.

Requirements

  • HS Diploma or GED.
  • U.S. citizenship is required.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k

Additional Information

  • This is a 3rd shift opportunity: Monday to Friday (10pm-6am).
  • Position is classified as Onsite.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
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How this job compares in Middletown, PA

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Pennsylvania currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$36/hr across 162 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 Middletown, PA

Middletown, PA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 321 other active welding openings from 197 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Pennsylvania.

Pratt & Whitney currently has 2 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 (12), Department of the Navy - Agency Wide (8), and Phillips Tank & Structure (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 $32/hr, Braddock at $31/hr, and Malvern at $30/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. Inspector 1 3rd Shift (Onsite) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.