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Overview

The Mechanical Design Engineer at Holtec is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of systems and components for nuclear fuel storage and transportation. This role involves collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure compliance with standards and project schedules.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and perform integrated product development and engineering processes to fulfill project requirements and meet target dates.
  • Review product designs for compliance with engineering principles, contract requirements, and applicable standards.
  • Author and review design changes, specifications, analyses, and drawings.
  • Prepare and review conceptual equipment drawings using input from various technical disciplines.
  • Prepare and review detailed fabrication drawings for use by manufacturers fabricating Holtec equipment.
  • Prepare purchase and technical specifications and operations and maintenance manuals for the company’s product line.
  • Provide technical resolutions for manufacturing deviations requested by fabricators.
  • Ensure compliance with strict quality assurance standards and on-time delivery.
  • Travel up to 20%.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited four-year university.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a design or manufacturing environment.
  • Capability and willingness to assume full responsibility for project tasks.
  • Excellent attention to detail and ability to produce error-free documents.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  • Knowledge of engineering design practices and principles, including interference checks, tolerance stack-ups, fits, and GD&T.
  • Experience using industry codes to develop equipment designs.
  • Experience working with engineers and fabricators to develop designs and drawings.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and complete work in a timely manner with minimal supervision.
  • Minimum of three years of experience using CAD software to create detailed equipment package drawings.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Location: Camden, NJ (On-site)
  • Travel up to 20%.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Camden, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $52/hr, this posting sits about 48% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $30–$40/hr middle band drawn from 143 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% 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 Camden, NJ

Camden, NJ currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 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 216 other active welding openings from 131 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Camden, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Holtec International 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 $41/hr, Northvale at $40/hr, and Newark at $38/hr. Camden is among them.

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