Early Career Mechanical Engineering- Summer 2027
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Wage
$63,000 – $88,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 10, 2026
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Wage
$63,000 – $88,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 10, 2026
WSP is seeking a Full-Time Early Career Mechanical Engineer for their Philadelphia, PA office, starting in Summer 2027. The role involves participating in projects with the Property & Buildings Team, providing technical assistance for mechanical systems in infrastructure and construction projects.
At roughly $36/hr, this posting sits about 21% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Philadelphia, PA — toward the top of a $28–$37/hr middle band drawn from 17 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 71% 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.
We're tracking 45 other active welding openings in Philadelphia, PA right now, from 32 different employers. 17 of them were added in the last week. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 282 other active welding openings from 179 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Philadelphia, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.
The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Phillips Tank & Structure (8), United States Army Reserve (8), and Aerotek (7). 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 Braddock at $31/hr, Philadelphia at $30/hr, and York at $27/hr. Philadelphia is among them.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Early Career Mechanical Engineering- Summer 2027 figures were last recalculated when this page was built.