Mid-Level Mechanical Engineer (Generation)
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$86,100 – $150,950/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$86,100 – $150,950/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 14, 2026
WSP is seeking a Mid-Level Mechanical Engineer to join their Power & Energy team in Houston, TX, with other locations considered. The role involves working on projects related to power generation and contributing to a growing organization focused on energy transition.
At roughly $57/hr, this posting sits about 84% above the $31/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $25–$45/hr middle band drawn from 38 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 79% 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 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 74 different employers. 40 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 410 other active welding openings from 260 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.
WSP in the U.S. currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.
The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (9), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (7), and Yancey Bros. Co. (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 Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Marietta at $39/hr, Forest Park at $39/hr, and Atlanta at $31/hr. Atlanta 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. Mid-Level Mechanical Engineer (Generation) figures were last recalculated when this page was built.