Senior Project Engineer, Mechanical
Location
New York, NY
Wage
$112,000 – $130,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
Location
New York, NY
Wage
$112,000 – $130,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 24, 2026
Veolia in North America is a leading environmental company that provides a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services. The Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for planning and commissioning mechanical systems, requiring a strong understanding of mechanical systems design and operation.
At roughly $58/hr, this posting sits about 29% above the $45/hr median for welding jobs in New York, NY — toward the top of a $38–$53/hr middle band drawn from 14 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 21 other active welding openings in New York, NY right now, from 16 different employers. 9 of them were added in the last week. Across New York as a whole we're tracking 139 other active welding openings from 87 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in New York, or widen the search to 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 (12), Metropolitan Transportation Authority (6), and Alstom (4). 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 and Brooklyn at $40/hr. New York 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. Senior Project Engineer, Mechanical figures were last recalculated when this page was built.