Location
South Plainfield, NJ
Wage
$70,000 – $90,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on September 22, 2026
MFS is a dynamic civil engineering and land surveying firm seeking a driven Structural Engineer to perform structural engineering assessments, develop investigation reports, prepare construction drawings, and assist throughout the construction phase, primarily working out of the South Plainfield, NJ office.
At roughly $38/hr, this posting sits about 10% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 114 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 68% 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.
South Plainfield, NJ currently has 7 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 6 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 184 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 South Plainfield, or widen the search to New Jersey.
The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are gpac (13), Phillips Tank & Structure (7), and Carvana (5). 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 Northvale at $40/hr, Newark at $38/hr, and Delanco at $29/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. MFS is seeking a driven, career-minded individual to fill a Structural Engineer position in the Structural Division of our dynamic civil engineering and land surveying firm figures were last recalculated when this page was built.