Engineer I
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$28 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on October 1, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$28 – $35/hr
Employment Type
Contract
Posted on October 1, 2026
The Engineer I will support the planning, design, and development of natural gas distribution infrastructure projects, providing an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience while working alongside experienced professionals.
At roughly $32/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA, whose middle half runs $22–$42/hr across 35 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 60% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.
We're tracking 99 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 63 different employers. 33 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 371 other active welding openings from 216 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.
The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Classic Collision (10), Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (9), and JCB North America (9). 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 $42/hr, Forest Park at $36/hr, and Atlanta at $30/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. Engineer I figures were last recalculated when this page was built.