Mechanical Engineer
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$95,000 – $105,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Wage
$95,000 – $105,000/yr
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted on November 5, 2026
Socomec Group is a global leader in electrical equipment engineering and manufacturing, specializing in low voltage energy performance. The Mechanical Engineer role supports Suwanee operations through cross-functional Mechanical Engineering, manufacturing support, and continuous improvement.
At roughly $48/hr, this posting sits about 60% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $23–$37/hr middle band drawn from 29 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 76% 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 77 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 54 different employers. 22 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 316 other active welding openings from 185 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 Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc. (10), Classic Collision (9), and Gerber Collision & Glass (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 Forest Park at $39/hr, Marietta at $30/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. Mechanical Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.