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Overview

World Centric is a mission-driven company focused on creating compostable products and donating 25% of profits to vulnerable populations. They are seeking a hands-on R&D engineer to work on extrusion and molding equipment within a cross-functional team.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, operate, and optimize equipment including extruders, injection molders, and mixers.
  • Diagnose equipment problems to root cause and fix in-house or coordinate with vendors.
  • Bring new and idle equipment online, including placement and utility hookups.
  • Spec, quote, and procure new equipment and manage vendors through installation.
  • Fabricate fixtures and small parts using shop tools and manage outside fabrication.
  • Use 3D CAD software to design equipment layouts and fabrication drawings.
  • Perform routine care and maintain preventive maintenance schedules and documentation.
  • Ensure safe operation of all equipment and adherence to safety procedures.

Requirements

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent with 10 years of experience.
  • 5+ years hands-on engineering experience in a manufacturing, pilot plant, or R&D environment.
  • Comfortable setting up, running, and fixing industrial equipment.
  • Experience spec'ing and purchasing equipment and managing vendors.
  • Basic fabrication skills including use of bandsaw, drill press, and 3D printing.
  • Proficient with SolidWorks or other 3D CAD software.

Additional Information

  • Position works full time out of Stone Mountain facility.
  • Salary range: $75,000 - $130,000 depending on experience.
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How this job compares in Stone Mountain, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 76% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Georgia — toward the top of a $25–$37/hr middle band drawn from 98 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 91% 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.

The local market in Stone Mountain, GA

Stone Mountain, GA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 3 employers. 3 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 313 other active welding openings from 183 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Stone Mountain, 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. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. R&D Engineer - Equipment figures were last recalculated when this page was built.