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Overview

The Millwright will perform journey-level work in the installation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical equipment and machinery under general supervision. The role includes rigging activities, fabricating parts, and ensuring workplace safety while maintaining a clean and efficient work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Install, align, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair machinery and mechanical equipment including motors, pumps, and compressors.
  • Maintain all machine shop tools and equipment as required.
  • Fabricate mechanical devices and replacement parts from sketches, CAD drawings, or verbal instructions.
  • Inspect and service equipment according to the preventative maintenance schedule.
  • Safely rig machinery, piping system components, and lab equipment.
  • Operate hand/power tools and test instruments safely and effectively.
  • Demonstrate ownership of workplace safety and report unsafe conditions.
  • Maintain work area and equipment in a safe and clean condition.
  • Assist in performing other duties, including work of other trades as required.

Requirements

  • High School graduate or equivalent.
  • Vocational or technical school certification with courses in Machine Shop practice and Machine Tool Operations or 5+ years of apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
  • Adequate skills to perform required job functions with minimal supervision.
  • Courses in equipment rigging preferred.
  • Experience working in an industrial environment preferred.

Additional Information

  • Shift: Day shift (7 am - 3:45 pm) or 2nd shift (3:00 pm – 11:45 pm).
  • No relocation assistance provided.
  • No travel required.
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How this job compares in Rahway, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $44/hr, this posting sits about 35% above the $33/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $28–$38/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 88% 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 Rahway, NJ

Rahway, NJ currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 183 other active welding openings from 128 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Rahway, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Merck currently has 2 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Valcor Engineering Corporation (7), Lockheed Martin (7), and DC Fabricators (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 Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Moorestown at $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/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. Millwright figures were last recalculated when this page was built.