Job Description

Overview

The Maintenance Mechanic - Pipefitter position involves installing, repairing, maintaining, and fabricating plant facilities and equipment, along with performing general maintenance tasks. The role requires a government security clearance and is open to US Citizens.

Responsibilities

  • Installs, repairs, maintains, and fabricates plant facilities and equipment.
  • Performs power plant, mechanical and electrical repairs and maintenance.
  • Conducts welding, pipefitting, air conditioning, carpentry work, and painting.
  • Performs periodic inspections and tests and reports findings.
  • Receives general instructions from supervisors and notices of service required.
  • Works from blueprints, sketches, and oral instructions.
  • Uses hand tools, power tools, and other necessary equipment.
  • May direct other employees assigned to the job.

Requirements

  • Must have a primary and secondary skill, one of which must be electrician, carpenter, pipe fitter, air conditioning mechanic, maintenance welder, or machine repairer.
  • Must be able to operate material handling equipment and rigging equipment.
  • Apprenticeship papers, Journeymen’s card, or 5 years or more of equivalent work experience in a skilled trade discipline is required.
  • A working knowledge of machine tools and welding is a plus.
  • Strong verbal communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment are necessary.
  • Must supply all customary hand tools of the trade.
  • New employees must pass the company physical and drug test.
  • Will be required to acquire a government security clearance.
  • Must regularly demonstrate the ability to lift a nominal weight, climb ladders, utilize elevated working platforms, and bend while servicing equipment.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Position requires a government security clearance.
  • Must be a US Citizen for consideration.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Moorestown, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 27% 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 81% 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 Moorestown, NJ

Moorestown, NJ currently has 6 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 1 employer. 5 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 Moorestown, or widen the search to New Jersey.

Lockheed Martin currently has 6 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 (6), 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 $45/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. Moorestown is among them.

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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. Maintenance Mechanic - Pipefitter figures were last recalculated when this page was built.