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Overview

The Mechanical Designer will contribute to a wide variety of projects and work as an independent contributor with team leadership to perform mechanical design and drafting tasks in support of project objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Receives sketches, descriptions, or conceptual CAD generated input and designs complete mechanical equipment and features.
  • May participate in design for proposals, 3D printing, IRAD, prototypes, or engineering development.
  • Prepares calculations, layouts, details and assemblies including 3D models and 2D drawings, parts lists, and bills of material.
  • Signs off drawings as responsible for drafting accuracy and checks designs and drawings of other personnel.
  • Operates computer-aided design tools as required.
  • May direct work done by other drafting personnel.
  • May perform minor electrical drafting related to mechanical design.
  • May participate in the resolution of problem reports.
  • Writes, reviews and incorporates change requests at the direction of Engineering and/or management.

Requirements

  • Graduated from an associate program in mechanical design/drafting or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
  • Knowledge of ASME Y14.5 standards and experience in 2D and 3D drafting checking and verification.
  • Experience in 2D and 3D CAD design.

Benefits

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

Additional Information

  • Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10).
  • Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO
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How this job compares in Moorestown, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $45/hr, this posting sits about 38% 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 90% 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 $42/hr, Newark at $33/hr, and Cherry Hill at $31/hr. Moorestown is among them.

Certifications this posting mentions

  • ASME Section IX — the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code qualification. It covers welding on pressure-retaining equipment — boilers, vessels, and process piping — where a failed weld is a safety incident rather than a rework ticket.

Read straight from this posting's text. Confirm the exact qualification the employer wants before you test — requirements vary by shop even under the same code.

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