This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) & Major Range and Test Facilities Base (MRTFB) in DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is located in Letterkenny Munitions Center at Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Duties

Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems and equipment to ensure efficient operations. Utilizes computer applications to monitor, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain ARMD systems and subcomponents. Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain the thermal treatment chamber system. Interpret and follow drawings, schematics, and technical manuals of electrical, electronic controls, pneumatic and hydraulic systems to troubleshoot, inspect and repair them to meet production standards. Utilize a wide variety of inspection techniques to examine assemblies, integrated systems/components.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Persons convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime of domestic violence are not eligible for this position.
• Must complete ammunition certification requirements IAW AMC-R 350-4, Training and Certification Program for Personnel Working Ammunition Operations, within one year of appointment.
• The applicant must pass a pre-employment physical and subsequent periodic medical examinations. Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds.
• This position is subject to pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter in compliance with the Federal and Department of the Army Drug Free Workplace Program.
• Travel may be required up to travel 10% of the time.
• This position requires the incumbent to operate a forklift up to 28k lbs within 60 days of appointment.
• Operators are required by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to attend andsuccessfully pass Smoke School Opacity Training semi-annually to be certified to read VisibleEmissions.
• Requires overhead crane certification.
• Must obtain, maintain, and meet LEMC formal training plan/requirements, to include military munitions rule training, for operation, inspection and maintenance of equipment and associated missiles.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. There is no specific length of training or experience required. However, you must be able to demonstrate, through experience shown in your written application materials that you possess the sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the work of this position without more than normal supervision. Minimum Qualifications (Screen Out Element): Ability to do the work of a(n) ARMD FACILITY OPERATOR/MAINTAINER ~ without more than normal supervision. Must be able to perform the most difficult and complex Motor Vehicle Operator (Materials Handler) duties. I am skilled in operating vehicles and support units with up to a 30-ton capacity, operating material handling equipment capable of lifting up to 50,000 pounds, and packing items to ensure proper shipping.- Failure to meet this Screen out Element will result in an ineligible rating. PHYSICAL EFFORT : Moderate physical exertion is required. There is frequent standing, bending, and working in tiring positions. Work requires lifting and carrying items (tools, equipment parts, and components) from10 to 40 pounds (and occasionally items weighing up to 50 pounds). Work can require large amounts of walking between control areas, processing equipment, and equipment bays. Operators are required to bend, stoop, and stand for extended periods of time to work around the equipment during operations, inspection, and troubleshooting activities. Workspace is limited in many instances requiring operators to be in awkward positions for long periods of time, often exceeding10 minutes in length. Work frequently requires going up and down steps and on elevated structures(12 to 14 feet high). Work also includes working on outside high platforms (25 feet) and using appropriate man lifts to perform inspections, troubleshooting, and maintenance on equipment 30 to40 feet off the ground. Incumbent must pass physical examination for working with and handling hazardous propellants and explosives and for entering confined spaces. WORKING CONDITIONS :Work is performed around unusually hazardous items of multiple variants of rocket motors for a paramount portion of the time (over 60%) and around a pollution abatement system (over 80%).Hazards also exist where probable normal mishap could result in serious burns, loss of finger joints, fractures, smashed fingers, eye injuries, hearing loss with other disabilities, and loss of life from mishaps or from premature firing or igniting devices while dropping or handling explosives, working on electrical circuits, and exposures to process chemicals and motor firing effluents. Incumbents will be required to perform confined space entry to inspect and maintain the ARMD which may, at the time of entry, contain residual HCL, alumina particles, unburned rocket propellant pieces, sharp metal fragments, pockets of various rocket motor exhaust constituents, and sloped footing surfaces. Related Information: The operation of the Ammonium Perchlorate (AP) Rocket Motor Demilitarization (ARMD) Facility is the primary duty. The ARMD and associated equipment/ facility is a one-of-a-kind, unique facility designed to destroy AP based rocket motors in an environmentally friendly process. The ARMD is the only Army depot owned Closed Disposal Technology (CDT) for AP rocket motors. Operators must have a thorough understanding of energetic ordnance and the ARMD operations and maintenance process. The ARMD is composed of numerous systems/sub-systems: Human Machine Interface (HMI) control panel, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Remote Automated Motor Sealing, Loading, & Ignition Circuit Completion System (RAMSLIC), Effluent Handling System(EHS), Thermal Treatment Chamber (TTC), Pollution Abatement System (PAS), electrical Motor Control Center (MCC), and rocket motor preparation bay, and industrial operations control room. Operators must be familiar with the ARMD system overview, theory of operations, functional description and inspection of major sub-assemblies, piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs),drawings, operational and maintenance manuals, start-up and shutdown procedures, rigorous safety protocols..

Contacts

• Address AB-APF-W39Z02 LETTERKENNY MUNITIONS CENTER DO NOT MAIL Chambersburg, PA 17201 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]