You will serve as a Machinist in the Production Trades Division, Industrial Execution Department of FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST. This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

You will set up and perform machining operations on conventional and NC Machine Tools. You will use a variety of machine tool attachments and related equipment to preform precision machine work. You will manufacture, repair, and rebuild parts and items of equipment from raw stock of different metals and metal alloys. You will use blueprints, drawings and sketches, work documents, aircraft technical documents, manuals, bulletins and directives. You will utilize precision measuring instruments to maintain dimensions and tolerances, fits and finishes in processing work.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Although a specific length of time and experience is not required for most trade and labor occupations, you must show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties of the position at the level for which you are applying. Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. The Screen Out Element for this position is the ability to perform common tasks including: 1) Applying knowledge of all types of metals, metal alloys, and composite materials used in aircraft structures; 2) Performing machining processes/operations to include planning, laying out and setting-up of work; 3) Using various types of conventional and computer numerical control machine tools to perform machining operations; and 4) Interpreting blueprints, sketches, drawings, directives, technical specifications and trade mathematics. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=WG-3400 Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST Fleet Readiness Center Southwest PO Box 347058 San Diego, CA 92135-7058 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]