Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. About the Position: Performs work involved in the manufacture of forgings, weldments and other fabrications through the use of machine tools and precision handwork.

Duties

Determines which machine tool would best be used for each operation to be performed, which attachments are to be used on each machine and the proper sequence of operations on each machine. Lays out work from blueprints, sketches, work orders, model of part to be made or other specifications. Sets up and operates Computer Numerical Controlled machines and most types of conventional machine tools. Prepares area to be welded by cleaning, fitting, chipping, grinding, cutting, slag removal and grinds welds when required. Uses full range of welding equipment. Selects proper welding materials, tools, equipment, rod, flux, heat range, and feed for type of metals and thickness to provide proper weldments, full penetration, and complete fusion with minimum warpage, consistent with standard trade practices.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter. You must be able to lift 80lbs.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 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. 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 an Machinist (Welder) without more than normal supervision. (1) Perform machining operations using both conventional and Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools using close tolerances; (2) Set-up and operate a variety of machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, drill presses, grinders and saws; (3) Interpret blueprints, drawings and sketches, and; (4) Use tooling required to produce the features, tolerances and surface finishes to specifications; (5) Utilizes light and heavy gages, and hardened metals to weld assigned items, using flat vertical, horizontal and overhead positions to prevent overheating and distortion. - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Physical Effort: The work involves standing, walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing and crawling. Work may be done in awkward and cramped in hard-to-reach places. Frequently handles objects weighing from 20 to 80 pounds and occasionally objects weighing in excess of 80 pounds, with assistance from lifting devices and other workers, in setting up work and equipment and in completing assignments. Working Conditions: Works inside in areas that are usually noisy and dirty and where there is a danger to skin and eyes from flying metal chips, abrasive particles and hot metal; danger of skin irritation from contact with coolants, lubricants, abrasive compounds,; and danger to the fingers, hands and other parts of the body from cutting tools, grinding wheels, rotating work pieces and moving parts of machines. The possibility of eye injury, electrical shock, burns, broken bones and the chance of cuts when working with sharp objects exists. There is discomfort when wearing protective clothing, gloves, and or eye goggles.

Contacts

• Address GM-W4GGA6 US ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE ARMAMENTS CMD DO NOT MAIL Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk