You will serve as a WELDER in the EXPEDITIONARY MAINTENANCE CENTER of NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CENTER.

Duties

You will plan and lay out the work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders. You will repair a variety of construction and transportation equipment such as trailers, trucks, tractors, road graders, cranes, generators, road rollers and pumps. You will use acetylene, heli-arc and electric welding torches, perform tube, cluster, butt lapped and flange welding on all types of metal including aluminum, steel, copper, brass, and cast iron. You will operate various types of Alternating Current (A.C.) and Direct Current (D.C.) electric arc welding equipment, portable, automatic and semi-automatic, with carbon and metallic electrodes and inert gas shielded and flux shielded methods. You will use templates in measuring, marketing, scribing and cutting metals.

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.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• 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.
• You will be required to possess a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

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. Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the job elements and screen out listed below. This job has a screen-out element which will be used to determine minimum eligibility for this job. Applicants who do not receive a minimum of two points on the screen-out element(s) will be found ineligible. The Screen-out Element for this position is: 1) Welding, in limited combinations, conducting a variety of electric and gas resistance welding processes such as electron and beam welding; 2) Assembling and setting up parts to be welded; 3) Making the required welds following guides such as resistance welding control charts, specifications, accepted shop practices, and oral and written instructions from the supervisor. I work under close supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed. Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations. Additional qualification information can be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/federal-wage-system-qualifications/#url=List-of-Approved-Job-Elements 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 NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE CENTER 1000 23rd Avenue Port Hueneme, CA 93043 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]