Machinist

About the role

The incumbent will manufacture and repair machine parts and components in support of the Industrial Plant Equipment (IPE) repair program. They will assist in the design, manufacturing of complex parts and equipment from castings, metals and other materials, using conventional machine tools. Duties may involve reverse engineering worn parts for remanufacturing and assisting in the design of new parts and assemblies for machine tool retrofit. The incumbent will set up and operate a variety of conventional machine tools, including lathes, vertical, horizontal, and boring milling machines, planers, grinders, threading, and drills, to accomplish untried procedures and prototypes. They will fabricate complex-compound weldments for machine tool retrofit and sheet metal guarding using forming, welding equipment, and sheet metal machinery.

Responsibilities

• Manufactures and repairs machine parts and components in support of the Industrial Plant Equipment (IPE) repair program.
• Assists in the design, manufacturing of complex parts and equipment from castings, metals and other materials through use of conventional machine tools involving unusual trade problems and requiring a high degree of ingenuity and responsibility.
• Reverse engineers worn parts for remanufacturing and assists in design of new parts and assemblies for machine tool retrofit.
• Sets up and operates a variety of conventional machine tools such as lathes, vertical, horizontal, and boring milling machines, planers, grinders, threading, and drills to accomplish untried procedures and prototypes.
• Uses conventional machines for compound angles with compound curves, indexing, multi-lead, worm, and irregular threads, and gears. Surfaces with closely unified dimensions, or complex patterns that require special adaptation of machine tools.
• Assumes the responsibility of projects by planning and coordinating the efforts of other workers on large, multi-part, or extended projects.
• Fabricates complex-compound (multi-angle) weldments for machine tool retrofit and sheet metal guarding using forming, welding equipment and Sheet metal machinery such as rollers, welders and torches and shears etc.

Requirements

Tour of Duty: Flexible

Qualifications

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

Skills

Ability to do the work of a Machinist without more than normal supervision

Benefits

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Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Flexible

Benefits

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Application Instructions

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the application package. Please refer to the application package for detailed instructions on how to apply.