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Engineering Technician (Mechanical)

Full Time
$61,111 – $96,116 Per Year
Closing on Jan 31, 2025

Location:
Indiana, Crane
Requires Relocation:
Yes
Start Date:
17/01/2025
End Date:
31/01/2025
Offering Type:
Permanent
Hiring Paths:
Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees - Competitive service Internal to an agency - appears on USAJOBS Land & base management Military spouses Veterans
Service Type:
Competitive
Travel Percentage:
25% or less

About U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command

Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) is an US Army Military Installation located approximately 45 miles West of Salt Lake City, Utah. TEAD is a premier active joint ammunition storage site. TEAD is responsible for shipping, storing, receiving, inspecting, demilitarization, and maintaining training and war reserve conventional ammunition. Tooele’s Ammunition Equipment and Manufacturing Directorate (AEMD) designs and manufacturers ammunition peculiar equipment (APE) used in maintenance and demilitarization of munitions for all the Department of Defense (DoD). The Depot is in Tooele County and surrounded by the communities of Tooele, Grantsville, Stockton, and Rush Valley. The area surrounding the depot is as an urban center for a highly varied productive industrial and agricultural industries.

Job summary

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: This position is with the Joint Munitions Command located at Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana. This position is under the Acquisition Demonstration Project. Information about the AcqDemo can be found at https://acqdemo.hci.mil/about.html.

Major duties

Design's, specifies, and/or implement's devices (eg. special tools, fixtures, dies, gages) in a manufacturing environment to meet customer requirements. Serves as the fabrication methods, tool and die designer supporting the depots manufacturing and fabrication missions. Coordinate's various complex projects involving tooling, process design, testing, and/or optimization. Applies tools of industrial engineering to develop/document Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and/or work instructions to ensure efficient and accurate fabrication of components and assemblies. Utilizes computer design programs (eg. Computer Aided Design, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance) to develop and design complex tooling/gages in accordance with customer specifications. Serves as technical adviser to project engineers, mechanical engineers, planner/estimator, fabrication support team members and production supervisors in the metal working process.

Qualification

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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes designing tooling/gages utilizing Computer Aided Design (CAD) software programs; interpreting drawings, and/or plans utilizing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T) to meet customer specification inspection criteria; developing recommendations to improve the depot design and/or fabrication process; and/or assist with advising on technical matters involving manufacturing processes. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NJ-02). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Design Technical Competence Technology Application Written Communication

Evaluations

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. You may claim Military Spouse preference. You may claim Priority Placement Program (PPP) preference. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). If you are a Federal employee in the competitive service and your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority for this position. To receive selection priority, you must: (1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria (2) be rated well-qualified for the position and; (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. To be considered well-qualified and receive selection priority applicants must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a score of 90 or above. Additional information about the program is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.