Machinist Inspector

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: The mission of the CCAD is to overhaul, repair, modify, retrofit, test and modernize helicopters, engines and components for all services and foreign military customers. CCAD is the Army's Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Rotary Wing Aviation Maintenance. Responsibilities Perform dimensional and visual inspection and tests on a wide variety of complex to very complex component parts received as locally fabricated, activity procured material, and/or government furnished material for use in rotary wing aircraft items Reviews requests for Material Review Board (MRB), Configuration Control Board (CCB), Equipment Improvement Recommendations (EIRs), customer complaints, and/or proposed revisions. Inspect many unique and specially designed machined parts against drawings and specifications by direct measurements Serves as quality liaison for quality investigations of nonconforming material and controls nonconforming material Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. Current Permanent Employees of AMCOM Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) with competitive status withing the local commuting area. Current Civilian Employees of the Organization 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 inspect as a Machinist Inspector . I have the ability to perform common duties which include Performs first article inspections, in-process inspections, and final product inspections on locally fabricated, activity procured components, and/or Government Furnished Materials (GFM). I work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee who observes tasks in progress and upon completion to make sure they are properly performed - Failure to meet this Screen Out Element will result in an ineligible rating. Ability to Inspect Ability to Use Hand Tools for Machine Shop Ability to Use Shop Drawings Knowledge of Metals Measurement and Layout Operation of Machine Tools Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) PHYSICAL EFFORT: Inspector is regularly required to stand, use hands and fingers to feel, and be able to communicate effectively. Inspector is frequently required to walk in machine shop areas where fabrication is taking place to pull random samples. Inspector is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Inspectors must regularly lift and carry items weighing 10 to 20 pounds, frequently lift/move items weighing up to 35 pounds without assistance, and over 35 pounds with assistance from another worker or weight handling equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORKING CONDITIONS: Inspector is occasionally exposed to vibration. Inspector is frequently exposed to machine shop fabricating areas and their distinctive smells and solvents. Inspector may be exposed to mold release compounds, greases, oils, cutting, and/or hydraulic fluids from the machining/molding process. The noise level in the inspection areas is usually quiet; hearing protection is provided when noise levels are excessive. Safety glasses are required in machine shop fabricating area. Safety shoes are required in machine shop fabricating area and receiving warehouse areas. Most of the danger encountered in this position is from sharp edges of tools, equipment, and machinery. Exposed to possibility of cuts, bruises, and scrapes. Must be alert for production control (PCs) who route and deliver rotary wing aircraft components using roll lifts, forklifts near the inspection areas as well as Automated Ground Vehicles (AGVs). Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. This is a(n) CP 17: Material Maintenance Management Career Field position. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. This position will be hiring for first, second, and third shift.