MACHINIST (TITLE 32)

Duties

As a MACHINIST (TITLE 32), WG-3414-12, you will serve as Shop Chief over a small organizational segment in a maintenance function with responsibility for the overall shop operation.

Major Duties - This is NOT an all-inclusive list:

• Plan and lay out work to be accomplished in the shop.
• Plan and lay out work to be completed by employees and lower graded machinists.
• Determine approaches, methods, and courses of action required to accomplish the mission of the shop in an effective and efficient manner.
• Independently determine appropriate maintenance procedures.
• Estimate time, equipment, and material requirements.
• Devise and maintain plans and records.
• Provide recommendations and input to supervisor concerning personnel actions such as performance appraisals, awards, disciplinary actions, and leave.
• Perform a full range of shop work.
• Implement safety regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that other workers in the shop wear appropriate safety equipment and follow pertinent safety precautions.
• Prepare for and participate in various types of readiness evaluations and inspections.
• Prepare for and participate in mobilizations and command support exercises.
• Perform additional duties such as structural firefighting, aircraft fire, crash, and rescue duty.
• Perform additional duties such as snow removal, munitions loading and handling, and heavy equipment operation.
• Perform maintenance of facilities and equipment services.
• Serve as a member of a team to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.
• Possess a broad comprehensive knowledge of various machining operations and accepted machine trade methods and techniques.
• Skill in using conventional and/or computer numerical controlled machine tools.
• Experience performing a wide range of manual welding processes involving oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, and other industrial gases.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• IAW The Fair Chance Act, Agency employees may not request criminal history information at the point of initial application, upon receipt of an application, or prior to, during or after a job interview. If an Optional Form (OF) 306, Declaration of Employment is submitted prior to the point of a conditional offer, questions related to background information section may not be asked.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in the Illinois National Guard and in the military grade listed in the announcement. This is required prior to the effective date of placement. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• Utilizes safety practices and procedures following established safety rules and regulations to maintain a safe and clean work environment. Uses and assures proper fit of required safety equipment and clothing.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be available for this position.

Qualifications

AREA OF CONSIDERATION: The areas of consideration for this position, Title 32 Excepted Service (32 U.S. Code § 709), will be in the following manner and sequence:

• The FIRST area of consideration for this position will be all excepted permanent and indefinite temporary technicians within the ILNG.
• The SECOND area of consideration will be all current Federal Employees.
• The THIRD area of consideration will be all Federal re-employment eligible.
• The FOURTH area of consideration will be applicants willing to become T32 Dual Status Technicians and gain ILNG membership.
• The FIFTH area of consideration will be U.S. Citizens.

Military Grades: Enlisted Only - Not to exceed the rank of MSgt.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE : Must possess experience or training that has provided a basic knowledge of machining processes; and experience with the use of drill presses, shapers, planers and other types of associated machine tools.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE : WG-12 Level - Must possess specialized experience performing the full range of machining operations on most types of conventional or CNC machine tools and their various attachments; experience or training in planning and lay out work from blueprints, worksheets and other drawings that may have missing or incorrect information; experience in applying shop mathematics in establishing needed dimensions, such as required for chasing threads or machining angular surfaces; locating and marking surfaces and angles to be machined; experience in programming machining operations, setting up and operating CNC machine tools; experience with advanced shop mathematics such as geometric and trigonometric formulas to make computation for laying out work, machining pieces at unusual or compound angles, determining gear ratios pitch, angles and other similar exact or precision dimension.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.

Education

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 for this occupational series and grade.

Additional information

• If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).
  
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