TECHNICIAN

You will serve as a Technician in the in the Small Arms Weapons Systems Division for NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER. This position is part of the Warfare Centers Personnel Demonstration Project. The NT-4 pay band encompasses positions equivalent to GS-11 and GS-12.

Major duties

• You will serve as repairer and quality inspector of the Navy’s designated Depot Overhaul Point for the Small Arms Weapons Systems Division.
• You will inspect the quality of repair and overhaul of all small arms and minor caliber, match conditioned weapons and sniper weapons systems.
• You will perform inspections and tests using unique equipment, special processes, and DoD instructions, standards and guidelines
• You will prepare sponsor reports by weapons serial number, deficiencies found, and weapons inspected.
• You will perform major and minor repair on all types of small arms, match, sniper and special purpose weapons.
• You will modify existing parts and assemblies using machine tool operations such as lathe turning, milling, grinding, polishing and honing, to obtain the desired fit or finish.
• You will design, manufacture or modify machine and bench jigs, reamers, special tools and various holding, alignment, and measuring fixtures to perform specific tasks with increased speed and efficiency.
• You will identify and obtain all necessary instructions, specialized tooling, inspection gauges, parts, and PPE to perform overhaul and maintenance of small arms weapons and weapon systems.
• You will utilize overhaul procedures and weapon blueprint, as well as make visual and manual inspection of the weapons to determine extent of repair.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the NT-03 pay band (GS-9/10 equivalent) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector that demonstrates experience in the inspection, quality assurance, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of small arms weapon systems and their associated components. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/engineering-technical-series-0802/ 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.