This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, Yard, Industrial Department, Mechanical Group in Baltimore, MD.
Applicants will be evaluated on their ability to perform the duties of the position rather than the length of experience. Eligibility will be determined by the relevance, scope, and quality of all experience and training, regardless of where or how acquired. Applicants will be rated and ranked based on their knowledge of the following job elements: 1. Ability to do the work of the position without more than normal supervision. (SCREENOUT) 2. Operation of machine tools 3. Technical practices (theoretical, precise, artistic) 4. Ability to use shop drawings 5. Measurement and Layout 6. Ability to use hand tools for machine shop 7. Knowledge of metals National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.
You will perform a wide variety of routine machinist tasks involved in the construction, repair, maintenance, overhaul, and conversion of a wide variety of types and sizes of marine craft and vessels. Being a civilian working for the Coast Guard makes you a valuable member of the team. Typical duties include: Machining bastings, forgings, and bar stock of various metals and metal alloys. Using surface plates, precision blocks, sine bars, height and surface gages, scales, dividing heads, and similar devices, establishing reference points and lays out work piece to provide a means of locating points and surfaces during machining operations. Setting up appropriate machine and related equipment, such as dividing heads, taper attachments, jigs, fixtures, and gearing. Operating machine, controlling speed and feed, bringing various tools to bear in successive operations, and making various test cuts, roughing cuts, and finishing cuts, as necessary. Performing grinding operations; checking dimensions at various states, using such precision measuring instruments as height gages, depth gages, calipers, verniers, and micrometers of various types.