ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN

Full Job Description

You will serve as an Engineering Technician in the Mechanical Shop (Code 931), Production Resources Department of PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience with the procedures, processes, and equipment related to computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technology; proficiency in the use of CAD/CAM software.

Experience with current shop CNC equipment, including but not limited to mills, lathes, EDMs, and waterjets.

Experience applying engineering concepts, principles, and practices to develop methods and designs to produce continuous path and multi-axis programs.

Experience developing a computer-aided manufacturing package to facilitate all necessary tooling and technical direction to produce machined parts on computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

Experience with manufacturing processes especially as they relate to complex CNC systems characteristics, capabilities, capacities and metal working principles.

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. Major Duties:

• You will analyze engineered drawings to assess feasibility of manufacturing components either entirely or partially using computer numerical control (CNC) equipment.
• You will use computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology to develop CNC programs for the manufacturing of production components and shop tooling, such as jigs and fixtures, necessary to complete production work.
• You will review previous programs to determine if a program has already been created or if there is one similar in nature which can be adapted to current specifications.
• You will use modeling software to create a three-dimensional representation of the part and develop a program for the part to be machined on CNC machine tools when no previous programs exist for the part.
• You will maintain and update programs and drawings to satisfy any design changes imposed by the engineering division.
• You will guide and advise machinists, machine tool operators, and trainees on the safe and accurate operation of the program and various CNC machines.
• You will assist with estimates for the cost of manufacturing production parts as well as fixtures, jigs, molds and tooling, considering labor, material, cycle time, and tooling costs.