Composite/Plastic Fabricator

U.S. Pacific Fleet • Bremerton, WA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

You will serve as a Composite/Plastic Fabricator in the Production Resources Department of PSNS and IMF. This role involves removing and covering tanks, refrigeration units, and other structural objects with insulating materials to reduce heat loss or absorption, prevent moisture condensation, or deaden sound. You will also be responsible for measuring and calculating percentages and volumes for catalyst/resin mixtures, formulating epoxy resins, and determining resin promoter requirements. Additionally, you will manufacture jigs, templates, patterns, and molds to fabricate unique items, and fabricate handrails and ladders from fiberglass tubing and rod stock according to blueprint and design specifications.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty.
• You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals).
• You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.
• Work requires the ability to lift/carry items weighing up to 60 pounds.
• Work requires the ability to climb and work off vertical ladders, work from staging and platforms and occasionally work from suspended platforms and crane boxes.
• Work may be performed onboard ships and submarines and may require working in uncomfortable and cramped positions, and require prolonged stooping, bending, kneeling, reaching and climbing.
• This position may be subject to successful completion of physical examination and required training to qualify for nuclear work assignments.
• Qualification requirements emphasis is on quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time.
• Applicants must meet the requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Job Qualification Handbook for Trades and Labor Occupations.
• ABILITY TO DO THE WORK WITHOUT MORE THAN NORMAL SUPERVISION

Nice To Haves

• Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary.
• Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy.

Responsibilities

• Remove and cover tanks, refrigeration units and other structural objects with insulating materials to reduce heat loss or absorption, to prevent moisture condensation or to deaden sound.
• Measure and calculate percentages and volumes for catalyst/resin mixtures, formulas for epoxy resins and formulate resin promoter requirements.
• Manufacture jigs, templates, patterns, and molds to fabricate one-of-a-kind, unique, and/or interlocking items.
• Fabricate handrails and ladders from fiberglass tubing and rod stock to meet blueprint and design specifications.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Learn more about federal benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed