Mobile Equipment Metal Worker (T32)

Army National Guard Units • Cullman, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with the Alabama Army National Guard, part of AL CSMS 2 in Cullman, Alabama. The position repairs, fabricates, and replaces metal body components on mobile equipment, including vehicles, buses, trailers, and shelters. Work includes assessing damage, shaping and joining sheet metal, performing body repairs and surface preparation, repairing radiators and fuel tanks, and occasionally repairing electrical wiring. The selectee must be eligible for National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment and will be required to wear the military uniform. The position may require a probationary period, mandatory direct deposit, and occasional work outside normal duty hours, including overtime.

Requirements

• National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Army National Guard is required before the effective date of placement; applicants not currently members must be eligible for immediate membership.
• Military rank must be within the listed range: minimum SPC and maximum SFC.
• General experience or training providing knowledge of mobile body construction and the ability to remove, fabricate, reshape, replace, or repair dents, tears, wrinkles, cuts, and creases through cutting, knocking out, welding, filling, and sanding.
• Specialized experience or training providing knowledge of mobile equipment construction, component installation, damage assessment, and repair alternatives.
• Experience using gas and arc welding equipment to cut out damaged areas, remove rusted fasteners, strengthen brackets and braces, weld simple cuts and breaks, and apply heat to reshape damaged areas.
• Experience using trade equipment and applying body filler, then grinding and sanding to achieve a uniform contour.
• Experience applying primer paint with a brush or spray gun, including gravity-feed and HVLP equipment.
• Experience performing mathematical calculations and scribing patterns for fabrication of wood or metal parts with straight lines or irregular curves.
• Ability to select repair methods, equipment, materials, and techniques or determine when replacement is needed for damaged mobile-equipment bodies and metal components.
• Knowledge of metal-body construction and how components are installed, including by bolts, soldering, rivets, or welding.
• Skill using hammers, dolly blocks, spoons, bending irons, mallets, sanders, grinders, files, and hydraulic jacks to repair dents and creases.
• Skill using sheet-metal equipment to cut, bend, form, and shape materials.
• Skill using oxyacetylene and electric arc welding equipment to cut, weld, remove, or replace damaged panels.
• Knowledge of basic electricity for repairing defective wiring on mobile equipment.
• Knowledge of arithmetic for calculating and scribing fabrication patterns.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• A male applicant born after December 31, 1959, who is required to register under the Military Selective Service Act must be registered to be eligible for appointment.
• Education cannot substitute for experience in wage-grade positions.

Responsibilities

• Disassemble damaged mobile equipment bodies and components to determine the extent of damage and required repairs.
• Repair, replace, or fabricate sheet-metal body components, including fenders, panels, hoods, cowls, truck beds, brackets, covers, clamps, and braces.
• Occasionally repair main frames and structural components, including doorposts, doorframes, skeletal framework, and main support members.
• Fabricate, assemble, and install sheet-metal components for buses, trailers, shelters, and other equipment.
• Lay out, cut, bend, and form materials using hand tools and sheet-metal working equipment; assemble parts using bolts, rivets, screws, soldering, and welding.
• Repair folds, wrinkles, creases, and tears in vehicle body panels using hand tools, sanders, grinders, files, and hydraulic jacks; prepare surfaces for painting by filling and sanding.
• Remove and replace damaged fenders, quarter panels, and top panels using cutting and welding equipment; shrink and stretch sheet metal to achieve the desired shape and fit.
• Remove and replace body trim, hardware, windshields, door glass, headliners, and other body components.
• Repair radiators, fuel tanks, and similar items through straightening, soldering, patching, tube rodding and splicing, plugging core sections, core replacement, and pressure testing.
• Remove, disassemble, reassemble, and install radiators, fuel tanks, and similar items.
• Occasionally perform electrical repairs, including removing, splicing, insulating, soldering, and replacing cut or defective mobile-equipment wiring.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on position type and whether the position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval before employee in-processing.

What This Job Offers

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