Welder (T32)

Army National Guard Units • Montgomery, AL

16h

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with AL CSMS 1 in Montgomery, Alabama. The Welder performs welding, brazing, cutting, and heat-treating work to repair, modify, and fabricate metal items and equipment. Work includes precision welding on mechanical parts and equipment, including components that require close tolerances, and welding or reinforcing heavy armor plate. The position requires reading and interpreting technical orders, blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders; planning and laying out work; selecting welding materials and equipment settings; and producing welds that meet required patterns, strength, and other specifications. The position requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Army National Guard, and the selectee must wear the military uniform. The minimum military rank is PVT and the maximum is MSG. A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required, with membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Army National Guard required before the effective date of placement.
• Applicants not currently in the Alabama Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment at the required military grade.
• Must be within the military rank range of PVT through MSG.
• Experience or training providing basic knowledge of welding processes and knowledge of technical orders, blueprints, and specifications.
• Experience or training applying a variety of electric resistance welding processes and equipment.
• Experience using accepted trade methods and a variety of manual welding processes to weld commonly used metals in different shapes, sizes, and thicknesses.
• Experience using a wider range of welding processes to make difficult welds that meet close-tolerance, strength, and other requirements, including welds in hard-to-reach places.
• Experience devising special jigs and fixtures to hold parts for welding and knowledge of several related trade procedures.
• Experience planning and laying out work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders.
• Knowledge of manual welding processes, including gas torches and electric arcs such as inert-gas-shielded arcs, for welding commonly used metals and alloys.
• Knowledge of processes for difficult welds requiring close tolerances and strength, including oxyacetylene, oxyhydrogen, other industrial-gas welding, metal-arc, and gas-tungsten-arc processes.
• Skill in making welds requiring complete penetration and fusion of base and filler metals.
• Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Overtime or work outside normal duty hours may occasionally be required.
• Education substitution is not considered for wage-grade positions.
• Applicants subject to the Military Selective Service Act must be registered, if required.

Responsibilities

• Perform welding using electric, acetylene, and/or inert-gas-shielded processes, including pre-heating, brazing, head welding, tack welding, flame cutting, pressure welding, and heat treating.
• Use templates, jigs, blueprints, and other guides to repair, modify, or fabricate metal items, including intricate mechanical parts requiring close tolerances.
• Make joints in flat, vertical, horizontal, and overhead positions on light and heavy equipment, including axles, frames, gun mounts and components, carriers, tanks, and metal decks made of various weldable metals.
• Weld or reinforce heavy armor plate and perform precision welding on jigs, dies, engineering equipment, and automotive equipment.
• Braise dissimilar metals and flame-cut metal to size using welding equipment.
• Use basic sheet-metal tools and equipment, including a bender, press, roller, shear, and band saw, to repair or fabricate equipment such as air-conditioning and heater duct units, storage cabinets, and armored-personnel-carrier components.
• Read and interpret blueprints and sketches; lay out, position, and clamp work; select the rod type and tip size; determine the necessary heat and adjust equipment; and maintain proper welding speed, flame motion, tip angle, and flame position.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on the position type and the hiring agency can provide details.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval.

What This Job Offers

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