Water Jet Operator - Bethesda, United States - CACI

CACI
CACI
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Bethesda, United States

1 month ago

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Description
Water Jet Operator


Job Category:
Service Contract Act


Time Type:
Full time


Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Secret


Employee Type:
Regular


Percentage of Travel Required:
Up to 10%


Type of Travel:
Local


What You'll Get to Do


CACI is looking for a Water Jet Operator to join the Model and Fabrication team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock.

This position is located in Bethesda, MD and is 100% on-site.


Working Conditions:
The technician will frequently work inside and outside of buildings. S/he will work in cold weather. S/he may be working in the hot sun. S/he will work in environments where ventilation or respirators may be necessary. S/he must be safety minded about themselves and others.

S/he will check tools and equipment, and see their capacities are not exceeded; and that tools are kept in a safe working condition.


More About the Role

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Operating and maintaining OMAX waterjets
  • Loading and unloading material from the waterjet machines utilizing cranes and forklifts.
  • Breaking edges on finished waterjet parts
  • Taking measurements utilizing mechanical and ultrasonic equipment (plate thicknesses, out of fairness, etc.)

Technical Duties:
Maintain and repair waterjet equipment. Create quotes for waterjet parts required for repairs and maintenance.


Use analytic techniques and technical knowledge to diagnose and determine root cause of fit and finish deviations and other fabrication issues.

Develop methods and processes, with the support of technical specialist and program engineers, to ensure that the issues are resolved in production processes and similar issues are reduced or eliminated in future tasks.

Design, build and research specialized tooling and fixtures to be used to support the production of complex components. The technician will be required to produce high quality models with tight tolerances.


Provide schedule input to include projections of time required to develop jigs and fixturing, produce the first order samples or mockups, fabricate components, and assemble models, and to conduct required quality control checks and verifications.


Independently plan, layout, setup, form, fasten, and construct the objects and systems from oral instructions, sketches, incomplete drawings, complex drawings or written instructions, where there are no past precedents available.


Collect data using laser tracking equipment, ultrasonic devices, and precision measuring instruments such as calipers, verniers, electronic protractors, squares, height gauges, depth gauges, indicators, and micrometers.


You'll Bring These Qualifications

General:

  • 35 years of experience as a Water Jet operator
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
  • Ability to interface with project managers, engineers, shop supervisors, technical specialists, craftsmen, and other outside contractors.
  • Strong math skills
  • Oral communication skills.
  • Working knowledge of MS Office, Outlook, Excel, and Word.
  • Working knowledge of commercial CAD/CAM software.
  • Ability to operate, program and edit CNC 2/3 axis controllers and run code.
  • Skilled in the interpretation of complex engineered drawings, sketches and verbal communications.

Technical:

  • Thorough understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerance practices.
  • Processes to include water jet cutting, bending, forming, rolling, shearing, and punching.
  • Thorough understanding of workflow requirements, equipment capabilities, skill levels required, and amount of time needed to accomplish work.
  • Knowledge of all industrial capabilities and processes, and any emerging stateoftheart equipment, methods or services available.
  • Ability to collect, analyze, and compose data
  • Knowledge of metallic and non metallic materials (research composite materials, plastics, rubber, resins, polycarbonates, nickel alloys, bronze alloys, steel alloys, aluminum alloys, high yield steels and new research metals), and their metallurgical/physical characteristics.
  • Ability to read and work from highly detailed drawings and specifications as well as developing components from concept sketches with mínimal details.
  • Knowledge of Shop, Facility and Division Safety Policies and requirements

Physical:


Office, industrial and construction settings; the work requires the employee to spend most of the day standing, kneeling, or sitting in awkward positions.

S/he will lift weights from 40 to 80 lbs. S/he will work from ladders and scaffolds, also trenches, and hard to reach places by bending, stretching, and stooping


What We Can Offer You:

  • We've been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.
  • Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
  • We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
  • We are missionoriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation's highest priorities.
  • For over
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