Mechanical Engineering Technician in Dover
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Universal Technical Resource Services, Inc. (UTRS) is currently seeking a Mechanical Engineering Technician to join our team! At UTRS, we enjoy the benefits of working in a collaborative environment of close-knit team members. As a company, we provide a wide range of leading-edge engineering, management, and digital services to the public and private sectors. We are looking for someone that will support our mission to consistently deliver creative, high-quality, technology-based services to our customers on time and within budget.
This position will support the Medium Caliber Weapon Systems (MCWS) Team at Picatinny Arsenal. The technician performs hands-on technical work related to assembly, inspection, refurbishment, testing, and documentation of medium-caliber weapon systems including the M230, M242, XM813, XM913, XM914, XM915, and associated components. The position requires strict adherence to Army physical security, safety, AA&E handling, and configuration-control standards while supporting engineering, test, and project teams across DEVCOM Armaments Center.
What will you be doing?
This position will be a key member of the Medium Caliber Ground Weapons team. Duties include:
- Disassembly, Inspection, Refurbishment, and reassembly of medium caliber weapon systems in accordance with technical manuals, engineering instructions, and configuration requirements.
- Conduct functional checks gauging, torque verification, and hardware replacement of MCWS weapons, subsystems and test fixtures.
- Support engineering test events, including fixture setup, barrel installs, component swaps, instrumentation installation, and safe to fire verification procedures.
- Maintain test readiness ensuring weapons, mounts, tools and support equipment are serviceable, properly stored. And compliant with AR 190-11 and AR190-13.
- Document maintenance actions, deficiencies, and part replacements using army forms, logs, and configuration control processes.
- Assist with loading, transport, and accountability of inert weapon components/test articles per DA Pam 710-2-1.
- Support engineering staff during developmental, qualification, and endurance testing on and off site.
- Perform shop level machining, fabrication, and repair tasks as required.
- Operate and maintain technical tools and measurement equipment.
- Follow all Armaments Center safety and weapons handling protocols.
- Provide technical support to engineers and other technicians.
- Operate manual machine tools as well as hand tools
- Perform basic quality checks on machined parts using all types of Micrometers, height gages, gage pins, and venire calipers
- Basic laboratory functions
- Provide support as required by the project officers
What skills will the ideal candidate have to be successful?
This position will require the following skillsets and experience:
- Must be a US and able to obtain security clearance through the DoD security background investigation process
- Pass drug and alcohol testing
- Must have good mechanical skills and experience
- Must be able to pass medical surveillance testing specific to job duties working with energetic materials
- High standard of quality and efficiency
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be a team player, able to multitask and prioritize accordingly
- Basic PC knowledge (MS Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Must be able to work in a physical capacity, lifting and moving heavy object
- Must have machine shop experience
- Must have firearms experience from military or law enforcement experience or hobbyist/hunting
- Must be able to take and pass AMMO-45 online certification and appropriate safety training provided by the test facility
- Must have a valid NJ driver’s license and be able to obtain a government driver’s license
- High School diploma required, College degree not required but beneficial
- Past or present military personnel are encouraged to apply
- Ability to Lift/move heavy weapon components
- Ability to read/interpret Army technical manuals and engineering drawings.
- Experience with M230/M242/XM813/XM913 series of weapons strongly
- Military armament/armorer or depot level maintenance experience .
- Must be available to travel a minimum of 20%
Read about our benefits here: Our Benefits - UTRS | Thinking Forward
UTRS is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , , , protected Veteran status, , or any other characteristic protected by law. UTRS is a drug-free workplace with pre-employment drug testing and background verifications.
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