Summary
About the Position: Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is located in northeast Texas, 19 miles west of Texarkana and approximately 170 miles northeast of Dallas. RRAD is near the corners of 4 states - Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. For more information on Red River Army Depot, go to the following web site: http://www.redriver.army.mil
Responsibilities
Serve as Production Controller (Planner) over all Major and Secondary Programs
Perform planning, estimation, and control functions required to develop production and quality control procedures for assigned work.
Coordinate repair, rebuild and modification of combat and tactical vehicles, hulls, engines and transmissions, weapon systems, and electronic and infrared guidance systems
Advise on the development, testing and roll out decisions to depot personnel with input from independent contractors, higher headquarters and Army guidance.
Communicate with commands to review scopes of works, and/or other program information
Develop cost estimates at the request of depot customers; reviews routes and bill of material.
Develop production schedules for customers and production shops, keeps production schedules updated.
Determine the availability and serviceability of required machines, measuring devices and special test equipment, special tools, equipment and facilities required to accomplish the program.
Coordinate planning activities with Senior Specialists in Production Planning and Control functions, shop foreman, engineers, supply specialists and production controllers programming the integrated activities within the shop.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes developing production schedules, analyzing cost estimates, and identifying production bottlenecks that could impact accomplishing production workload. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.