Embroidery Digitizer/Embroidery Machine Operator.

Defense Logistics Agency; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Logistics Agency in Philadelphia seeks an Embroidery Digitizer/Embroidery Machine Operator to digitize designs, select thread colors, and ensure final output matches blueprint requirements. You will maintain design files on computer and USB drives and perform daily machine maintenance to produce custom military flags and certificates.

Applicants should have experience with precision embroidery, be able to prepare clear design files, and follow safety and quality standards. U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience with the common tasks of embroidery digitizing and machine operation under supervision.
• Ability to keep design files organized on computer and USB drives.
• Familiarity with preparing and verifying color charts and blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Digitize designs precisely and ensure output matches color guides and blueprints.
• Keep design files organized on computer and USB storage.
• Maintain embroidery machines daily, including cleaning, needle changes, and oiling.
• Produce custom designed military flags and certificates using hand and machine embroidery.

Skills

Digitizing designs

Color matching

File management

Machine maintenance

Embroidery production

Job description

• Responsible for properly digitizing design, selecting the proper color thread to reproduce colors indicated on guide, and ensuring final output matches requirements on blueprints.
• Keeps design files organized on computer, USB stick.
• Maintains machine daily; cleaning, changing needles as needed and oiling as required.
• Responsible for producing custom designed military flags and certificates utilizing intricate hand and machine embroidery.

Duties

• Responsible for properly digitizing design, selecting the proper color thread to reproduce colors indicated on guide, and ensuring final output matches requirements on blueprints.
• Keeps design files organized on computer, USB stick.
• Makes clear, concise, hard copy design files.
• Maintains machine daily; cleaning, changing needles as needed and oiling as required.
• Responsible for producing custom designed military flags and certificates utilizing intricate hand and machine embroidery.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Security Requirements: Non-Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required

Qualifications

To qualify for an Embroidery Digitizer/ Embroidery Machine Operator, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standard for Trades and Labor Occupations. Although a specific length of time and experience is not required, you must meet any screen-out element listed, and show through experience and training that you possess the quality level of knowledge and skill necessary to perform the duties at the level for which you are applying. Emphasis is placed on how you gained the quality of experience, not necessarily the length of time, and the required ability or potential to perform the job. Applicants who do not meet the screen-out element (SOE) will be eliminated from further competition.

The SOE And Minimum Qualifications For This Position Is

• Perform the common tasks of the job to be filled but under close supervision, such as hand embroidering a large variety of very intricate designs and patterns on colors and standards including flags.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

To be found well-qualified as an ICTAP applicant, individuals need to demonstrate the ability to perform the common tasks of the job to be filled as well as more complex duties such as: Digitize drawings precisely using correct colors, details with input from Supervisor; Keep design files organized on computer; USB stick; Make clear, concise, hard copy design files to include pictures, instructions for flag to include color chart-order of design run-addition of letters-scrolls appliques and any other element required on flag; Keep tools in good condition, including frames-needles-scissors-pencils-any elements needed to produce quality embroidery; Communicate clearly to sewing machine operator any assistance needed to make flag; and Clean finish work before passing to machine operator.

Additional information

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Reemployed Annuitants:

This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at:

Drug-Free Workplace Policy

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.

Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.

The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.

ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.