SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Jobs

Job Title

Performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and major repair on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles.

Duties include:

• Maintenance, troubleshooting, and major repair on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles.
• Troubleshoots equipment with a variety of the mechanically complex major systems and diagnoses difficult performance problems and the cause of mechanical failures.
• Removes and disassembles engines and complex major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems.
• Independently performs repairs and maintenance functions with little or no supervision in remote locations.
• Conducts readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associated equipment supported by the activity.
• Performs electrical repairs on complex state of the art electrical and electronic systems requiring extensive training on specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems.
• Assists in the maintenance of production reports and records, and makes recommendations to the supervisor.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• National Guard membership is required.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

Military Grades: E1 - E7 Compatible Military Assignments: Any of the following qualifications must be represented by the contents of your resume. Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. General experience: Experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventative maintenance tasks, and can use common tools and equipment in the line of work. Specialized experience: Experience or training leading to an extensive knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and working relationships of complex interconnecting systems, assemblies, and parts for a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment. Extensive knowledge of state of the art electrical, electronic, complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and other major non-mechanical systems that have a functional relationship and effect on the operation of major mechanical systems. Extensive knowledge of hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls. Skill and knowledge to develop or improvise methods, alter parts, and make repairs in the absence of technical guidelines (such as modifying parts to fit and mesh into systems for which the parts were not designed); improvise modifications to equipment to correct recurring malfunctions; and design modifications to meet special test requirements or other special needs.

Education: There are no additional educational requirements for this position.

Additional information: If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. Indefinite employment is temporary and is expected to last more than one year but no more than five consecutive years. This position is backfilling a technician who is absent. This position is indefinite and will end upon absent member's return. This appointment is indefinite and may be terminated early at the discretion of the appointing officer. This appointment could become a permanent promotion or reassignment if position becomes available. This position may convert to a permanent status without further competition if position becomes available. For current federal technicians assigned to G4, this would be a temporary promotion or reassignment and current permanent tenure would transfer with employee. This temporary promotion cannot exceed two years. (This may be extended for an additional year pending NGB approval) Upon original member returning, the temporarily promoted or temporarily reassigned employee would return to previous position.