Aircraft Maintenance Manager

Air National Guard Units•Elmendorf AFB, AK

11h

About The Position

The Aircraft Maintenance Manager directs the unit’s overall efforts to ensure the readiness of assigned aircraft, personnel, and equipment for wartime, day-to-day, and State Active Duty missions. The role plans, organizes, and oversees unit activities and aircraft maintenance resources, directing staff and production functions through subordinate supervisors. It sets squadron goals and objectives, reviews subordinate work and evaluations, develops and executes the squadron Commander’s Inspection Program, makes selections for subordinate positions, and addresses grievances and serious employee complaints. The manager collaborates with commanders and base organizations on long-term strategic, facilities, communications, vehicle, deployment, aircraft modification, depot input, force management, recruiting and retention, weapon-system conversion, and related plans. The role develops operational plans with National Guard Bureau and Joint Staff points of contact, manages resources and fiscal controls, and ensures aircraft maintenance meets compliance and airworthiness standards. The position coordinates with wing organizations on fleet health, aircraft availability, and mission capability; plans and executes contingency operations and deployments; and represents command leadership to military, government, business, and community organizations. It monitors maintenance program effectiveness, assesses performance and deficiencies, identifies modernization needs, manages resource protection and workplace safety, supports readiness events and emergencies, and may advise or serve on aircraft mishap investigation boards. It also develops squadron policy for Air Force Maintenance Automated Information Systems and makes decisions concerning related hardware, software, and training.

Requirements

Alaska Air National Guard membership is required.
U.S. citizenship and a Secret security clearance are required; must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance.
Minimum military grade of First Lieutenant (1Lt/O-2) and maximum grade of Major (Maj/O-4).
Must serve a two-year trial period.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Must meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
Drug testing is required.
Must not have a qualifying conviction under the Lautenberg Amendment that would prohibit performing the duties.
Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
Must be willing and able to travel away from the normal duty station on military and commercial aircraft.
Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required, including work outside the normal duty day.
General experience, education, or training providing knowledge of equipment maintenance work, or skill in reading engineering drawings and specifications, using test instruments, making computations, and keeping records; experience using computer and automation systems.
For GS-12, at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent, including experience applying principles, concepts, and methods of equipment, facility, or service operations to plan assignments.
Experience using established occupational methods and techniques to determine facility, grounds, and equipment overhaul, maintenance, restoration, and repair needs.
Experience determining resource needs, allocating resources, and addressing budgeting and funding needs.
Experience in organization-wide human resources management policy matters and personnel actions affecting key employees, including coordinating workforces and resources and negotiating with management or clients.
Experience managing the function of the work, leading, directing, and assigning work to personnel.
Experience directing staff and production functions affecting complex, high-performance aircraft and sophisticated systems through subordinate supervisors.
Experience conducting operational planning for an adaptable force responding to worldwide contingency and non-contingency events.
Experience planning, organizing, scheduling, controlling, and directing aircraft maintenance resources to meet mission requirements and ensuring compliance, airworthiness, readiness, and wartime tasking.
Resume must provide complete employment dates and hours worked per week for each civilian and military employment entry; year-only dates may result in disqualification.
Resume duties must substantiate in the applicant’s own words the required general and specialized experience.

Responsibilities

Direct unit efforts to maintain the readiness of assigned aircraft, personnel, and equipment for wartime, day-to-day, and State Active Duty missions.
Plan, organize, and oversee unit activities and direct flying operations and aircraft maintenance resources through subordinate functional supervisors.
Establish squadron goals and objectives; review, accept, amend, or reject subordinate work; develop and execute the squadron Commander’s Inspection Program; evaluate supervisors; select for subordinate positions; and resolve grievances and serious complaints.
Collaborate with commanders and base organizations to develop and implement wing and group plans, including strategic, facilities, communications, vehicle replacement, deployment, aircraft modification, depot input, force management, recruiting and retention, weapon-system conversion, and base supplement plans.
Develop operational plans and provide feedback to National Guard Bureau points of contact and the Joint Staff.
Plan, schedule, control, and direct maintenance resources to meet mission requirements and ensure effective use of resources, fiscal compliance, and aircraft airworthiness.
Coordinate with wing organizations on fleet health, aircraft availability, and mission capability.
Plan and execute contingency operations, including activation and deployment of aircraft, personnel, and equipment.
Represent command leadership to the National Guard Bureau, the Adjutant General, USP&FO, military components, state and local governments, businesses, and other organizations and interested parties.
Monitor the maintenance program and assess performance indicators, productivity, accomplishments, deficiencies, and audit findings.
Develop CONUS and OCONUS deployment plans to meet mission goals, inspection schedules, and deployment requirements.
Identify facility and equipment modernization, improvement, and replacement needs.
Manage resource protection, including physical security, information security, and industrial and occupational safety and health; maintain responsibility for safety conditions, procedures, and work practices in the maintenance community.
Prepare for and participate in readiness events supporting Federal and State contingency plans; serve as needed on teams responding to natural disasters or civil emergencies.
Serve as a technical advisor to aircraft mishap investigation boards and, when required, as a board member.
Develop squadron policy for Air Force Maintenance Automated Information Systems and make management decisions regarding associated computer hardware, software, and training.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Federal employee benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type and employment status.
1.49% cost-of-living allowance in addition to base salary, subject to change.
Direct Deposit Program participation is required if selected for a technician position with the Alaska National Guard.

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