AIRCRAFT MECHANIC -Title 32

Air National Guard Units•Madison, WI

About The Position

This National Guard position is for an Aircraft Mechanic, Title 32, Position Description Number D1525000, in the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115 AMXS. The role serves as crew chief and directs the total maintenance effort for assigned aircraft, which may include complex, high-performance military aircraft. The mechanic provides technical insight into each aircraft’s mission capability and recommends actions to maintain full mission capability. Assigned aircraft support the Total Force Mission of the United States Air Force and must be prepared for Aerospace Expeditionary Force/Wing operations worldwide. The position oversees and performs aircraft maintenance, servicing, inspections, documentation, and repairs under complex conditions and time or mission constraints, including all-weather and night operations. The mechanic coordinates subordinate mechanics and workers from other trades, supports mission generation and expedited aircraft operations, and serves as the technical authority for aircraft systems and repairs. The role also ensures maintenance records accurately reflect airworthiness, guides flight crews on discrepancies and malfunctions, inspects and certifies repair work, and plans and conducts workforce training. The position participates in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization, command support exercises, and Operations Other Than War. Additional duties may include structural firefighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue, security guard duties, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy-equipment operation, facility and equipment maintenance, and disaster or civil-emergency response. National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership. The position may require a probationary period, an appropriate security clearance, and irregular or overtime hours.

Requirements

National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership.
Compatible military grade and assignment are required before the effective date of placement; military grades E-4 through E-6 are listed, and trainees are accepted.
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
Ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers.
Ability to wear authorized and supplied personal protective equipment as appropriate.
General experience or training removing and replacing aircraft parts, accessories, and components and making adjustments and settings to established specifications.
Skill in using hand tools and test equipment.
At least 18 months of experience or training installing, adjusting, aligning, troubleshooting, and functionally testing major and minor aircraft mechanical and pneudraulic systems during overhaul or modification.
Experience coordinating mechanics’ work and scheduling maintenance to complete critical actions and maintain optimum workflow.
Ability to instruct lower-graded mechanics, military personnel, and others in disassembling and reassembling crash-damaged engines, transmissions, gearboxes, hydraulic components, and fuel controls so the exhibit can be returned to its shipping container.
May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
Must meet the applicable Lautenberg Amendment restriction: an individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required for operational requirements or contingencies, including work outside the normal duty day.
Maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, the organization, and its mission.

Nice To Haves

Optional supporting documentation includes a current Record Review RIP, current Fitness Report, and current AF Form 422 Physical Profile Serial Report; if any PULHES are a 3, a statement confirming worldwide deployability is requested.

Responsibilities

Direct, monitor, or perform maintenance, servicing, inspections, and documentation for assigned aircraft.
Coordinate and oversee subordinate aircraft mechanics and journey-level workers in other trades working on assigned aircraft.
Participate in mission generation and regeneration, including concurrent servicing, hot-pit refueling, combat turns, and integrated combat turns.
Perform aircraft inspections and servicing, including preflight, postflight, thru-flight, periodic, isochronal, phase, hourly, and special inspections, defueling, and scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
Serve as the technical authority for advising on, inspecting, and approving airframe, mechanical, electrical/environmental, avionics, engine, and pneudraulic repairs.
Ensure aircraft documentation and Maintenance Information Systems accurately reflect aircraft airworthiness.
Provide technical guidance to flight crews regarding observed discrepancies, in-flight characteristics, and system malfunctions.
Conduct in-process and final inspections of aircraft and components undergoing repair, overhaul, or modification, and certify compliance with applicable procedures and quality standards.
Review completed work independently to determine whether aircraft are prepared and safe for flight.
Plan, develop, and conduct maintenance training for assigned military personnel and certify Cross Utilization Training for non-WG-88XX-series aircraft mechanics.
Prepare for and participate in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization, command-support exercises, and Operations Other Than War.
Perform other assigned duties, which may include firefighting, aircraft crash/rescue, security, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy-equipment operation, facilities and equipment maintenance, or emergency-response duties.