Aircraft Mechanic -T32

Air National Guard Units•Madison, WI

11h

About The Position

This National Guard position is for an Aircraft Mechanic (WG-8852-12), Position Description Number D1525000, with the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The mechanic serves as crew chief for assigned aircraft and directs the total maintenance effort. The work covers complex, high-performance military aircraft and includes assessing each aircraft’s Mission Capability status and recommending actions to maintain Full Mission Capability. The position supports Total Force missions and prepares assigned aircraft for Aerospace Expeditionary Force/Wing operations worldwide. The crew chief directs, monitors, or performs aircraft maintenance, servicing, inspections, and documentation, often under time or mission constraints and in all weather and at night. The role coordinates the work of subordinate mechanics and journey-level workers in other trades, participates in mission generation and regeneration, and expedites aircraft operations. It also serves as technical authority for repairs and inspections, verifies aircraft documentation and airworthiness, advises flight crews, and trains assigned personnel. 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 work, 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; military grades E-3 through E-7 are compatible. Irregular or overtime hours may be required.

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 of E-3 through E-7 is required.
Must meet federal employment suitability requirements, as determined by a background investigation.
May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
A qualifying conviction for a crime of domestic violence disqualifies an individual from performing this position’s duties under the Lautenberg Amendment.
Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
Ability to work irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours or outside the normal duty day when operational requirements or contingencies require it.
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 mechanical and pneudraulic aircraft systems during overhaul or modification.
Experience coordinating mechanics’ work and scheduling maintenance to complete critical actions and support optimum workflow.
Ability to instruct lower-graded mechanics, military personnel, and other personnel in disassembly and reassembly of crash-damaged engines, transmissions, gearboxes, hydraulic components, and fuel controls, sufficiently to return the exhibit to its shipping container.
If subject to the Military Selective Service Act, male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service to be eligible for appointment.
Must maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities under applicable legal and regulatory requirements, organizational requirements, and changing mission needs.

Nice To Haves

Current Record Review RIP (not point credit summary or Career Data Brief), used to verify AFSCs, aptitude scores, position status, time in service, and time in grade.
Current fitness report from myFitness, dated within the last 12 months.
Current AF Form 422 Physical Profile Serial Report, dated within the last 12 months; if any PULHES is a 3, a statement indicating worldwide deployability should be submitted.

Responsibilities

Direct, monitor, or perform overall 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, and expedite aircraft operations, including concurrent servicing, hot pit refueling, combat turns, and integrated combat turns.
Perform preflight, postflight, thru-flight, periodic, isochronal, phase, hourly, and special inspections; servicing; defueling; and scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
Serve as technical authority to advise on, inspect, and approve airframe, mechanical, electrical/environmental, avionics, engine, and pneudraulic repairs on assigned aircraft.
Ensure aircraft documentation and Maintenance Information Systems accurately reflect aircraft airworthiness.
Provide flight crews with technical guidance regarding observed discrepancies, in-flight characteristics, and system malfunctions.
Perform in-process and final inspections of aircraft and components undergoing repair, overhaul, or modification, and certify adherence to applicable work techniques, procedures, and quality standards.
Independently review completed work for compliance with maintenance policy and determine whether the aircraft is prepared and safe for flight.
Plan, develop, and conduct technician-work-week training for assigned personnel, and conduct and certify Cross Utilization Training for non-WG-88XX aircraft mechanics as needed.
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, facility and equipment maintenance, or disaster and civil emergency response.