Aircraft Overhaul Leader

Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command•McConnell AFB, KS

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About The Position

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position in the regular career civil service. ARTs receive Federal employee benefits and are required to maintain active membership in the assigned Air Force Reserve unit, including an average of one weekend of military training per month. The position serves as a work leader and Dedicated Crew Chief over a crew of three or more workers or mechanics, coordinating and overseeing maintenance and inspections for an assigned aircraft. The incumbent serves as the aircraft’s technical authority, provides instructional guidance, makes work arrangements, and ensures production pace is maintained. The incumbent also performs non-leader trades and labor work as part of the crew and trains reservists in the required duties. The employee is responsible for the assigned aircraft’s total airworthiness and for coordinating or overseeing its maintenance, troubleshooting, positioning, appearance, and servicing. The role includes aircraft inspections, technical supervision of crew members, enforcement of safety procedures, and verification and certification of work performed by qualified mechanics and trainees. This is an enlisted ART position. The incumbent must meet and maintain Air Force Reserve requirements, and the work schedule will accommodate unit training assemblies. Regular assignments are primarily ART duties, with non-ART duties generally not exceeding 30 percent of total responsibilities. The position is designated for drug testing and requires passing initial and periodic short-notice tests. It is an obligated position, and a selected employee may be displaced under reduction-in-force procedures if restoration or return rights apply to another employee. Work takes place in hangars, outdoors, and in aircraft, sometimes in hazardous-noise areas. Conditions may include extreme weather and temperatures, confined spaces, awkward positions, exposure to bodily fluids, dirt, grease, aircraft fluids and gases, and potential exposure to Hydrazine, Halon, composites, and Low Observable materials. The job involves physical demands such as heavy lifting and carrying, climbing, walking, standing, and repeated bending, as well as working around machinery and moving vehicles or objects.

Requirements

Be a U.S. citizen.
Be a current Air Force Reserve member or be willing and qualified to join, and meet and maintain Air Force Reserve requirements.
Meet the screen-out requirement: ability to perform the work of an Aircraft Overhaul Leader with little to no supervision.
Possess the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate aircraft maintenance workmanship and understand aircraft mechanical, pneudraulic, electrical, electronic, and other operating systems.
Know aircraft startup, operation, shutdown, and emergency procedures; normal and abnormal operating symptoms; and relationships among operating systems.
Have knowledge of associated trades, including sheet metal, painting, aircraft electrical and electronics, and aircraft engine work.
Know supply procedures, applicable publications, tools and equipment, material accounting, security, documentation, and safety procedures.
Be skilled in checking functional and support systems, operating engines, identifying malfunctioning systems, and using repair directives, technical orders, blueprints, schematics, diagrams, specifications, and manuals to determine repairs.
Be skilled in using trade tools, test equipment, test stands, power sources, aircraft instruments, gauges, controls, and diagnostic and on-board electronic equipment or systems.
Be able to analyze maintenance guidance and modification orders, identify material, equipment, and personnel needs, review technical guides for discrepancies or improvements, and plan and organize work.
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
Maintain current certifications.
Pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing.
Be able to meet the stated physical and functional demands, including heavy lifting and carrying, climbing, working with both hands, and required vision, color distinction, depth perception, and hearing capabilities.
Have an appropriate valid driver’s license if required for driving a motor vehicle.
Register for Selective Service if male and required to do so.
Be able to work overtime and uncommon tours of duty when needed, and travel on military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty assignments when required.

Responsibilities

Serve as work leader and Dedicated Crew Chief for an assigned aircraft and coordinate or oversee maintenance, troubleshooting, positioning, appearance, and servicing.
Maintain responsibility for the total airworthiness of the assigned aircraft.
Perform or oversee preflight, post-flight, phase, acceptance, and other scheduled or unscheduled aircraft inspections.
Provide technical supervision on production matters to employees assigned to the crew or team, including active-duty personnel, ARTs, and civilians.
Enforce and follow safety practices and procedures, and maintain a safe and clean work area.
Lead verification and certification of work processes, procedures, and the adequacy of work completed by qualified mechanics and trainees.
Perform non-leader trades and labor work as a member of the work crew.
Train reservists in the duties and responsibilities of the position.
Plan and organize work assignments, including determining resources needed to accomplish the mission.
Operate aircraft systems and diagnostic equipment, identify malfunctions, and determine required repairs.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing.