Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repairer

Air National Guard Units•Pittsburgh, PA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service, dual-status technician position with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 171st Air Refueling Wing. The Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Repairer ensures aircrew life-support equipment meets airworthiness criteria and supports combat operations and readiness. The position inspects, tests, calibrates, certifies, evaluates, troubleshoots, repairs or replaces, assembles, and disassembles aircrew life-support equipment, chemical and biological defense equipment, and aircraft ejection and non-ejection systems. The repairer provides formal classroom and technical instruction to pilots, aircrew, passengers, aircraft maintenance personnel, dignitaries, and civilian search-and-rescue agencies. Training topics include global survival and combat search-and-rescue, water survival, ejection and non-ejection seat egress, emergency parachute procedural descent using a virtual-reality trainer, aircrew chemical defense equipment and AERPS, decontamination procedures, and aircrew chemical-defense task qualifications. The position uses and maintains computer programs and databases to analyze and troubleshoot equipment and to schedule and document inspections and accountability. It handles technical orders and related compliance and modification work; coordinates the inventory, transportation, and maintenance of precision equipment; manages life-support munitions and ammunition assets; and maintains hazardous-material handling, shipping, storage, and ordering certifications. It also manages an aircrew life-support mobility package for bare-base surge operations. Additional duties may include firefighting, aircraft crash and rescue, security, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy-equipment operation, facility and equipment maintenance, and emergency-response support. National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required before placement, and the selectee must wear the military uniform. Applicants must be eligible for immediate membership at the military grade listed in the announcement. The position is open to eligible Pennsylvania National Guard applicants within the stated areas of consideration. Permanent-change-of-station costs will not be paid.

Requirements

National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state, required before the effective date of placement; applicants not already members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment.
Eligibility for an enlisted military grade of E1 through E7.
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
General experience or training demonstrating knowledge of materials and equipment used in the work, such as helmets, torso-harness assemblies, parachutes, and survival equipment.
Ability to understand written instructions and use reference materials and manuals.
Experience or training demonstrating knowledge of aviation life-support equipment.
Experience reading and interpreting military manuals.
Experience with supply procedures and property accountability.
Experience collecting information and presenting it to groups of varying sizes.
Experience planning a functional shop maintenance program.
The applicant’s experience, training, and education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the position’s duties.
Selectees may be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
Selectees are required to wear the military uniform.

Responsibilities

Inspect, test, calibrate, certify, diagnose, troubleshoot, repair or replace, assemble, and disassemble aircrew life-support equipment, chemical and biological defense equipment, and aircraft ejection and non-ejection systems.
Provide classroom and technical training on survival, search-and-rescue, water survival, seat egress, parachute descent, chemical defense equipment, decontamination, and related qualification procedures.
Use and maintain computer programs and databases to analyze and troubleshoot equipment and schedule inspections.
Maintain inspection, accountability, and documentation records for aircrew and aircraft life-support and chemical-biological defense equipment.
Order, receive, update, file, and distribute technical orders; carry out applicable compliance, modification, supplement, and familiarization procedures; and complete required documentation.
Evaluate technical orders for needed modifications and submit appropriate forms.
Inventory and monitor Precision Maintenance Equipment Laboratory equipment; prepare equipment and documents for pickup and delivery; coordinate with inspection or maintenance activities; transport equipment; conduct acceptance inspections; and update equipment records.
Manage, monitor, and inventory life-support munitions and ammunition assets; forecast time-change requirements; remove and install munitions; and transport them by military or commercial aircraft or vehicles.
Maintain certification and proficiency in handling, shipping, storing, and ordering hazardous materials.
Manage an aircrew life-support mobility package for bare-base operations under surge conditions.
As needed, perform additional duties such as structural firefighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue, security, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy-equipment operation, facility and equipment maintenance, and disaster or civil-emergency response.
Perform other duties as assigned.