ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED SYSTEMS MECHANIC SUPERVISOR (Title 32)

Air National Guard Units • Tulsa, OK

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About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position with the Oklahoma Air National Guard’s 138th Fighter Wing. It is a dual-status technician position in an aviation wing maintenance organization and requires military membership in a compatible assignment and classification. The position supervises employees who install, modify, overhaul, maintain, troubleshoot, repair, align, calibrate, and rebuild integrated avionics systems. The supervisor must also be able to perform on- or off-equipment maintenance on complete electronic integrated systems associated with the assigned aircraft and/or maintain automatic flight control, instrument, inertial navigation, and radar navigation systems.

The supervisor plans and directs assigned maintenance work, including determining staffing and resource needs, setting priorities and deadlines, coordinating related work, and adjusting assignments to handle unanticipated requirements. The role addresses productivity and cost problems, supports management programs, schedules leave and training, establishes performance standards, conducts appraisals, counsels employees, and makes recommendations concerning promotions, reassignments, and discipline. It also includes resolving complaints and grievances, interviewing candidates, reviewing job descriptions, and ensuring safe work practices.

The position maintains work reports and records and supports management objectives, including labor-management relations, equal employment opportunity, internal controls, safety, energy conservation, environmental controls, and property accountability. The supervisor prepares for and participates in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization, and command support exercises, and may perform additional duties such as mishap response, shift supervision, special project management, heavy equipment operation, facilities and equipment maintenance, or disaster and civil emergency response.

Employment requires membership in a compatible National Guard military assignment, wearing the military uniform, a background investigation, and the ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance. A valid state driver’s license is required to operate government vehicles. The employee must complete HAZMAT certification within six months and renew it every two years. Irregular or overtime hours may be required. A trial period and up to a two-year probationary period may apply. There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

Requirements

• Must hold a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard before the effective date of placement; military grades E-7 through E-8.
• General experience understanding the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade.
• Specialized experience performing, training, and/or supervising integrated systems repair and maintenance operations.
• Working and training experience maintaining, repairing, and modifying integrated multi-complex avionics systems.
• Experience planning and assigning subordinate work, using equipment and resources, managing schedules and priorities, and adapting assignments to unforeseen work.
• Experience communicating work requirements and planning schedules, budget requests, staffing needs, estimates, and projected work with higher-level supervisors.
• Experience researching work problems, determining causes, and implementing corrective actions within authority.
• Experience planning work and leave schedules, determining training needs, and mentoring subordinates.
• Experience writing FWS 2610 performance standards and conducting formal performance appraisals.
• Experience advising and counseling workers on performance and explaining or demonstrating work techniques.
• Experience recommending promotion or reassignment, reviewing job descriptions, addressing grievances and complaints, and recommending disciplinary actions.
• Experience interviewing vacancy candidates and recommending selections.
• Knowledge and experience applying safety and environmental requirements, ensuring proper equipment handling, and enforcing safety practices and precautions.
• Knowledge of management programs covering labor-management relations, equal employment opportunity, internal controls, safety, energy conservation, environmental controls, and property accountability.
• Experience preparing and presenting work reports, maintaining records, and participating in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization, and command support exercises.
• Must wear the military uniform.
• Must be suitable for federal employment as determined by a background investigation and able to obtain and maintain the position’s security clearance.
• Must have a valid state driver’s license for operating government motor vehicles.
• Must complete HAZMAT certification within six months of employment and recertify every two years.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service, if required.
• A person convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Must be able to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers.
• Irregular and/or overtime hours may be required.
• There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees performing maintenance, repair, and modification of integrated multi-complex avionics systems.
• Plan and allocate subordinate workers, equipment, facilities, and materials; establish priorities, deadlines, work assignments, and sequence of operations.
• Coordinate work with related functions and redirect workers and resources to meet unanticipated requirements.
• Inform higher-level supervisors when schedules or resource estimates need revision, and participate in planning schedules, budgets, staffing, and projected work.
• Investigate work problems such as excessive costs or low productivity and implement corrective actions within delegated authority.
• Explain management programs to subordinates; plan leave schedules and identify and arrange employee training.
• Set performance standards, conduct formal appraisals, counsel employees, and recommend promotions, reassignments, or disciplinary action.
• Review job descriptions, investigate and resolve grievances and complaints, and interview candidates for vacancies and recommend selections.
• Ensure safety, housekeeping, protective equipment, and applicable safety precautions are observed.
• Carry out management objectives involving labor-management relations, equal employment opportunity, internal controls, safety, energy conservation, environmental controls, and property accountability.
• Maintain work reports and records.
• Prepare for and participate in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization, and command support exercises.
• Perform additional duties as required, potentially including mishap response, shift supervision, special projects, heavy equipment operation, facilities or equipment maintenance, and disaster or civil emergency response.
• Perform or supervise maintenance on integrated aircraft avionics systems and, as applicable, automatic flight control, instrument, inertial navigation, and radar navigation systems.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to eligible employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• Position may be eligible for union membership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed