FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WORKER (Title 32)

Air National Guard Units • Kelly AFB, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located within the LGR, Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas. The role manages fuel on behalf of the Defense Logistics Agency and involves operating and maintaining a fuel distribution system that includes a fuels laboratory, cryogenic and bulk storage, a base service station, a fuels information service center, mobile fueling operations, and financial account management for missile propellant. This is a Title 32, Excepted Service position requiring active membership in a compatible Texas Air National Guard assignment and wear of the military uniform. It is a temporary indefinite position that may later be converted to permanent without further competition. The position is subject to rotating shifts and requires Texas National Guard membership.

The worker performs quality assurance activities for petroleum products, including inspections, sampling, laboratory analysis, audits, investigations, reporting, trend analysis, and recommendations for corrective action. The role also directs, inspects, operates, and maintains fuel distribution systems for receiving, storing, transferring, and issuing aviation and ground fuels. Duties include operating fuel distribution equipment and specialized fuel trucks, conducting refueling and defueling operations, and maintaining cryogenic storage tanks and related equipment. The worker troubleshoots and repairs mechanical and electrical systems, performs preventive and operator maintenance, and follows safety procedures for petroleum and cryogenic fluids.

The position requires relevant experience or training operating, maintaining, repairing, troubleshooting, and overhauling fuel systems and components, as well as controlling fuel movement and storage through high-pressure pipeline systems or multi-fuel distribution facilities. A valid state driver's license is required. The employee must be able to obtain and maintain the position's appropriate security clearance and complete a one- to two-year trial period. Occasional work outside normal duty hours and overtime may be required.

Requirements

• Relevant experience or training operating, maintaining, repairing, troubleshooting, and overhauling fuel systems and components.
• Relevant experience or training initiating and controlling fuel movement and storage using high-pressure systems connected by cross-country pipelines or multi-fuel storage and distribution facilities connected by internal pipeline networks.
• Active membership in a compatible Texas Air National Guard military assignment and wear of the military uniform; Texas National Guard membership is required.
• Assignment to a compatible military AFSC/MOS in accordance with applicable statutes and National Guard Bureau regulations, and ability to obtain and maintain AFSC/MOS requirements. Compatible AFSCs are 2F0X1/2F051; rank spread is SRA (E-4) through SSgt (E-5), not to exceed SSgt.
• Completion of at least a National Agency Check before position assignment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance; for positions requiring Secret or Top Secret clearance, the applicant must possess or be able to obtain clearance within one year of appointment.
• Valid state driver's license for the state where the applicant lives or is principally employed; ability to obtain and maintain a state driver's license.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
• Must not be disqualified under the Lautenberg Amendment for duties covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment.
• Must serve a one- to two-year trial period and receive written certification for continued employment after the trial period.
• May occasionally be required to work outside normal duty hours, and overtime may be required.
• Must maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities under applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Organize, administer, and evaluate a segment of the organization’s fuels quality assurance program.
• Inspect petroleum activities for product compliance and draw fuel samples at required frequencies for testing according to applicable technical orders.
• Assess actions taken on prior inspection findings and prepare accurate reports for management.
• Conduct statistical surveys of petroleum products in areas with prior problems, analyze defect data, identify trends, and recommend corrective actions.
• Investigate problem areas, identify causes, and recommend and take corrective follow-up action.
• Verify quality through audits and investigative methods to ensure compliance with established guidelines.
• Advise supervisors on quality problems and necessary corrective action, and provide technical assistance to improve quality and safety.
• Prepare local quality assurance operating procedures based on higher-level supplements, regulations, and manuals.
• Assist in managing fiscal resources for the quality assurance program.
• Conduct laboratory analyses to determine whether product physical and chemical properties meet specification limits.
• Operate precision measuring instruments and analytical equipment to assess mechanical systems and petroleum-handling hardware.
• Test petroleum and cryogenic samples for total solids and microscopic properties, and extract samples.
• Direct, inspect, operate, and maintain fuel distribution systems for receiving, storing, transferring, and issuing aviation and ground fuels.
• Operate distribution equipment to control the movement and storage of supplies through pipeline or tank-farm systems using communications and control facilities.
• Inspect distribution systems for leaks, corrosion, faulty fittings, and inoperative components, including lines, tanks, hydrant pits and outlets, separators, pumps, valves, meters, and control rooms.
• Perform operator maintenance, including checking and adjusting components, monitoring pressures and leakage, cleaning and inspecting strainers, calibrating additive injectors, and draining water from lines, tanks, filter separators, and containment areas.
• Operate specialized aviation and ground fuel tank trucks with capacities up to 6,000 gallons and gross vehicle weights up to 70,000 pounds for aircraft and ground fueling and defueling applications.
• Transport fuel from bulk storage to issue points, position vehicles, monitor controls and instruments, operate deadman safety controls, coordinate with receiving personnel, and follow fueling safety precautions.
• Inspect and perform operator maintenance and safety checks on refueling equipment.
• Adjust fuel sales transactions to reflect fuel at 60 degrees using the volume correction factor in accordance with DLA policy.
• Operate, inspect, maintain, and repair cryogenic storage tanks with capacities from 400 to 5,000 gallons.
• Troubleshoot, test, and repair mechanical and electrical systems and subcomponents, including generators, wiring harnesses, regulators, relays, power-generation circuitry, and electrically controlled solenoids.
• Use electrical test equipment such as multimeters to monitor system function and make repairs and adjustments.
• Inspect, maintain, and perform operator maintenance and minor repairs on cryogenic support equipment and samplers, including air-purging units, vacuum gauges and pumps, portable efficiency meters, and portable samplers.
• Apply safety and precautionary procedures when handling cryogenic fluids; analyze, isolate, and correct system malfunctions; and perform preventive maintenance and inspections on components and tanks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The job posting states that federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive range of benefits; specific benefits for this position are not listed.
• Texas has no state income tax.

What This Job Offers

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