Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairer

U.S. Army Reserve Command • Nashville, TN

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a Direct Hire Authority solicitation to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to the competitive service. The position is a military technician role with the 81st Readiness Division, Area Maintenance Support Activity 153, in Nashville, Tennessee. The role requires active membership as a Soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve.

The Heavy Mobile Equipment Repairer troubleshoots, repairs, modifies, and maintains heavy mobile equipment. Work includes repairing major equipment systems and components, making operational adjustments, conducting inspections and diagnostics, performing maintenance and minor body work, and providing technical assistance to unit personnel. The employee also operates motor vehicles as needed to perform the position’s duties.

The work takes place indoors and occasionally outdoors. It involves frequent standing, bending, reaching, stretching, climbing, and crouching, including working in cramped or awkward spaces on, under, or inside equipment. The employee may lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds and may handle heavier items with assistance or lifting devices. Work may be performed from ladders or platforms at varying heights, with exposure to dirt, grease, oils, vehicle exhaust, drafts, some inclement weather, and risks of burns, cuts, scrapes, bruises, and strains.

Requirements

• Must be an active member of the U.S. Army Reserve as a Soldier before a start date can be set.
• Must obtain a Class A commercial driver's license within 90 days of employment.
• Must complete a medical examination before employment.
• Must meet the screen-out requirement by demonstrating the ability to troubleshoot, maintain, and repair heavy mobile equipment, including preventive maintenance, component repair or adjustment, operational testing, and final inspection, without more than normal supervision.
• Must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination based on a background investigation.
• Position is subject to Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• The position requires a one-year probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, repair, modify, and maintain a variety of heavy mobile equipment.
• Remove and repair major equipment systems or components, including power packs, transmissions, transfer cases, gear reduction units, injector pumps, air conditioners, fuel pumps, and alternators.
• Make idle speed, current, brake, and transmission linkage adjustments.
• Perform initial and in-process inspections, mechanical diagnostics, and troubleshooting to locate defects and determine the causes of malfunctions.
• Perform mechanical maintenance on defective parts and minor body work.
• Provide technical assistance to unit personnel.
• Operate motor vehicles to perform the duties of the position.
• Perform preventive maintenance checks and services, repair or replace mobile equipment components and parts, and conduct operational tests and final inspections.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package for eligible employees.
• Moving expenses may be authorized for eligible newly appointed Army Reserve Military Technicians, subject to applicable requirements.
• PCS allowances may be authorized when a move is determined to be in the Government's interest.
• Recruitment, retention, or relocation incentives may be authorized when determined to be in the Government's best interest.
• Advance in-hire rates, advanced leave accrual, credit for prior non-federal work experience and certain military service for leave accrual, and student loan repayment may be authorized.

What This Job Offers

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