Production Controller (Scheduling)

Air National Guard Units • Flowood, MS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service position that requires military membership. The role involves performing preliminary planning and long-term forecasting of the utilization of aerospace vehicles, engines, and associated support equipment. The Production Controller is responsible for advising, planning, and coordinating aircraft maintenance requirements and utilization scheduling between maintenance, operations, and external organizations. This position actively participates in the Wing Flying Hour Working Group for planning, scheduling, and execution of the Wing's Flying Hour Allocation process. The role also involves verifying and reconciling the accuracy of unit flying hour allocations daily, managing assigned major commodity areas, and developing/analyzing maintenance information systems reports to inform senior management. The Production Controller actively participates in daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling, and quarterly/yearly planning programs and meetings, communicating potential over-utilization conditions to leadership. The position also analyzes and improves repair processes, researches causes for missed maintenance events, and develops local procedures for efficient scheduling of engines and support equipment. Additionally, the role involves developing plans for resource acquisition, evaluating progress, analyzing requirements and resource availability, and communicating changing priorities to work center supervisors. The Production Controller monitors and updates the status of Work In Process (WIP), coordinates with offices of primary responsibility on extension requests, and manages the Configuration Management program. Maintaining historical documents and maintenance data for aircraft records accuracy is also a key responsibility. The role acts as the wing Aerospace Vehicle Distribution Officer (AVDO), coordinating aircraft transfers and generating documentation. Participation in the development and maintenance of the Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) schedule and managing Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) and Time Change Items (TCI) programs are also included. The position may require travel and driving a motor vehicle.

Requirements

• Military Grades: E5 - E7
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance designated at the State through the use of the Position Designation Tool.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; over/comp time may be required.
• May require travel in military and/or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• This is a National Guard dual status technician position which requires military membership.
• Wear of the military uniform is MANDATORY.
• Participation in direct deposit is MANDATORY.
• For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license for the state in which they live or are principally employed.
• For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment.
• NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard.
• Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
• Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
• Experience, education or training which indicates the candidate can reason in quantitative terms, communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner, understanding the terminology and data pertaining to repair operations and process characteristics of the production activity.
• Must possess 24 months experience, education or training scheduling workflow in more than one area and responsible for coordinating products or materials from support activities.
• Experience in performing or supervising journeyman level work in a production facility.
• Experience preparing job or work orders; scheduling various phases of projects into the production facility; following up to see if work is progressing as planned and arranging for adjustments in materials, machine processes, and work sequencing allowing for changes.
• Experience with current automation support programs to input data, provide status of equipment, and monitor job order status, monitor work priorities, requisition repair parts, track repair parts status, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Situations of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor.
• Candidates may be screened and evaluated on military attributes directly related to the compatible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment.
• Include any volunteer work experience in your resume.
• Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement.
• If this announcement results in a temporary promotion for the selectee, it may become permanent at any time without further competition dependent on funding and manpower requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform preliminary planning and long term forecasting of utilization of aerospace vehicles, engines, and associated support equipment.
• Advise, plan, and coordinate aircraft maintenance requirements and utilization scheduling between maintenance, operations, and external organizations.
• Participate in the Wing Flying Hour Working Group for planning, scheduling, and execution of the Wing's Flying Hour Allocation process.
• Verify and reconcile the accuracy of unit flying hour allocations daily.
• Manage all assigned major commodity areas (Airframe, Engine, Components and Special Projects).
• Develop, analyze, and evaluate multiple Maintenance Information System(s) (MIS) and various databases reports, charts and graphs to inform senior maintenance management.
• Actively participate in daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling, and quarterly/yearly planning programs and meetings.
• Communicate and advise leadership of potential over-utilization conditions.
• Analyze and improve repair processes, methods, procedures and standards.
• Research and determine cause for missed maintenance-related scheduled events and document findings.
• Develop local procedures to ensure effective and efficient scheduling of engines, support equipment.
• Develop, write, and publish guidance for aircraft document reviews.
• Review both immediate and long-range requirements based on current workload forecasts and conditioned based maintenance and develop plans for obtaining resources to meet production requirements.
• Plan allocation of resources and distribution of work to ensure production commitments are accomplished as scheduled.
• Evaluate progress, analyze requirements and availability of resources, communicate changing priorities to work center supervisors to ensure work is accomplished efficiently and deconflict maintenance activities.
• Monitor and update status of Work In Process (WIP).
• Coordinate with office of primary responsibility (OPR) on extension requests to maximize efficiency of aircraft availability.
• Initiate, validate, and submit time change extension requests, as needed.
• Manage the Configuration Management program.
• Maintain historical documents and maintenance data essential for aircraft records accuracy.
• Review and report status of decentralized records to maintenance operations flight supervisor.
• Act as the wing Aerospace Vehicle Distribution Officer (AVDO), coordinate aircraft transfer between organizations, generate specific documentation (AFTO Form 103, Aircraft/Missile Condition Data).
• Participate in the development and maintenance of the Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) schedule for all assigned aircraft and equipment.
• Develop and maintain job standard master listings (JML) for assigned equipment in the MIS in coordination with functional work centers.
• Manage the assigned weapon system Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) programs.
• Chair TCTO planning meetings.
• Manage the assigned weapon systems Time Change Items (TCI) program and identify, monitor, forecast and schedule items specifically identified in applicable regulation and instructions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

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• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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What This Job Offers

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