Sheet Metal Mechanic (Aircraft) - Title 32

Air National Guard Units • Garden City, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted-service position with the 165th MAI SQ in Garden City, Georgia. It is a full-time, excepted temporary dual-status position, not to exceed four years, requiring membership in the Georgia Air National Guard. It is open to current on-board technicians in the Georgia Air National Guard and may convert to permanent without further competition.

The Sheet Metal Mechanic independently inspects aircraft, determines needed repairs, and performs aircraft structural maintenance, repair, modification, fabrication, installation, corrosion control, and related work. The mechanic works from technical orders, blueprints, diagrams, and work orders; uses metalworking tools and precision instruments; and may assist with training, wash rack operations, and maintenance of technical publication files. The position requires military membership in a compatible assignment and wearing the military uniform. Rotating shifts apply, and work outside normal duty hours or overtime may occasionally be required.

Requirements

• National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard is required before the effective date of placement; applicants not currently members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment.
• Must be eligible for the military grade E3–E5 and compatible assignment AFSC 2A7X3.
• General experience or training planning, manufacturing, and installing cylindrical, square, or rectangular objects with easily constructed fastenings such as single or double hem edges and single, double, or grooved seams.
• Specialized experience or training in planning, layout, and construction to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams.
• Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment; metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material, and alloys; and complicated mathematical calculations and measuring instruments.
• Must be able to wear the military uniform.
• Must meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation and be able to obtain and maintain the position's appropriate security clearance.
• Must participate in direct deposit and may be required to complete a probationary period.
• Must meet applicable Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must not be disqualified under the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment from performing the position's duties.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
• Must maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities under applicable legal, regulatory, and organizational requirements.
• Must be able to exert effort for extended periods while bending, shaping, or constructing complex items; lift equipment and components up to 50 pounds and, with assistance, up to 100 pounds.
• Work may take place indoors and outdoors in varied weather, including wet, slippery, and icy conditions, and in extreme temperatures and humidity; exposure to hazardous fumes, high-pressure air and fluids, moving aircraft surfaces, engine noise and heat, intake suction, rotating propellers, explosive munitions, electrical voltage, cartridge actuating devices, liquid oxygen, fire or explosion hazards, and hazardous materials is possible.

Responsibilities

• Inspect aircraft independently and determine the nature and extent of repairs using applicable technical orders.
• Remove, repair, modify, and install aircraft structural components and assemblies, including frames, stringers, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skins, cowling, brackets, fairings, access doors, and panels.
• Repair cracks in aircraft skin; fabricate, fit, and trim patches and components; and determine repair details needed to retain or restore structural strength.
• Seal aircraft structures to make them pressure-, water-, and weather-tight.
• Troubleshoot structural repair situations involving fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers.
• Remove, form, fit, and install highly stressed and double-contoured skins using hand or powered tools and metalworking equipment.
• Determine shear and bearing load factors during rivet replacement; install aircraft rivets and fasteners; and remove damaged or broken fasteners and receptacles.
• Align and balance component structures and airframes using precision measuring instruments and levels.
• Perform metal-to-metal bonding repairs and inspect, repair, or replace plastic, fiberglass, composite, bonded, and honeycomb structures and assemblies.
• Repair or replace retaining frames and install plastic laminated blanks.
• Design and construct forming fixtures; fabricate and test metal tubing, conduits, and cables; and fabricate and repair flexible control cables.
• Fabricate locally manufactured items for aircraft and equipment, including layout, bending, cutting, forming, and assembly; calculate patterns using triangulation and line-development principles.
• Set up and operate metalworking equipment and tools, including power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable power tools, and detection and measuring equipment.
• Requisition supplies and equipment; prepare layouts, dies, jigs, and templates for fabrication, repair, or modification of aircraft, engines, AGE, and other equipment.
• Identify metal corrosion, perform testing to determine corrosion type, and treat aircraft components in accordance with applicable technical publications.
• Complete assigned work in a timely manner and remove corrosion using mechanical and chemical procedures.
• Treat metal with chemical procedures, prepare surfaces for protective coatings, and apply coatings, markings, and decals using spray equipment, brushes, and special applicators.
• Identify, blend, store, control, and dispose of hazardous materials used in corrosion removal, treatment, and protection in accordance with applicable directives.
• Operate the wash rack as needed and complete corrosion and washing inspections according to the maintenance schedule.
• Provide training on wash rack procedures as needed, assist with training drill-status Guard members, and maintain applicable technical publication files.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A federal employee benefits package is available; benefits eligibility depends on position type and the hiring agency can provide details.
• Recruitment and relocation incentives may be available, subject to funding.

What This Job Offers

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