Sheet Metal Mechanic (Aircraft) (T32)

Air National Guard Units • Montgomery, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position with the AL 187th Fighter Wing in Montgomery, Alabama. The position requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Air National Guard, and the selectee must wear the military uniform. The mechanic inspects, repairs, fabricates, modifies, and installs aircraft structures and components, using technical orders, blueprints, diagrams, and work orders. Work includes sheet-metal and composite repairs, corrosion control, fabrication of parts and systems, and use of shop tools and precision measuring equipment. The position may also involve wash-rack operations, training, readiness exercises, and additional duties such as firefighting, aircraft rescue, security, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy-equipment operation, and emergency response. Other duties may be assigned. A complete position description is available from HRO.

The role requires general and specialized experience in sheet-metal fabrication and repair, including work with more complex seams, shop equipment, metals, measuring instruments, and mathematical calculations. Education cannot substitute for experience for this wage-grade position. A probationary period may be required. Direct deposit is mandatory. Work outside normal duty hours and overtime may occasionally be required. A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval before the employee reports for duty.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required; the selectee must have a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Air National Guard before the effective date of placement.
• Applicants who are not current Alabama Air National Guard members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the military grade listed for the position.
• Minimum military rank: A1C; maximum military rank: TSGT.
• General experience or training in planning, manufacturing, and installing cylindrical, square, or rectangular objects with easily constructed fastenings, including hem edges and seams.
• Specialized experience or training in planning, layout, and construction of items and systems using dovetailed, set-in-bottom, burred-bottom, wired, or lock seams.
• Experience using more complicated shop tools and equipment, metals such as stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material, and alloys, and complicated mathematical calculations and measuring instruments.
• Knowledge of aircraft design and structure, testing procedures, and prevention of metal corrosion.
• Skill in using various complicated tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of metal strength characteristics, including annealing, tempering, and normalizing, to select appropriate repair materials.
• Applicants must substantiate their experience in their own words; copying the vacancy announcement or position description may result in disqualification.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• May occasionally be required to work outside normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, who are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act must be registered to be eligible for appointment.

Responsibilities

• Inspect aircraft and determine the nature and extent of repairs using applicable technical orders.
• Remove, repair, modify, and install aircraft structural parts and assemblies, including frames, skin, control surfaces, doors, panels, and related components; may clear red X conditions.
• Repair cracks and damaged aircraft skin by fabricating and fitting patches that retain or restore structural strength; fit and trim components and seal structures against pressure, water, and weather.
• Troubleshoot structural repairs in aircraft fuselages, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers; remove, form, fit, and install highly stressed and double-contoured skins.
• Align and balance component structures and airframes using precision measuring instruments and levels; perform metal-to-metal bonding repairs on control surfaces.
• Inspect and repair or replace plastic, fiberglass, composite, bonded, and honeycomb structures; construct forming fixtures and install plastic laminated blanks.
• Fabricate and test metal tubing, conduits, and cables to drawings and specifications; fabricate and repair flexible control cables.
• Fabricate locally manufactured items for aircraft and equipment through layout, bending, cutting, forming, and assembly; develop patterns using triangulation and radial and parallel-line methods.
• Set up and operate metalworking machinery, portable power tools, detection equipment, and measuring equipment; requisition supplies and equipment.
• Design layouts, dies, jigs, and templates for aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment fabrication, repair, or modification; work from blueprints, technical orders, diagrams, and work orders.
• Identify and test corrosion, treat aircraft and engines according to technical publications, and remove corrosion using mechanical and chemical processes.
• Apply protective 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 according to applicable directives.
• May operate the wash rack, complete scheduled corrosion and washing inspections, and train others in wash-rack procedures.
• May assist in training drill-status Guard members and maintaining applicable technical orders, regulations, manuals, and local directives.
• Prepare for and participate in readiness evaluations, inspections, mobility exercises, and command-support exercises.
• May perform additional duties including structural firefighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue duty, security guard duty, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy-equipment operation, facility and equipment maintenance, or emergency-response team service.
• Complete assigned work in a timely manner and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available, subject to position type and eligibility.
• A recruitment or relocation incentive of up to 25% may be authorized, subject to approval before employee in-processing.

What This Job Offers

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