Surface Maintenance Mechanic Leader (Title 32)

Army National Guard Units • Vernal, UT

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This National Guard position is for a Surface Maintenance Mechanic Leader (Title 32), position description number D1287000, with FMS 10 in Vernal, Utah, in the Utah Army National Guard. The role leads a crew performing maintenance and repair of heavy-duty mobile equipment and combat, tactical, automotive, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment. The incumbent assigns work, conveys instructions, demonstrates methods, ensures resources are available, works alongside the crew, monitors work quality and progress, and provides technical guidance to lower-graded employees. The position also performs complex troubleshooting, maintenance, overhaul, and repair work, including in remote locations, and supports vehicle readiness, inspections, recovery, preventive maintenance, records, and production planning. National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required. Priority is given to current onboard UTARNG employees.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required, with a compatible military assignment and grade before the effective date of placement; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership.
• Compatible military assignment: enlisted CMF 12, 13, 14, 19, 25, 88, 91, 92, or 94; military rank: Warrant Officer/Enlisted.
• Experience or training providing sufficient knowledge to perform work in this occupational series.
• Experience or training demonstrating the ability to lead technicians performing work in this occupational series.
• Thorough knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and relationships of complex systems, assemblies, and parts across combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment.
• Ability to diagnose, repair, overhaul, and modify a variety of vehicles and equipment.
• Knowledge of electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other non-mechanical systems that affect mechanical-system operation.
• Knowledge of hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls.
• Basic electronics knowledge sufficient to identify and replace defective components such as sensors, diodes, and circuit boards.
• Ability to repair or overhaul major components, including engines, transmissions, driveline assemblies, electrical and electronic systems and accessories, fuel-injection systems, and emission-control systems.
• Experience planning, organizing, and leading the work of others in fields directly related to equipment repair.
• Ability to perform administrative functions, read and interpret technical publications, and guide others in work related to the occupational series.
• Valid state driver's license if the position requires operating motor vehicles.
• Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative work environment.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the position's appropriate security clearance.
• Must meet applicable Selective Service registration requirements if required by law.

Responsibilities

• Assign work orders to crew members and select workers for jobs based on their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Relay supervisor instructions, demonstrate work methods, initiate work, and ensure plans, materials, tools, and stock are available.
• Work alongside the crew performing repair work and ensure there is sufficient work for the crew.
• Check work in progress and upon completion for compliance with instructions, work orders, shop procedures, and deadlines; direct or advise workers as needed.
• Interpret work instructions and assist lower-graded repairers or trainees with difficult and complex tasks.
• Report work status, progress, delays, operational issues, and problems to the supervisor.
• Ensure safety and housekeeping rules are followed.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and perform major repairs on heavy-duty mobile equipment and combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles.
• Repair assemblies and components, including electrical, braking, fuel, hydraulic, and engine systems.
• Use technical manuals, modification work orders, lubrication orders, maintenance bulletins, regulations, and management policies to perform work.
• Diagnose mechanical failures using visual and auditory checks, test equipment, embedded diagnostics, and manufacturer system analyzers.
• Determine necessary adjustments and identify additional repairs required beyond those specified on work orders.
• Remove, disassemble, repair, overhaul, modify, reassemble, adjust, test, and reinstall engines, assemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil-pressure systems.
• Perform independent maintenance and repairs in remote locations, including replacing or repairing defective components and systems.
• Provide technical guidance and team leadership to lower-graded employees.
• Recover and evacuate inoperable vehicles from breakdown locations.
• Conduct readiness and repair inspections of supported vehicles and equipment.
• Perform operational inspections and servicing, including brake adjustments, fluid replacement, greasing, cleaning, and other preventive maintenance.
• Inspect supported equipment before use during Inactive Duty Training and Annual Training.
• Assist with production reports and records and make recommendations to the supervisor.
• Plan, organize, and perform technical analyses as assigned; recommend adjustments to improve effective, efficient, and economical work and maximize production.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefit eligibility depends on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

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