SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC SUPERVISOR (Title 32)

Army National Guard Units • Braggs, OK

21h

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position in the Oklahoma Army National Guard, assigned to the Joint Forces Headquarters-State, Logistics Directorate (J-4), Surface Maintenance Facility. The position supervises workers directly or through subordinate leaders and supervisors, planning and directing complex work operations. The supervisor determines the sequence, priority, and timing of work within broad schedules and limits. The overall work supervised is Surface Maintenance Mechanic, WG-5801-10.

The supervisor plans labor, equipment, facilities, and material needs; establishes deadlines and work sequences; assigns resources; and adjusts plans when unexpected work arises. The position also contributes to current and future schedules, staffing and funding estimates, and funding priorities for supported units based on readiness, training, and mobilization needs.

The role directs and evaluates maintenance work, addresses productivity and cost problems, implements corrective actions, and ensures quality standards and maintenance expenditure limits are met. It coordinates maintenance backlogs and equipment transfers with other facilities, and ensures tools, diagnostic equipment, safety equipment, parts, and supplies are available.

Administrative duties include setting performance standards and conducting formal appraisals, ensuring safety and housekeeping compliance, developing operating procedures, and managing occupational safety, environmental, quality, force protection, and property-accountability requirements. The supervisor may also perform nonsupervisory maintenance or transportation tasks. Additional duties may include firefighting or emergency response, security, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy equipment operation, or facility and equipment maintenance.

This position requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard before placement, and the selectee must wear the military uniform. Irregular or overtime hours may be required. The position may require operating motor vehicles, for which a valid state driver’s license is required. A security clearance must be obtained or maintained as applicable; applicants for positions requiring Secret or Top Secret clearance must possess or be able to obtain one within a year of appointment.

Requirements

• Must be a member of a compatible military assignment in the employing state’s National Guard before the effective date of placement; military grades are WOC through CW2.
• Experience or training demonstrating knowledge of equipment, ability to perform routine jobs and simple preventive maintenance, and ability to use common tools and equipment.
• Experience or training demonstrating thorough knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and relationships of complex systems, assemblies, and parts in 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 systems related to 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, fuel injection systems, and emission-control systems.
• Experience beyond journeyman level demonstrating the ability to plan, direct, and organize work assignments for lower-grade personnel.
• Experience reviewing work requirements and establishing priorities to meet deadlines.
• Experience providing knowledge of the various lines of work performed by the function.
• Experience demonstrating supervisory ability or potential, including knowledge of general supervisory concepts and shop processes.
• Experience adapting existing equipment and techniques to new situations.
• Must be able to wear the military uniform.
• Must meet federal employment suitability requirements, as determined by a background investigation; may be required to complete a trial period.
• Must participate in direct deposit.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance; where Secret or Top Secret clearance is required, must possess or be able to obtain it within one year of appointment.
• A qualifying domestic-violence misdemeanor conviction disqualifies an applicant from performing the duties of this position.
• Must be able to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers.
• Must be available for irregular and/or overtime hours or hours outside the normal duty day when operational requirements or contingencies require them.
• Must maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities under applicable legal, regulatory, organizational, and mission requirements.
• For duties requiring vehicle operation, must have a valid state driver’s license for the state in which the applicant lives or is principally employed.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• May be required to serve up to a two-year probationary period.
• Education does not substitute for the required specialized experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan subordinate workers’ use of equipment, facilities, and materials on a weekly or monthly basis.
• Establish deadlines, priorities, work sequences, and assignments based on schedules, methods, and policies.
• Determine staffing, skills, materials, and equipment needed for projects; redirect resources for unanticipated work.
• Participate in planning current and future schedules, staffing, workload estimates, and recommendations.
• Assist with quarterly funding distribution and prioritize and allocate funds based on supported units’ readiness, training, and mobilization requirements.
• Provide workload data and staffing and funding recommendations to management.
• Assign tasks and explain work requirements, methods, and procedures.
• Investigate cost and productivity problems, identify causes, and implement corrective actions within delegated authority.
• Recommend solutions to staffing, engineering, and work-operation problems involving other supervisors.
• Ensure work in progress and completed work meets standards through a quality control and assurance program.
• Ensure equipment repairs remain within applicable maintenance expenditure limits.
• Adjust operations to maximize production and manage resources effectively and economically.
• Ensure tools, diagnostic and measurement equipment, protective equipment, repair parts, and other materials are available.
• Manage maintenance backlogs and coordinate equipment evacuation, acceptance, repairs, and services with other maintenance facilities.
• Set performance standards and formally appraise subordinate employees.
• Ensure safety and housekeeping rules are followed and appropriate protective clothing and equipment are used.
• Perform nonsupervisory work, including transporting equipment and performing maintenance tasks.
• Develop and publish standing operating procedures and ensure employee compliance.
• Implement and comply with occupational safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure quality-conformant products are used in accordance with materials shelf-life programs.
• Manage force protection, including physical security, key control, property accountability, access control, and employee protection.
• Account for real property, installation property, MTO&E and TDA property, and installed equipment in accordance with regulations and policies.
• May perform additional duties such as firefighting, emergency response, security guard duties, snow removal, munitions handling, heavy equipment operation, or facility and equipment maintenance.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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