Surface Maintenance Mechanic

Army National Guard Units • North Las Vegas, NV

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About The Position

This position is for a Surface Maintenance Mechanic with the Nevada Army National Guard. The role troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, inspects, and overhauls a variety of complex combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment with interconnected mechanical and non-mechanical systems. The mechanic works independently, including in remote locations, and provides technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower-grade employees.

The position performs maintenance and major repairs on heavy-duty mobile equipment and vehicles, including tracked and wheeled vehicles, construction equipment, trailers, forklifts, tractors, and accessory equipment. Work covers complex engines, transmissions, driveline systems, hydraulic systems and controls, fuel injection systems, and state-of-the-art electrical and electronic systems. The mechanic diagnoses faults using visual and auditory checks, embedded diagnostics, manufacturer system analyzers, and other test equipment; determines the scope of repairs; and makes adjustments, repairs, overhauls, or modifications in accordance with specifications. When standard procedures or parts do not apply, the mechanic improvises repair techniques or modifies components to correct defects.

The role also conducts readiness, operational, and repair inspections; performs preventive maintenance and servicing; may inspect work performed by lower-grade employees; and may serve on maintenance evaluation or assistance teams. The mechanic instructs operators and crews in equipment maintenance, advises supported units, assists with production reports and records, and recommends ways to improve work and maximize production. National Guard membership and a compatible military assignment are required. The position may require work outside normal duty hours and overtime.

Requirements

• National Guard membership is required, with a compatible military grade and assignment in place before the effective date of placement.
• Compatible enlisted grade: E4 through E8; compatible MOS: 91 CMF.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
• Must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance for the position.
• Must maintain local network access in accordance with AR 25-2.
• Must wear the uniform appropriate to grade and armed forces component and maintain required standards of conduct and appearance.
• A qualifying conviction for a crime of domestic violence disqualifies an individual from performing the duties of this position.
• Must establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative working environment.
• A valid state driver's license is required for duties involving operation of motor vehicles.
• General experience or training demonstrating knowledge of equipment sufficient to perform routine jobs and simple preventive maintenance using common tools and equipment.
• Specialized experience or training demonstrating extensive knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and relationships of complex interconnected systems on a variety of vehicles and equipment.
• Ability to diagnose, repair, overhaul, and modify interconnected complex systems on combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment.
• Extensive knowledge of state-of-the-art electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other non-mechanical systems and their effect on major mechanical systems.
• Extensive knowledge of hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls.
• Skill and knowledge to develop or improvise repair methods, alter parts, correct recurring malfunctions, and make repairs when technical guidelines are absent.
• Must substantiate relevant experience and/or training in the application materials.
• Must successfully complete a probationary period if required.
• May occasionally need to work outside normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
• Must maintain awareness of environmental responsibilities under applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and perform major repairs on heavy-duty mobile equipment and combat, tactical, automotive, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment.
• Troubleshoot and repair or overhaul complex engines, transmissions, driveline systems, hydraulic systems and controls, fuel injection systems, and other interconnected mechanical systems.
• Diagnose equipment performance problems and mechanical failures using visual and auditory checks, test equipment, embedded diagnostics, and specialized manufacturer analyzers.
• Determine necessary adjustments and identify additional repairs beyond those specified on work orders.
• Remove and disassemble engines and complex assemblies, subassemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil-pressure systems; repair, overhaul, or modify them; then reassemble, adjust, test, and reinstall them.
• Repair and adjust electrical and suspension systems, including complex electrical and electronic systems requiring specialized diagnostics.
• Improvise repair methods, substitute or alter parts, and modify equipment when standard procedures or existing methods do not resolve defects.
• Independently perform repair and maintenance work, including in remote locations, with little or no supervision.
• Provide technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower-grade employees and assist them with major repairs to complex interconnected systems.
• Conduct readiness, repair, and operational inspections; verify equipment is properly serviced and perform preventive maintenance.
• Inspect equipment before Inactive Duty Training and Annual Training; may inspect work in progress and serve as a commodity inspector or on a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team.
• Instruct operators and crews in equipment maintenance and provide technical advice and assistance to supported units.
• Assist with maintenance production reports and records, conduct technical analyses, and recommend adjustments to improve efficiency and production.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type.
• Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be available to eligible candidates, subject to funding and approval.

What This Job Offers

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