Surface Maintenance Mechanic-T32

Army National Guard Units•Fort McCoy, WI

11d

About The Position

This National Guard position is for a Surface Maintenance Mechanic-T32, Position Description Number D1194000, with the WI MATES, Wisconsin Army National Guard. The position is classified as WG-5801-10. The mechanic troubleshoots, repairs, maintains, inspects, and/or overhauls a variety of complex combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment. The work involves complicated mechanical and non-mechanical systems with interconnected systems. The position also provides technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower-grade employees. National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required. Applicants who are not current Guard members must be eligible for immediate membership. The compatible military grades are E-1 through E-5. The position requires federal employment suitability, the ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance, and compliance with the Lautenberg Amendment. A probationary period may be required. Employees may occasionally work outside normal duty hours, including overtime, and must be able to wear authorized and supplied PPE as duties require. Applicants must have at least 18 months of specialized experience or training diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying complex vehicles, equipment, and systems. Relevant experience includes using diagnostic equipment, exercising independent judgment to resolve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems, and testing, inspecting, and evaluating completed work. No additional educational requirements are specified.

Requirements

National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment is required; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership.
Compatible military grades are E-1 through E-5.
At least 18 months of specialized experience or training diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying complex vehicles, equipment, and systems.
Thorough knowledge of diagnostic equipment.
Ability to exercise independent judgment in determining methods and techniques to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems.
Experience testing, inspecting, and evaluating work performed on vehicles, equipment, and systems.
Meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
Ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance.
A qualifying conviction for a crime of domestic violence disqualifies an individual from performing this position's duties under the Lautenberg Amendment.
Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers.
Ability to wear authorized and supplied PPE as duties require.
May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
May occasionally be required to work outside normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
If subject to the Military Selective Service Act, male applicants born after 12/31/1959 must be registered to be eligible for appointment.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, repair, maintain, inspect, and/or overhaul complex combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment.
Work on complicated mechanical and non-mechanical systems, including interconnected systems.
Provide technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower-grade employees.
Test, inspect, and evaluate work performed on vehicles, equipment, and systems.