Surface Maintenance Repairer (T32)

Army National Guard Units • Huntsville, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position in the Alabama Army National Guard, assigned to AL UTES 3 in Huntsville, Alabama. The Surface Maintenance Repairer performs routine maintenance, limited diagnosis, and repairs on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat and tactical vehicles, and automotive vehicles. The employee follows technical manuals, lubrication orders, maintenance bulletins, regulations, and management policies, and assists higher-graded mechanics with repairs or overhauls of major systems.

The work includes using visual and auditory checks and basic test equipment to identify mechanical failures; removing, cleaning, adjusting, replacing, and installing parts and components; and independently performing routine maintenance and repairs, including in remote locations. The employee may provide field maintenance as part of a contact team and recover inoperable vehicles. Duties may also include readiness inspections, preventive maintenance, limited work on communications equipment and small arms, minor metal and body repairs, and maintaining tools-and-parts supply documentation and inventories.

National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment and grade is required before the effective date of placement. The selectee must wear the military uniform. A probationary period may be required. Direct deposit is mandatory; occasional work outside normal duty hours and overtime may be required.

Requirements

• National Guard membership in a compatible military assignment in the Alabama Army National Guard is required; applicants not currently members must be eligible for immediate membership.
• Military grade must be within the listed range: minimum PVT and maximum SFC.
• Experience or training demonstrating knowledge of equipment sufficient to perform routine jobs and simple preventive maintenance, and to use common tools and equipment in the line of work.
• Experience or training using common hand and power tools and a small variety of test and measurement devices to make mechanical repairs.
• Experience removing, adjusting, replacing, cleaning, and installing a variety of parts, components, and accessories.
• Experience demonstrating basic understanding of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic theory as it applies to vehicles, and the skill to replace, fit, install, and adjust components or systems.
• Experience demonstrating understanding of the makeup and operation of maintained systems and their interrelationships.
• Ability to use basic test equipment and analyze results to identify faults for repair or replacement.
• Ability to determine whether parts should be cleaned, reinstalled, or replaced with standard parts.
• Ability to read and interpret parts lists, manufacturers' repair manuals, technical manuals, diagrams, engineering drawings, and schematics.
• Applicants must substantiate their specialized experience in their own words; copying the vacancy announcement or position description may result in disqualification.
• Selectee must wear the military uniform.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.

Responsibilities

• Perform limited diagnosis, routine repairs, and maintenance on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat and tactical vehicles, and automotive vehicles.
• Assist higher-graded mechanics with repairs and overhauls of major systems, including engines, transmissions, drive lines, and hydraulic utility systems and controls.
• Make routine repairs by removing, adjusting, cleaning, or replacing worn or defective parts and components in accordance with technical manuals, maintenance guidance, and policies.
• Use visual and auditory checks and basic test equipment to identify the causes of mechanical failures.
• Remove, replace, adjust, clean, and install vehicle parts and components such as pumps, brakes, filters, radiators, bearings, springs, shock absorbers, starter motors, and related items.
• Independently perform routine repairs and maintenance in remote locations using standard replacement parts.
• Receive guidance from a higher-graded mechanic or supervisor for non-routine and more complex repairs to major assemblies or systems.
• Provide field maintenance at unit locations as part of a contact team and recover or evacuate inoperable vehicles from breakdown locations.
• Conduct limited readiness and repair inspections on supported vehicles and associated equipment.
• Perform Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services and other preventive maintenance, including brake adjustments, hydraulic-fluid replacement, greasing, and cleaning.
• Perform routine maintenance and limited repairs on basic communications equipment by removing and replacing components and elements.
• Perform minor body, fender, and other metal repairs using hand tools and limited welding.
• Perform limited repairs and routine maintenance on small arms and accessory equipment by replacing worn or damaged parts.
• Make minor repairs to canvas and leather items using bonding or sealing compounds and hand tools.
• As needed, maintain supply documentation and receive, store, issue, and inventory tools and parts used in the trades operation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is described; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• 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
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed