Surface Maintenance Repairer

Army National Guard Units•Mead, NE

10d

About The Position

This is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position, Position Description Number D1193000, with the Surface Maintenance Managers Office, National Guard. The Surface Maintenance Repairer performs limited diagnosis, routine repairs, and maintenance on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles. The repairer assists higher-graded mechanics with major system repairs and overhauls and follows technical manuals, lubrication orders, maintenance bulletins, regulations, and management policies. The position includes routine maintenance and repair work at supported locations and in the field, limited readiness and repair inspections, preventive maintenance checks and services, and recovery and evacuation of inoperable vehicles. The repairer may also perform limited maintenance on communication equipment, small arms, and accessory equipment; minor body, metal, canvas, or leather repairs; and, when needed, tool and parts supply documentation and inventory. National Guard membership in the Nebraska Army National Guard is required. The selectee must wear the military uniform daily, meet military-grade compatibility requirements, obtain and maintain the required security clearance or background-check level, and use direct deposit. The position is classified WG-5801-5/8, with a maximum military grade of E8 and minimum grade of E1. No education qualification requirement is specified.

Requirements

Membership in the Nebraska Army National Guard is required; applicants who are not current members must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in the announcement.
Selectees are required to wear the military uniform daily.
Obtain and maintain the security clearance or background-check level required for the position.
Direct deposit is mandatory.
Military grade must be between E1 and E8, subject to compatibility requirements; military grade inversion within the full-time workforce is not permitted.
For WG-05: Six months of experience or training using common hand tools to make repetitive repairs under close supervision, demonstrating ability to perform simpler and routine trade duties.
For WG-08: Twelve months of experience or training using common hand and power tools and a small variety of test and measurement devices to make mechanical repairs; removing, adjusting, replacing, cleaning, and installing parts, components, and accessories; understanding basic mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic theory as applied to vehicles; replacing, fitting, installing, and adjusting parts; understanding the makeup, operation, and interrelationships of maintained systems; and reading and interpreting parts lists, manufacturers' repair manuals, diagrams, and electrical schematics.
General experience or training demonstrating knowledge of equipment sufficient to perform routine jobs and simple preventive maintenance tasks and use common tools and equipment in the line of work.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service if required by law.

Responsibilities

Perform limited diagnosis, routine repairs, and maintenance on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles.
Assist higher-graded mechanics with repair or overhaul of major systems, including engines, transmissions, driveline systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls.
Make routine repairs by removing, adjusting, or replacing defective or worn parts and components in accordance with technical manuals, lubrication orders, maintenance bulletins, regulations, and management policies.
Determine causes of mechanical failures using visual and auditory checks and basic test equipment; identify when parts should be cleaned, adjusted, or replaced.
Remove, replace, adjust, clean, and install vehicle parts and components such as seals, switches, sensors, pumps, brakes, filters, radiators, bearings, springs, shock absorbers, starter motors, mufflers, and battery cables.
Independently perform routine repair and maintenance functions at remote locations using standard parts; seek guidance for non-routine and more complex repairs.
Provide field maintenance at unit locations as part of a contact team and recover and evacuate inoperable vehicles from breakdown locations.
Conduct limited readiness and repair inspections and perform Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services on vehicles and associated equipment.
Service equipment, including adjusting brakes, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, and cleaning, and perform other preventive maintenance as needed.
May perform routine maintenance and limited repairs on basic communication equipment by replacing components and elements.
May perform minor body, fender, or other metal repairs using peening hammers, dollies, and limited welding.
May perform limited repairs and routine maintenance on small arms and accessory equipment by replacing worn or damaged parts.
May make minor repairs to canvas and leather items using bonding or sealing compounds and hand tools.
May maintain supply documentation and receive, store, issue, and inventory tools and parts used in the trades operation.
Perform other duties as assigned.