POWERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS MECHANIC (TITLE 32)
This is a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position. This is a Permanent WG-5378-10 POWERED SUPPORT SYSTEMS MECHANIC (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D0324000 and is part of the MO 131st Bomb Wing.
Major duties
- Interpretates manufacturer drawings, specifications, operating instructions, and test procedures, to troubleshoot, calibrate, align and repair a variety of highly complex pieces of powered support equipment.
- Identifies, repairs or replaces numerous electronic (both digital and analog) components.
- Repairs composite materials and state of the art gas compressor turbines and electronically controlled engines.
- Troubleshoots, repairs, adjusts and aligns down-sized powered support equipment.
- Uses a variety of sophisticated testers, such as analyzers, digital meters, oscilloscopes and other measuring devices to determine repair requirements.
- Corrects unusual maintenance problems, by interpreting a variety of technical data such as tables, charts, formulas, color codes, wiring diagrams, and schematic symbols.
- Does circuit analyses, considers integrated circuit relationships, and applies electronic principles in order to fault-isolate and repair the various digital devices contained in highly complex powered support equipment.
- Performs inspections, preventive maintenance, servicing, repair, and adjustments on complex rotary diesel engines. Performs intermediate-level maintenance on powered support equipment and non-powered AGE.
- Performs maintenance data collection, and prepares other required forms. Maintains Technical Orders, Technical Order Files, commercial technical publications and other directives pertinent to the section.
- Submits Technical Order Improvement Reports, Material Deficiency Reports and suggestions when required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidate must currently be assigned to a military unit in the Missouri Air National Guard. Title 32 employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion). Maximum Military Grade: MSgt (E-7) Minimum Military Grade: SSgt (E-5) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience or training which demonstrates your knowledge of mechanical maintenance work; ability to read and use technical manuals, illustrations, diagrams and schematics; and skill in the use of equipment and hand tools used in troubleshooting, testing and repairing equipment. WG-10 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess specialized experience and/or appropriate training that demonstrates your ability to remove, adjust, replace, clean, and install parts, components, and accessories of aviation powered ground support equipment; service, maintain, disassemble, assemble, repair, and test powered support systems equipment; diagnose malfunctions and determining a remedy where knowledge of specialized components is necessary to locate a malfunction; make mechanical repairs that required the use of precision measuring equipment; and use complex diagnostic and testing equipment. Possession (or previous possession) of AFSC 2A6X2 is optimum.
Education
This job does not have a qualification requirement that allows substitution of education for specialized experience.