AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC (Title 32)

AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC

(Title 32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1636000 and is part of the

AR ANG 189 MAI

SQ, Nional Guard.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

•If you are not currently a member of any military service (Brach/Stus), please provide a letter sting intent to join. This position offers a potential recruitment incentive. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This Nional Guard position is for a

AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC

(Title 32), Position Description Number D1636000 and is part of the

AR ANG 189 MAI

SQ, Nional Guard.

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQURED

•If you are not currently a member of any military service (Brach/Stus), please provide a letter sting intent to join. This position offers a potential recruitment incentive. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $30.17•$35.19 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Little Rock

AFB, AR 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel•You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 10 Job family (Series) 8602 Aircraft Engine Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test No Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number

AF-26-140-12928716

Control number 868614500 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency (1) Arkansas Air Nional Guard (AR ANG) Technicians; (2) All members of the AR ANG, (3) Individuals who are not members of the Nional Guard but who are eligible to acquire membership in an available and compible military grade for excepted technician positions. (Upon selection, must be a member of the AR Air Nional Guard). Duties Help (1) Removes, installs, certifies, repairs, modifies, overhauls, and installs turboprop engines, reduction gear boxes, turbine modules, compressor modules, auxiliary power units, propellers and reled propeller components as required. Performs maintenance on all propulsion systems including troubleshooting and diagnosing defects, certifying, conducting bench checks, performing in-shop and on-equipment repairs and overhauls. Diagnoses malfunctions using computerized test equipment, schemic diagrams, technical publicions and performs the approprie repair according to the test results and analysis. Determines the extent of disassembly necessary to repair, overhaul, replace and certify all engine, propeller and auxiliary power unit parts. Cleans and inspects engine and propeller component parts such as turbines, gearboxes, blades, gears, bearings, etc. Assembles engines, propellers and auxiliary power units, adhering to prescribed procedures, torque values, safety methods and clearances. Troubleshoots propellers using electric and hydraulic test stands to check for proper operion and evidence of oil leakage. Operionally checks engines and propeller assemblies and auxiliary power units, by using the engine test cell facility to meet all full power run checks on the engine and propeller assemblies and auxiliary power units. (2) Modifies engines, propellers, auxiliary power units, and components in accordance with Time Compliance Technical Orders (TCTO) directives; removes and installs engine quick change kits; prepares engines for installion and installs engine and propeller assemblies on aircraft. Evalues technical problems of repair, overhaul, modificion and installion of aircraft propulsion systems. Solves all types of maintenance problems and performs bench checks and test engine and propeller assemblies for serviceability. (3) Performs operional checks of installed propellers, engines, auxiliary power units and sub-systems during aircraft maintenance ground runs in accordance with approved checklists. Employs test equipment such as computer borescope, fuel pressure gauges, air pressure gauges, and alignment fixtures. Utilizes special tools and precision measuring equipment, high-pressure hydraulic test equipment, and electronic test equipment. (4) Performs isochronal and special evaluions on engines, propellers and auxiliary power units. Interprets certificion findings and determines adequacy of corrective action. Certifies installed and repaired engines for compliance with technical publicions. Performs fixed and mobile test stand functions (which may include maintenance of engine test cell facility); installs special test equipment; performs pre-operional and post operional checks. Operes engines and propellers and records test da. Operes, certifies, and maintains computerized engine test/trim automed systems (ETTAS) on the engine test cell. Evalues, identifies and corrects problems on propeller and engine components causing vibrion or impending failure using the ETTAS system, and vibrion analyzer. Evalues engine and propeller performance by computing engine torque and specific fuel consumption. Monitors engine RPM and turbine inlet temperures. Evalues engine and propeller performance and accepts or rejects the individual components. Removes engine and propeller from test stand and prepares units for aircraft installion or storage. Accomplishes operor maintenance on the aircraft and engine sound suppresser facility, test stands and various pieces of ground equipment, including the auxiliary power unit test cell. Performs dynamic propeller balancing and tests the propeller integred synchophasing. (5) Performs aircraft full power runs and complete engine and propeller efficiency checks. Clears Red X symbol documention on engine and propeller reled components. (6) Prepares man-hour da collection and required forms for input into the Core Automed Maintenance System (CAMS) or the G081 (AFI 22-2101, CAMS for Mobility). Reviews and assists in maintaining Technical Orders (TOs) and other technical publicions and directives pertinent to the element. (7) Maintains bench stock, parts, and equipment. Assists the merial control function in identifying part numbers and stock numbers for processing and controlling of repair cycle assets. (8) Provides on-the-job training for assigned personnel. Plans and conducts formal classes of instruction in techniques of repair and maintenance of aircraft engine, propeller, auxiliary power unit, and reled equipment and in the use of diagrams, blueprints, wiring schemics and technical publicions. Evalues effectiveness of training by observion and through written and oral examinions. Advises supervisor of the experience and skill levels of assigned personnel. Maintains training documention.

DUTIES CONTINUED UNDER EDUCATION

Requirements Help Conditions of employment

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Compible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective de of placement . This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership in the military grade listed below. Selectee required to wear the military uniform.

Military Grades :

Enlisted Minimum Military Grade:

E-1/

AB Maximum Military Grade:

E-6/

TSgt Compible Military Assignments :

Selectee must be a member of the Arkansas Air Nional Guard.

IMPORTANT NOTES

(AS

APPLICABLE

): Upon selection for this position, individual must possess or initie a Nional Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigion. A favorable determinion based upon investigive results is mandory for this position. Failure to meet these requirements will result in terminion of employment. A pre-placement physical is required if not already current. Upon selection, must complete mandory Full-Time Support (FTS) Training the Professional Educion Center (PEC) within six months of assignment (if applicable, training coordined by the supervisor). Individual must meet all military requirements of the position without creing a grade inversion, as determined by the Human Resources Office (HRO). Technicians will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor or wage leader (Grade Inversion). Enlisted members currently a higher grade than allowed by the position (see Military Grade Requirement above) may apply; however, they must administrively reduce prior to appointment and provide confirmion of the reduction to HRO. This position offers a potential recruitment incentive of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the successful candide's annual salary. Eligibility for this bonus is subject to the employee's commitment to a two-year service agreement and is conditional upon budgetary allocions.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ARE LISTED UNDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Qualificions

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Experience or training th has provided the ability to perform assembly and disassembly operions and make prescribed modificions to aircraft engines, engine assemblies, and accessories in accordance with technical specificions, procedures, and requirements. Experience using hand and power tools common to the trade.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

: Experience or training performing standard, routine assembly and disassembly operions and making prescribed modificions to aircraft engines, engine assemblies, and accessories. Experience or training performing maintenance overhaul, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of aircraft engines, engine components, and powertrains for fixed and/or rotary wing aircraft. Experience determining maintenance needed from work orders, inspection reports, historical records, and diagnosis. Educion

DUTIES CONTINUED

(9) Prepares for and participes in various types of readiness evaluions such as Operional Readiness Inspections, Inspector General and Unit Evaluion Inspections, mobility, and command support readiness inspections, mobility, and command support exercises. Perform such additional duties as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/rescue duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operor, maintenance of facilities and equipment, and/or serves as a member of a team to cope with nural disasters or civil emergencies. Travels in military aircraft and drives military vehicles as required. Participes in various periods of temporary duty away from the place of assignment. (10) Performs other duties as assigned. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |

Selective Service System :

Selective Service System (sss.gov) ).

REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Must be able to obtain/maintain approprie security clearance Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the above general and specialized experience, to include following competencies•knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of mechanical, hydromechanics, electrical, electronic, and pneudraulic principles and systems, th apply to turboprop engines and propellers. Skill in the interpretion and use of technical orders and manuals, manufacturers' specificions, factory engineering bulletins, flow charts/wiring diagrams and other reled technical guidance. Skill in troubleshooting, diagnosing defects, certifying, conducting bench and operional checks, disassembly, repairing, modifying, testing, cleaning, assembly and installion of turboprop engine and propeller systems, sub-systems and components such the integred synchrophasing system, reduction gear box, torque meter assembly, fuel scheduling system and electrical components and control assemblies. Skill in the use of test equipment such as computer borescopes, fuel gauges, air gauges, and alignment fixtures; special tools and precision measuring equipment; high pressure hydraulic test equipment; dynamic propeller balancing equipment; and engine vibrion analyzers. Skill in opering and maintaining the engine test/trim automed system (ETTAS) on the engine test cell to evalue, identify and correct propeller and engine components causing vibrion or impending failure. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume :

showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

DO NOT COPY THE GENERAL, SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE, KSAs

AND DUTIES WORD FOR WORD AND PLACE INTO YOUR RESUME

;

YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS IT PERTAINS TO EACH STATEMENT. 2.

Current Military Branch Career Da Brief:

Air•

Career Da Brief:

can be obtained through vMPF using the following steps: Navige to https://vmpf.us.af.mil/vMPFNet40/Hub.aspx > Login > Career Da Brief (CDB) > View CDB > Print to Microsoft PDF > Save as a PDF. Army•

Soldier Talent Profile:

can be obtained through IPPS-A using the following steps: Navige to https://ipps-a.army.mil Login > PKI Login > (login with CAC) > OK > My Soldier Talent Profile > Print. From here, you save the document as a PDF. If you are not currently serving in a Military compacity (any Branch or Service), please provide a letter of intent to join the Nional Guard. Failure to provide proper documents may result in disqualificion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion AR HRO Customer Service ng.ar.ararng.mbx.hro-qa@army.mil Address

AR ANG 189 MAI SQ

Bldg 7300-Camp Robinson North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position once the announcement has closed. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1.

Resume :

showing work schedule, hours worked per week, des (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed.

DO NOT COPY THE GENERAL, SPECIALIZED

EXPERIENCE, KSAs

AND DUTIES WORD FOR WORD AND PLACE INTO YOUR RESUME

;

YOU MUST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS IT PERTAINS TO EACH STATEMENT. 2.

Current Military Branch Career Da Brief:

Air•

Career Da Brief:

can be obtained through vMPF using the following steps: Navige to https://vmpf.us.af.mil/vMPFNet40/Hub.aspx > Login > Career Da Brief (CDB) > View CDB > Print to Microsoft PDF > Save as a PDF. Army•

Soldier Talent Profile:

can be obtained through IPPS-A using the following steps: Navige to https://ipps-a.army.mil Login > PKI Login > (login with CAC) > OK > My Soldier Talent Profile > Print. From here, you save the document as a PDF. If you are not currently serving in a Military compacity (any Branch or Service), please provide a letter of intent to join the Nional Guard. Failure to provide proper documents may result in disqualificion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion AR HRO Customer Service ng.ar.ararng.mbx.hro-qa@army.mil Address

AR ANG 189 MAI SQ

Bldg 7300-Camp Robinson North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position once the announcement has closed. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $30.17•$35.19 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Little Rock

AFB, AR 1

vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel•You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 10 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

AF-26-140-12928716

Control number 868614500