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Job Description
AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC
(C-17) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units
HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANIC
(C-17), Position Description Number D1635000 and is part of the HI 154 AMXS, Nional Guard.
LOCATION
154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Hawaii Air Nional Guard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii 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
(C-17), Position Description Number D1635000 and is part of the HI 154 AMXS, Nional Guard.
LOCATION
154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Hawaii Air Nional Guard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/24/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hickam AFB, HI No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $38.06 - $44.43 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 8602 Aircraft Engine Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
HI-12993927-AF-26-079
Control number 874273200 This job is open to Help Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency
RECRUITMENT AREA 1
Present Enlisted members (E-1 to E-5) within the Hawaii Nional Guard;
RECRUITMENT AREA 2
Present Enlisted members (E-1 to E-5) of the US Armed Forces Duties Help
SUMMARY OF DUTIES
The purpose of this position is to certify acceptable performance, test, repair, trouble-shoot, operionally check and modify aircraft turbine and auxiliary power units, and associed propulsion system components. Troubleshoots malfunctioning engines and interreled propulsion system components, determines degree of disassembly or certificion required, repairs or replaces defective components, diagnostic computers and associed hardware. Troubleshoots, modifies, repairs, and performs sequential disassembly and assembly of gearboxes and auxiliary power units Performs scheduled and special evaluions on installed engines, auxiliary power units, and associed airframe-mounted systems Performs command directed and locally established in-progress inspections (IPI) (certifying acceptable performance of all conventional or modified aircraft engines prior to their being installed in the aircraft or placed in inventory) of propulsion system components and associed equipment to determine adequacy of workmanship, merials and maintenance Requisitions, processes, and accounts for supply assets as required by the repairable processing system Provides technical advice and troubleshooting expertise to other work centers when propulsion systems affect or are affected by interreled aircraft systems, such as: electro-environmental, pneudraulic, fuel and avionics systems. Provides on-the-job training to lower graded personnel or newly assigned personnel regardless of grade. Examines recurring malfunctions and inities corrective actions by submission of quality deficiency or software deficiency reports Performs other duties as assigned. Details of the duties and responsibilities are contained in the applicable position description (D1635000) can be provided upon request can be provided by HRO. 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. This is an excepted service position th requires membership in a compible military assignment in the employing ste's Nional Guard, required prior to the effective de of placement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Nional Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement. 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. Submit all documents/applicion NLT midnight Eastern Standard Time. Military Membership in the Hawaii Nional Guard is mandory. Must be in the grade of E5 and below. Qualificions If your resume does not include a narrive description of how you meet the
GENERAL, SPECIALIZED
experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose considerion for this position. Ensure th the Questionnaire is completed on Applicion Manager.
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
18 months of 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.
PHYSICAL EFFORT
Requires modere physical exertion when climbing, stooping, standing, bending, stretching, and working in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Routinely required to objects weighing up to 20 pounds, occasionally may lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Works indoors and outdoors in inclement weher on icy, wet, hot, and slippery ramps; aircraft surfaces, work stands, and ladders; and in temperure and humidity extremes. Subject to the dangers from exposure to toxic fumes, dust, dirt, grease, lubricants, points, solvents, high pressure air and fluids; fast actuing aircraft surfaces such as speed brakes, flaps, and landing gear; engine noise, he blast, and intake suction; roting propellers; explosive munitions; electrical voltage; cartridge actuing devices; liquid oxygen; fire or explosion of aircraft fuels, etc. Frequent exposure to the possibility of cuts, burns, shock, strains and broken bones.
MILITARY TECHNICIAN COMPATIBILITY POSITION
Prior to placement in this position, the selected applicant must be assigned to an approprie military position and must meet the definition of a dual stus technician in accordance with 32 U
S C 709. COMPATIBLE AFSC
(AIR): 2A651 CONDITIONS
OF EMPLOYMENT & NOTES
1. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. 2. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. 3. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. 4. May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. 5. The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dicted by legal and regulory requirements, your organizion, and its changing mission.
NOTES TO CANDIDATES
a. Situions of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b. Authorizion for payment of PCS expenses may be granted only after determinion is made th payment is in the best interest of the Hawaii Nional Guard. c. In addition to your applicion, documents of last performance appraisal, past civilian performance, letter of recommendions, and or military performance may be submitted. d. Candides may be screened and evalued on military tributes directly reled to the compible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment. e. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). f. Final selection based upon qualificions, suitability, and available manpower resources. g. This employer will provide the Social Security Administrion (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with informion from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorizion. h. Financial Suitability - It is the policy of the government not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties th have arisen through no fault of the individual. Informion about an individual's employment experience used only to determine the person's qualificions and to assess his or her relive level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's personal conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including conduct during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial mters, financial difficulty th has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not itself be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determinion. j. Candides above the grade of E-5must include in their applicion the willingness to take a voluntary downgrade in order to be k. Eligibles on this list given automic considerion for position vacancies occurring during the six months period following the close of this announcement. m. This position may involve arduous/hazardous duties. Placement is contingent upon successful completion of a medical examinion or review/approval of a physical examinion taken within six months. n. Current T32 Technicians who have permanent tenure will occupy this position as a Temporary Promotion Year to Year not to exceed 5 years. Temporary promotion may be converted to a Permanent Promotion without further competition if the position becomes available. Selectee may return to his/her former graded position when the Temporary Promotion is no longer needed and may be effected any time without adverse action procedures. o. T5 Employees with permanent tenure will lose their permanent stus if selected and converted to T32 Indefinite. If selected Indefinite tenure appointments may be separed when their services are no longer needed or when funding is no longer available via a 30-day terminion notice. Indefinite tenure appointments eligible for health and life insurance coverage and covered under a retirement system. p. New Indefinite appointments may acquire permanent stus depending upon future force structure requirements; indefinite tenure appointments do not serve a trial period. Indefinite tenure appointments may be separed when their services are no longer needed or when funding is no longer available via a 30-day terminion notice. Indefinite tenure appointments eligible for health and life insurance coverage and covered under a retirement system. 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 ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for informion regarding an Alterne Applicion . 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 . Review our 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. 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 . Review our 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.
Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. If your resume does not meet the above requirements, you will automically be disqualified for the position. Oversting your qualificions and or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993927 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 Dylan Taylor dylan.k.taylor9.civ@army.mil Address
HI 154 AMXS 360
Mamala Bay Drive
JBPHH, HI 96853 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. 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.
Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. If your resume does not meet the above requirements, you will automically be disqualified for the position. Oversting your qualificions and or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. 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/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12993927 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 Dylan Taylor dylan.k.taylor9.civ@army.mil Address
HI 154 AMXS 360
Mamala Bay Drive
JBPHH, HI 96853 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. 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 Posted this month • Apply by 07/24/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 24, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hickam AFB, HI No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $38.06 - $44.43 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number