SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) (T32)

SHEET METAL MECHANIC

(AIRCRAFT) (T32) Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary

THIS IS AN AIR NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION UNIT

133rd Maintenance Squadron

LOCATION

St. Paul, Minnesota

SELECTING OFFICIAL

MSgt Mthew Lucia, 612-713-2724 AIR

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

Appointment is subject to 2 year trial period

IAW EO 14284

Applicants reviewed every 2 weeks. Learn more about this agency Summary

THIS IS AN AIR NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION UNIT

133rd Maintenance Squadron

LOCATION

St. Paul, Minnesota

SELECTING OFFICIAL

MSgt Mthew Lucia, 612-713-2724 AIR

NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

Appointment is subject to 2 year trial period

IAW EO 14284

Applicants reviewed every 2 weeks. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/13/2026 to 09/30/2026 Salary $33.97 - $39.61 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Paul, MN 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) 3806 Sheet Metal Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Secret Drug test Yes Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

MN-12929348-AF-26-105

Control number 864934800 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

United Stes Citizens, Nional Guard Duties Help Major Duties:

This is not an all-inclusive list

A SHEET METAL MECHANIC

(AIRCRAFT) (T32), WG, 3806, 10, (1) Independently inspects aircraft and determines the nure and extent of repairs to be made, using applicable technical orders as guidelines. Works directly on the aircraft and its components, fulfilling such tasks as removal, repair, modificion and installion of parts and assemblies, such as frames, stringers, longerons, bulkheads, beams, ribs, spars, skin, cowling, brackets, faring, access doors, panels and other reled items. May be required to clear red "X" conditions. (2) Repairs cracks in aircraft skin. Fabrices and fits pches to damaged areas, determining repair detail necessary to retain or restore original strength. Fits and trims components to aircraft such as landing gear doors, control surfaces, flaps access doors and other assemblies. Seals structures to make them pressure, wer and weher tight. (3) Troubleshoots aircraft structural repair situions in such areas as fuselage, tails, wings, cowlings, and stabilizers. Removes, forms, fits, and installs highly stressed and double contoured skins, using hand or powered drilling and cutting tools and other metal working equipment. Determines shear and bearing load factors during rivet replacement. Installs heads up, regular, he treed, high shear, and blind type aircraft rivets and fasteners, using pneumic riveters, special tools and bucking bars. Removes damaged or broken fasteners and receptacles. (4) Aligns and balances component structures and airframe using precision measuring instruments and levels. Performs metal-to-metal bonding where delaminion of surfaces and core merial occurs in control surfaces. (5) Inspects damage or deteriorion and determines repair or replacement of plastic, fiberglass, composites, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies using powered and nonpowered tools and equipment. Repairs or replaces retaining frames and installs plastic lamined blanks. Designs and constructs forming fixtures. (6) Manufactures and ensures th metal tubing, conduits and cables are fabriced and tested in accordance with drawings and specificions. Fabrices and repairs flexible control cables. (7) Performs fabricion of local manufactured items requited for aircraft and equipment. Work includes layout, bending, cutting, forming and assembling. Devise and calcules pterns employing the principles of triangulion, radial and parallel line development. (8) Sets up and operes power shears, brakes, rolls, dimpling machines, drill presses, saws, portable powered tools, specific detection and measuring equipment, and other metal working equipment, including use of other tools of the trade. Requisitions necessary supplies and equipment for the activity. (9) Prepares and designs layout, dies, jigs, and temples necessary to carry out fabricion repair or modificion of aircraft, engine, AGE, and other equipment. Works from blueprints, technical orders diagrams, and work orders. (10) Identifies metal corrosion. Performs necessary testing to identify type corrosion present by examinion with magnifying equipment, chemical and mechanical methods and tres aircraft engines, in accordance with applicable technical publicions. Ensures th work assignments received from supervisor or maintenance control are accomplished in a timely manner. (11) Removes corrosion by mechanical and chemical procedures to include use of portable powered (electric and pneumic) sanders, buffers, brushes, bead blasters, vacuum cleaners, scrapers, grinders, acids, caustics, solvents, alcohols and other agents used in corrosion control processes. Tres metal with chemical procedures, such as acids and caustics for passivion and etching, to protect metal from oxidion. Performs such functions as pickling of metals to prepare for good bonding with primer co of protective merials. (12) Applies protective coings, markings, and decals after proper removal of corrosion and trement of metals. Uses conventional paint spray equipment, electrostic spray equipment, brushes and special applicors when applying primers and surface coings. (13) Identifies, blends, stores, controls, and disposes of hazardous merials such as acids, caustics, alcohols, solvents, cleaners, primers and surface coings used for corrosion removal, trement and protection in accordance with applicable directives. (14) May opere the wash rack. Accomplishes corrosion and washing inspections within schedule provided to ensure compliance with the monthly and weekly maintenance plan. May conduct training on proper methods and procedures of wash rack operions. (15) May assist in training of drill stus guard members and in maintenance of publicion files of applicable technical orders, regulions, manuals and local directives. Performs other duties as assigned. A full duty description is available upon request. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Minnesota Air Nional Guard Membership is required. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Air Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Applicants who are not currently a member of the MN Air Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie membership and employment in the Air Nional Guard per the military grade(s) listed in this announcement. Selectee required to wear the military uniform. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Irregular and/or overtime (compensory) hours may be required to support operional requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance of the position. Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. •Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion•Upon selection, individuals will undergo a background check to valide suitability for employment with the federal government as permitted by law, regulion, Presidential order or other authority. Suitability is dependent upon the particular requirements for security clearance, sensitivity level, and DOD IT network access . Items checked include, but are not limited to all criminal history record informion, employment history, educion and fiscal accountability/responsibility.•

MILITARY COMPATIBILITY

Upon selection, individuals will undergo a background check to valide suitability for employment with the federal government as permitted by law, regulion, Presidential order or other authority. Suitability is dependent upon the particular requirements for security clearance, sensitivity level, and DOD IT network access. Items checked include, but are not limited to all criminal history record informion, employment history, educion and fiscal accountability/responsibility. The individual selected must be assigned to a compible military position and must also maintain sisfactory membership in the Minnesota Air Nional Guard. Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupional assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as th will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position and you may be rendered disqualified.

MILITARY GRADES

: E-3 (A1C) to E-5 (SSgt) Your rank must be included in your applicion. Failure to obtain a compible AFSC may result in terminion of employment.

GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

: Work involves the fabricion, modificion, repair, assembly, and installion of sheet metal parts, items, and assemblies. Metals include but are not restricted to galvanized and black iron, aluminum and aluminum alloys, stainless steel, copper, and brass sheets, lead alloys and bronze.

Minimum Requirements:

WG - Experience or training th has provided the candide with the ability to plan, manufacture, and install cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects th have easily constructed fastenings such as single and double-hem edges and single, double or grooved seams. Knowledge of Equipment, Structure, Merials, etc. (includes constructing repair, and forging; Ability to Interpret Instructions, Specificions, etc. (includes blueprint reading); Layout and Ptern Development (includes Geometric Projection and Triangulion); Ability to Use Hand Tools, Power Tools, etc., for Metal Work; Dexterity (Assembly Disassembly Reassembly etc)

Specialized Experience:

WG-09 and above - Experience or training in planning, layout, and construction skills to manufacture items and systems with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired or lock seams. Experience using more compliced shop tools and equipment. Experience in using metals including stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb merial and alloys. Experience demonstring the use of more compliced mhemical calculions and compliced measuring instruments. Aircraft Structural Repair experience and previous/current possession of below listed military specialties is preferable: 2A7X3, 2A7X5, NOS A130, or MOS 15G. Educion

EDUCATION

: N/A You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion

REMARKS :

No PCS available. The military grade of the supervisor must equal or exceed the grade of personnel supervised. Sensitivity Level 2. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Acceptance of a Technician position may result in the terminion of your Selected Reserve bonus. To view ALL MN Nional Guard Vacancies, go to: https://minnesotanionalguard.ng.mil/full-time-jobs-in-minnesota/

IMPORTANT NOTES :

Should a position be announced less than the authorized grade, the selected applicant may be non-competitively promoted when he/she meets all qualificions and is submitted for promotion by the supervisor. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of technician pre-employment physical for certain occupional series. Males applicants born after 31 December 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service System in compliance with the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986, Section 1622 ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). This is an Excepted Service position th requires active membership in a compible AFSC in the Minnesota Air Nional Guard and wear of the military uniform. Acceptance of an Excepted Service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment. Applicants who are not currently enlisted in the Minnesota Air Nional Guard must be eligible for immedie enlistment or appointment. For enlistment/appointment criteria, consult www.nionalguard.com. Military skill set is determined by AFSC requirements. Upon selection, individuals must be assigned to a compible military AFSC in accordance with stutes and Nional Guard Bureau regulions and must obtain/maintain all requirements of the AFSC. The Minnesota Nional Guard (MNNG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerion for the position without discriminion for any non-merit reason(s) such as race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, age, disability, or genetic informion. The MNNG will provide applicants and employees with disabilities the same opportunity for employment as enjoyed by individuals without disabilities. The MNNG will provide qualified employees or applicants with Reasonable Accommodions and Personal Assistance Services in accordance with all applicable Federal regulions. Furthermore, pre-selection is not only counter-productive to effective recruitment and placement but also violes Minnesota Nional Guard Merit Placement principles and will not be tolered. If you have questions, please contact the Equal Employment Manager 651-282-4472 or the

MNNG EEO

website https://ngmnpublic.azurewebsites.us/footer-eeo/ ." 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.

AREAS OF PRIORITY

: In Accordance with MN Nional Guard Regulion 690-335 (Army) or 36-1 (Air), Applicions forwarded to the selection official to conduct reviews by area of priority as listed below Area 1 : Current On-board Minnesota Nional Guard Title 32 Technicians who are in permanent or indefinite technician stus as a result of being competitively hired within th Nional Guard component applying for a position within the component which they are currently employed. Area 2 : Current Minnesota Nional Guard Title 32 Technicians who are in permanent or indefinite technician stus as a result of being competitively hired a sister component th is identified on the Position Vacancy Announcement (PVA), including onboard Title 5 employees th are also current members of MNNG; i.e. Army MNNG to Air MNNG, Air MNNG to Army MNNG. Area 3 : All Minnesota Nional Guard members currently assigned to the MNANG or to the MNARNG applying for a position within the component in which they are currently assigned. i.e. temporary technician or Traditional Guardsman. Area 4 : Currently assigned service members in other branches of the military outside of the Minnesota Nional Guard, to include those assigned to Active Duty, Reserve or other ste's Nional Guard. Area 5: All individuals able to and willing to become members of the Minnesota Nional Guard including prior service not currently assigned to a military component and non-prior service US civilians.

Evaluion Factors :

Candides evalued on the basis of approprie educion, experience, training, self-development activities, and special awards. Candides are considered on the basis of available informion on their current applicion and supporting informion th has been provided to this office. To ensure full considerion, applicants are urged to submit informion about their training, self-development, outside experience, activities and awards. Nional Guard military (Part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evalued against the qualificion requirements for a technician position. The applicant is credited with actual number of months the member has been in the Nional Guard if the experience is reled. 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. Resume showing work schedule (Full-time, Part-time, Intermittent), hours worked per week, To and From Des (form must include Month and Year, e.g, 02/2017, Feb 2017, ect.) of employment and duties performed. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as

MM/DD/YYYY

; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position. 2.

Transcript:

If position requires a degree or if using educion to qualify 3. The AGO 163 can be submitted to reflect your military experience. 4. The OF 612 is optional but will not be used in lieu of a resume. Copies of the OF 612 and AGO 163: http://minnesotanionalguard.ng.mil/full-time-jobs-in-minnesota/

Other Required Documents:

Additional certificions, transcripts, training reports, and reled credentials as applicable.

Job Informion :

Vacancy Identificion Number (12929348), title (SHEET

METAL MECHANIC

(AIRCRAFT) (T32)) and Grade(s) (10) for which you are applying for. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents 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/12929348 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 Tyler Stroming Tyler.j.stroming.mil@army.mil Address

MN 133 MAINTENANCE SQUADRON 685 GENERAL MILLER DR SAINT PAUL, MN 55111 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.

CONTACTING US

After you have read all the instructions in this vacancy announcement, if you still have questions about this position or the applicion process, you may contact us (651) 282-4155. 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 (Full-time, Part-time, Intermittent), hours worked per week, To and From Des (form must include Month and Year, e.g, 02/2017, Feb 2017, ect.) of employment and duties performed. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as

MM/DD/YYYY

; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position. 2.

Transcript:

If position requires a degree or if using educion to qualify 3. The AGO 163 can be submitted to reflect your military experience. 4. The OF 612 is optional but will not be used in lieu of a resume. Copies of the OF 612 and AGO 163: http://minnesotanionalguard.ng.mil/full-time-jobs-in-minnesota/

Other Required Documents:

Additional certificions, transcripts, training reports, and reled credentials as applicable.

Job Informion :

Vacancy Identificion Number (12929348), title (SHEET

METAL MECHANIC

(AIRCRAFT) (T32)) and Grade(s) (10) for which you are applying for. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents 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/12929348 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 Tyler Stroming Tyler.j.stroming.mil@army.mil Address

MN 133 MAINTENANCE SQUADRON 685 GENERAL MILLER DR SAINT PAUL, MN 55111 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.

CONTACTING US

After you have read all the instructions in this vacancy announcement, if you still have questions about this position or the applicion process, you may contact us (651) 282-4155. 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 04/13/2026 to 09/30/2026 Salary $33.97 - $39.61 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Paul, MN 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 Yes Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

MN-12929348-AF-26-105

Control number 864934800