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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT) TITLE 32 INDEFINITE

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NH 157th Maintenance Group

Portsmouth, NH (In Person)

$86,653 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 4 weeks ago (Updated 2 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/23/2026

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Job Description

SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT)
TITLE 32 INDEFINITE
Department of the Air Force Air Nional Guard Units Summary
THIS IS AN INDEFINITE NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT)
TITLE 32
INDEFINITE, Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the NH 157th Maintenance Group, Nional Guard. This vacancy is to gher applicions th may or may not result in a referral or selection. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS AN INDEFINITE NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SHEET METAL MECHANIC
(AIRCRAFT)
TITLE 32
INDEFINITE, Position Description Number D1371000 and is part of the NH 157th Maintenance Group, Nional Guard. This vacancy is to gher applicions th may or may not result in a referral or selection. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $38.46•$44.86 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pease
AFB, NH 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 Multiple•
INDEFINITE
Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 3806 Sheet Metal Mechanic Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test Yes Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
NH-12920884-AF-26-132
Control number 866397800 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This is an Indefinite/Temporary appointment, with a time limit determined by the needs f the agency. Current technicians selected will retain the appointment stus they are currently in, (i.e., Permanent or Indefinite) and placed on a temporary promotion or other approprie personnel action if selected for this position. Conversion to permanent stus may be accomplished when permanent funding is available. Duties Help The primary purpose of this position is to accomplish the inspection, repair, modificion, installion and troubleshooting of sheet metal, fiberglass, bonded honeycomb and other structural merials and components as well as trement (i.e., mechanical and chemical), and painting of missiles, aircraft powered and nonpowered Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE), and monitoring aircraft and equipment washing. 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. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. New Employees required to submit a Police Records Check. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. This is an
INDEFINITE
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. 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 Qualificions
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
Compible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective de of placement. This is an
INDEFINITE
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. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a Nional Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
Military Grades :
E3 to E5 Selectee(s) must be within the military grade(s) listed in this job announcement prior to the effective de of placement into the technician position. Applicant(s) (Enlisted) who are over grade must clearly ste, in their resumes, their intentions to willingly take a reduction in grade.
Compible Military Assignments :
2A7X3 GENERAL
EXPERIENCE
: Must have experience or training th has provided you 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 .
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Must have experience and 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.
MAJOR DUTIES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMTED TO
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. May assist in training of drill stus guard members and in maintenance of publicion files of applicable technical orders, regulions, manuals and local directives. Prepares for and participes in various types of readiness evaluions such as MEI, ORI, IG and UE inspections mobility and command support exercises. May be required to perform such additional duties as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue/duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operor, maintenance of facilities and equipment, or serve a member of a team to cope with nural disasters or civil emergencies. It is not necessary for applicants to possess the
MOS/AFSC
listed as compible to the position in order to apply, however applicant must meet the qualificions for the position. It is applicant's responsibility to acquire a compible
MOS/AFSC
within 1 year of appointment. Coordine with your unit's training representive to determine whether or not you can qualify for a specific MOS/AFSC and/or receive training within the 1 year timeframe before accepting the position. Additional informion This is an Indefinite/Temporary appointment, with a time limit determined by the needs f the agency. Current technicians selected will retain the appointment stus they are currently in, (i.e., Permanent or Indefinite) and placed on a temporary promotion or other approprie personnel action if selected for this position. Individuals from Area II appointed indefinite stus not to convert. Conversion to permanent stus may be accomplished when permanent funding is available. 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." In addition, all job announcements now include a link to USAJOBS, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, which affirms th candides will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or nional origin. This agency participes in the Fair Chance Act, Title 5 USC 9202 Limitions on requests for criminal history informion. An employee of an agency may not request, in oral or written form (including through the Declarion for Federal Employment (Office of Personnel Management Optional Form 306) or any similar successor form, the USAJOBS internet website, or any other electronic means) th an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service disclose criminal history record informion regarding the applicant before the appointing authority extends a conditional offer to the applicant. Certain exceptions do apply to this Act. 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 ). 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. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Ability To Inspect, Ability To Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment, Knowledge of Metals, and Metal Processing and Metalworking 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.
A COMPLETE RESUME IS REQUIRED.
Your full name, address, civilian email address (no .gov or .mil) and current telephone number must be on your resume. Your resume must clearly demonstre experience th meets the requirements of this position. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Your resume must show experience where you worked, job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week & salary. Incomplete resumes will result in the applicant not being considered for the position. 2. References must be submitted with the applicion packet. (Minimum of 3 references required) 3. Prior/current Federal employees are required to submit their most recent SF 50 with their packet. The SF-50(s) must reflect the highest grade and step held in Federal Service th demonstres one year time in grade. 4. A complete applicion package, including all supporting documents (i.e., resumes, copies of transcripts if required, licenses, All FAA Certificions and Credentials, and any other supporting documents etc.), must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. 5. Copies of transcripts must be provided the time of submission with the applicion packet. Failure to do so will result in the applicant not being considered for the position. Selected individual may be required to provide official transcripts prior to placement into this position.
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resumes, supporting documents, transcripts (copies) if needed, licenses, SF 50 etc.) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully prior to the announcement closing. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources
WILL NOT
modify, change or add anything to your applicion packet after the closing de. Human Resources
WILL NOT
divulge if you are qualified or not for the position. Incomplete packets will not be considered for the position. 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 Doreen Sears Phone (603) 225-1376 doreen.a.sears.civ@army.mil Address NH 157th Maintenance Group 157th MXG Pease
ANGB, NH 03803-0157 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.
A COMPLETE RESUME IS REQUIRED.
Your full name, address, civilian email address (no .gov or .mil) and current telephone number must be on your resume. Your resume must clearly demonstre experience th meets the requirements of this position. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Your resume must show experience where you worked, job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, supervisor's name and phone number, starting and end des (Mo/Yr), hours per week & salary. Incomplete resumes will result in the applicant not being considered for the position. 2. References must be submitted with the applicion packet. (Minimum of 3 references required) 3. Prior/current Federal employees are required to submit their most recent SF 50 with their packet. The SF-50(s) must reflect the highest grade and step held in Federal Service th demonstres one year time in grade. 4. A complete applicion package, including all supporting documents (i.e., resumes, copies of transcripts if required, licenses, All FAA Certificions and Credentials, and any other supporting documents etc.), must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. 5. Copies of transcripts must be provided the time of submission with the applicion packet. Failure to do so will result in the applicant not being considered for the position. Selected individual may be required to provide official transcripts prior to placement into this position.
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resumes, supporting documents, transcripts (copies) if needed, licenses, SF 50 etc.) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully prior to the announcement closing. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources
WILL NOT
modify, change or add anything to your applicion packet after the closing de. Human Resources
WILL NOT
divulge if you are qualified or not for the position. Incomplete packets will not be considered for the position. 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 Doreen Sears Phone (603) 225-1376 doreen.a.sears.civ@army.mil Address NH 157th Maintenance Group 157th MXG Pease
ANGB, NH 03803-0157 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 Open & closing des 04/24/2026 to 05/25/2026 Salary $38.46•$44.86 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 10 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Pease
AFB, NH 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 Multiple•
INDEFINITE
Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
NH-12920884-AF-26-132
Control number 866397800

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