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Automotive Mechanic (MVO)

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Mountain Home Community Services Flight

Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID (In Person)

$51,771 Salary, Full-Time

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

Expires 8/5/2026

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Automotive Mechanic (MVO) Department of the Air Force Air Comb Command Summary About the position: This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Auto Hobby Shop Mountain Home AFB. This is a Regular Full Time position with guaranteed 35 hours per week, however may work up to 40.
This position includes benefits:
Medical/Dental, Life, 401K, and Retirement. Frequently lifts, handles, and carries equipment weighing up to 40lbs. Occasionally moves moderely heavy items with assistance or with mechanical devices weighing up to or over 50lbs. Learn more about this agency Summary About the position: This position is Non-appropried Fund (NAF) and assigned to the Auto Hobby Shop Mountain Home AFB. This is a Regular Full Time position with guaranteed 35 hours per week, however may work up to 40.
This position includes benefits:
Medical/Dental, Life, 401K, and Retirement. Frequently lifts, handles, and carries equipment weighing up to 40lbs. Occasionally moves moderely heavy items with assistance or with mechanical devices weighing up to or over 50lbs. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 7, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Mountain Home AFB, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $24.89 - $24.89 per hour Pay scale & grade NA 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 5823 Automotive Mechanic Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-5PFSWT401926 Control number 873883200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualificions section. Duties Help Provides instruction to prons, as requested or as deemed approprie, and on a regular and recurring basis, performs such duties as: troubleshooting; rebuilding and repairing automotive engines, major assemblies, and components. Utilizes test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, compression gauges, exhaust electrical test stands, electrical testers, special feeler and dial gauges, exhaust and analyzers, engine and chassis dynamo-meters. Troubleshoots defects, diagnoses malfunctions, and determines type and extent of repair(s) necessary. Tears down, rebuilds, or replaces complex components, such as engines, transmissions, differentials, axle assemblies, power steering mechanisms, braking systems, cooling systems, wheels and bearings, and hydraulic and electrical systems. Aligns, meshes, and connects repaired units to reled mechanisms and effects adjustments according to manufacturers' specificions. Hooks up fuel, oil, hydraulic, and electrical systems to repaired units and makes adjustments to assure proper operion of units. Maintains order in the facility; enforces applicable fire, safety, and good housekeeping rules and regulions. Performs cleanup duties as required. Keeps tools and equipment in good condition by periodic and preventive maintenance. Recommends replacement/repair and/or acquisition of tools and equipment. Performs other duties as assigned. If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online applicion: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12990919 Requirements Help Conditions of employment This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigion with favorable results. This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examinion. This is a drug testing designed position. The incumbent is subject to random testing for drug use. Must possess a valid ste driver's license and a copy of their official driving record upon request.
Qualificions Who May Apply:
Open to everyone. Applicants cegorized by preference(s) and/or priority considerion eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with applicion by the closing de, 07/07/2026 Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference 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 the position allows for qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion.
Qualifying Experience:
Knowledge in the maintenance and repair of diesel and gasoline powered engines which included the full range of repairing, disassembling, troubleshooting and overhauling of these engines, and provided all of the following: Knowledge of the makeup, operion, and installion of complex major systems and assemblies to troubleshoot and repair a variety of systems or to rebuild one or more systems; knowledge to test and troubleshoot components and systems to loce equipment defect; ability to interpret and apply manufacturer's repair manuals and technical specificions, schemics and engineering drawings, diagnostic codes, computer printouts, and safety manuals; and the ability to opere electronic test equipment. Ability to frequently lift, and carry objects weighing up to 40 pounds, and occasionally, objects weighing over 50 pounds. Frequently stands, bends, stoops, crawls and works in tight spaces. You evalued on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Educion Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your educion for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for educion substitution. Additional informion Individual must fully meet qualificion/eligibility/background requirements for this position. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct deposit is required. Sisfactorily complete an employment verificion (E-Verify) check. A probionary period may be required. Pre-employment requirements must be sisfactorily met prior to Entrance on Duty (EOD). Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government's interest. Multiple positions may be filled from this job opportunity announcement. And additional selections may also be made from this job opportunity announcement. Selection(s) are subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority considerion eligible. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities where approprie. If you need a reasonable accommodions for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinions on requests for reasonable accommodions made on a case by case basis. U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nionals who have resided in the U.S. or U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediely preceding the start of Federal affiliion Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combinion of source identity documents authorized to facilite access to the installion. Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions. 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 Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your resume and supporting document evalued against the qualificions of the position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion has been made th you have infled your responses to meet the position's qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as th informion may be taken into considerion during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documention. To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact informion (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/07/2026 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. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus Agency contact informion Mt. Home NAF HR Office 366FSSNAFHumanResource@us.af.mil Address Mountain Home Community Services Flight 366 FSS/FSCN 480 5th Ave Mountain Home
AFB, ID 83648-5160 US
Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. 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 Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your applicion by the closing de of this job announcement: Resume Your resume may be submitted in any form and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions and you may not be considered for this vacancy. Other accepted documents to support a qualificion and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include: Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Diploma/ GED Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Other (2) PCS Orders Professional Certificion Proof of Marriage Stus Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/07/2026 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. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJobs account and designe the document type when submitting your applicion. Failure to complete this portion will result in an incomplete applicion package and you will not be further considered for this vacancy. It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it 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 Mt. Home NAF HR Office 366FSSNAFHumanResource@us.af.mil Address Mountain Home Community Services Flight 366 FSS/FSCN 480 5th Ave Mountain Home
AFB, ID 83648-5160 US
Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. 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 in 3 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 7, 2026 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Mountain Home AFB, ID No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $24.89 - $24.89 per hour Pay scale & grade NA 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 Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-5PFSWT401926 Control number 873883200