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Job Description
SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SURFACE MAINTENANCE
MECHANIC, Position Description Number D1195000 and is part of the ME FMS 2, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SURFACE MAINTENANCE
MECHANIC, Position Description Number D1195000 and is part of the ME FMS 2, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 15, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Auburn, ME 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $39.95 - $46.60 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11 Promotion potential 11 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 5801 Miscellaneous Transportion/Mobile Equipment Maintenance Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
ME-12966657-AR-T32-26-075
Control number 870613100 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
AREA I:
Considerion given to current on-board Warrant Officer (CW2 & Below) and Enlisted Technicians. Duties Help This position is loced in the Joint Forces Headquarters-Ste, Logistics Directore (J-4), Surface Maintenance Facility in Auburn, ME. The purpose of this position is to troubleshoot, repair, maintain, inspect, and/or overhaul a variety of complex comb, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles and equipment having compliced mechanical and non-mechanical systems with a variety of interconnected systems. Performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and major repair on heavy-duty mobile equipment, comb, tactical, and automotive vehicles. This may include self-propelled artillery, tracked cargo and personnel carriers, road graders, mobile cranes, front loaders, bulldozers, power shovels, tanks, tracked comb vehicles, all terrain vehicles, semi trailers, forklifts, tractors, and accessory equipment. Troubleshoots, repairs and/or overhauls, as a regular and recurring duty, a variety of the mechanically complex major systems to include internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automic and non-automic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls, cross drive or similar multi-system transmissions and a variety of intrice fuel injection systems. Makes repairs and modificions to assemblies and components such as voltage regulors, generors/alternors, brake cylinders, etc., for use or placement in systems for which they were not specifically designed. Improvises work when standard procedures do not apply. Troubleshoots equipment with a variety of the mechanically complex major systems and diagnoses difficult performance problems and the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks, uses test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers, voltmeters, ohmmeters, pressure gauges and computer diagnostic tools. Utilizes embedded diagnostics in equipment and a wide variety of specialized original equipment manufacturer system analyzers in order to determine the exact nure or extent of repair. Determines wh adjustments may be necessary to complete work orders, and whether any additional repairs other than those specified or indiced on the work order are necessary. Removes and disassembles engines and complex major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems. Makes the approprie repairs, overhaul, or modificions in accordance with the proper repair specificions and procedures, and improvises repair techniques when standard procedures are not available. Reassembles engines and other systems, and adjusts, tests, and reinstalls in vehicles and equipment as necessary. Makes adjustments and repairs to electrical and suspension systems. Repairs equipment with a variety of interconnected systems to include ste of the art electrical and electronic, fuel injection, interconnected gear reduction, multiple engine, and similarly complex systems. Improvises, substitutes, or alters components or parts to fit into systems for which the items were not specially designed or finds other ways to correct defects when existing methods and procedures do not give desired results. Independently performs repairs and maintenance functions with little or no supervision in remote locions. Provides technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower grade employees within the team. Assists lower grade mechanics in performing major repair work on interconnected complex systems such as electrical, air and hydraulic systems, complex ste of the art electrical and electronic systems th use specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems, complex fuel injection systems and other similar complex systems. May provide Field and limited Sustainment maintenance unit locions as part of a "contact team." Conducts readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associed equipment supported by the activity. Performs operional inspections and ensures vehicles and equipment are properly serviced, including brake adjustments, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, cleaning, etc., and performs other preventive maintenance operions as required. Inspects supported equipment prior to use during Inactive Duty Training (IDT) and Annual Training (AT), to ensure th it is functioning properly. May inspect in-process repair work of lower graded repairer to ensure equipment is being repaired in accordance with pertinent requirements. May serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluions (COMET) or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team (MAIT). Instructs operor/crew in the maintenance of equipment and provides technical advice and assistance to supported units when requested. Performs electrical repairs on complex ste of the art electrical and electronic systems requiring extensive training on specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems. Performs other duties as assigned. 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 trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
MUST
HAVE A VALID STATE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
This verified by Interviewing Official.
Qualificions Military Grades :
Open to all
Enlisted Compible Military Assignments :
ENL CMF:
12, 13, 14, 19, 25, 88, 91, 92, 94 GENERAL
EXPERIENCE
: Experience, educion, or training which demonstres the candide has enough knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventive maintenance tasks, and is able to use common tools and equipment in the line of work.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Experience or training diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying more complex vehicles, equipment, and more compliced systems. Experience which has provided a thorough knowledge of diagnostic equipment. Experience applying independent judgment in determining methods and techniques required to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems. Experienced in testing, inspecting, and evaluing the work performed on vehicles, equipment and systems. Educion If you are using Educion to qualify for this position, 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 If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register |
Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). 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): 1. Knowledge of and skill in repairing, overhauling and rebuilding major assemblies and systems of surface maintenance equipment. 2. Ability to troubleshoot complex malfunctions requiring knowledge of the interaction of several subsystems. 3. Skill in use of hand tools and precision measuring equipment such as micrometers, vernier calipers, dial indicors, wrenches and screwdrivers. 4. Skill in use of diagnostic and test equipment such as digital multimeters, engine analyzers, and computer diagnostic tools. 5. Ability to interpret technical manuals, illustrions, specificions, diagrams and schemics to make repairs and modificions. 6. Ability to facilite production using judgment and analysis in areas such as determining work time, preparing and implementing procedures, interpreting technical da, etc. 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. 2. Other supporting documents : It is highly suggested th applicants address the General and Specialized Experience required of the position within their resume or on a separe document. All informion provided during the applicion process verified. Failure to address all General and Specialized Experience requirements may result in non-selection for an interview. 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/12966657 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 Kacy Hikel Phone 207-430-6028 kacy.hikel@us.af.mil Address
ME FMS 2 64
Mt Apite Road Auburn, ME 04210 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. 2. Other supporting documents : It is highly suggested th applicants address the General and Specialized Experience required of the position within their resume or on a separe document. All informion provided during the applicion process verified. Failure to address all General and Specialized Experience requirements may result in non-selection for an interview. 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/12966657 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 Kacy Hikel Phone 207-430-6028 kacy.hikel@us.af.mil Address
ME FMS 2 64
Mt Apite Road Auburn, ME 04210 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 in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 15, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Auburn, ME 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $39.95 - $46.60 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 11 Promotion potential 11 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 No Security clearance Not Required Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
