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AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

Fresh

Location

Salary

$106,991 - $139,091

per year

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Job Description

Summary

This job is for an aircraft maintenance manager in the Washington Air National Guard, where you'll lead a team to keep planes ready for missions, emergencies, and training by planning schedules, managing resources, and solving problems.

It's ideal for experienced military officers or leaders who are great at supervising technicians, handling budgets, and ensuring everything runs smoothly during high-pressure situations.

You'll focus on directing daily operations and long-term planning to support the unit's goals.

Key Requirements

  • At least 36 months of specialized experience in equipment maintenance, planning, and resource allocation
  • Strong leadership and supervisory skills to direct a workforce of technicians and guard members
  • Experience in human resources management, including personnel actions, training, and evaluations
  • Proficiency in budgeting, funding, and resource needs determination for maintenance operations
  • Skills in communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution to manage priorities and team issues
  • Knowledge of aircraft maintenance policies, procedures, and mission objectives
  • Ability to develop and execute inspection programs and long-term strategic plans

Full Job Description

This is a Washington Air National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Non-Bargaining Unit Technician position: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER Location: 141st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011 Air National Guard Units Appointment Type: Permanent, excepted service Advertised as: OFFICER GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Work involves managing, supervising, leading, or performing administrative work that involves: a combination of work characteristic of two or more series in the Equipment, Facilities, and Services Group where no one type of work is series controlling; or work classified in this group for which no other series has been established.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience in applying principles, concepts, and methods of equipment, facility, or service operations sufficient in planning assignments.

Experience using well-established occupational methods and techniques to determine facility, grounds, equipment overhaul, maintenance, restoration, repair needs, etc.

Experience in determination of resource needs, allocation of resources, and budgeting/funding needs.

Experience in human resources management policy matters affecting the entire organization, with personnel actions affecting key employees to include experience coordinating work forces and resources and negotiating with management or clients concerning problems.

Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. Major Duties:

A GS-1601-13, AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER: Directs unit's overall efforts to ensure readiness of assigned aircraft, personnel, and equipment to meet wartime, day-to-day mission requirements, and any State Active Duty to support State Emergencies.

Plans, organizes, schedules, controls, and directs unit aircraft maintenance resources to meet mission requirements.

Uses highly developed communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership, and similar skills to obtain desired results.

Through subordinate supervisors, manages aircraft maintenance activities.

Establishes, reviews, and/or revises policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the assigned staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment.

Directs all functions to provide mission generation support by executing on-equipment activities to produce properly configured, mission ready weapon systems to meet contingency and training mission requirements for both operations and maintenance personnel.

Ensures standardized procedures and organizations among Aircraft Maintenance Units (AMUs).

Constantly exercises conflict-resolution skills to de-conflict flying schedule priorities supporting wing mission requirements, Operations and Maintenance Training requirements, and real-world Air Tasking Order (ATO) commitments.

Directs a group work force of skilled technicians and traditional guard members, including a variety of staff, administrative, and trades and crafts occupations.

Determines goals and objectives for the squadron.

Develops and executes the squadron Commander's Inspection Program (CCIP) assessing the organization's ability to execute the mission, manage resources, develop personnel and improve the unit.

Provides for employee development and training to ensure all assigned personnel and organizational entities are fully capable of performing their wartime tasking.

Evaluates subordinate supervisors and reviews evaluations made by subordinate supervisors.

Reviews serious disciplinary cases and problems involving subordinate employees and determines required action.

Collaborates with the Group Commander and other base organizations to plan, develop and implement numerous long term plans to include: the Wing/Group Strategic Plan (mission, goals, values, objectives, etc.), Wing Commander's Inspection Program, the Base Master Plan (facilities), Communications/Computer Plan (infrastructure capabilities/upgrade), the Vehicle Replacement Plan, the Deployment Cycle Plan, Aircraft Modification Plan, Depot Input Plan, force management and recruiting/retention plans, weapon system conversions, and base supplements.

Conducts operational planning to provide for an adaptable, agile force able to respond to dynamic contingency and non-contingency worldwide events based on the assigned aircraft and mission sets.

Collaborates with the Group Commander and the HRO on major organization changes and changes based on manpower documents.

Provides advocacy for additional funding when necessary to support overall squadron mission requirements.

Ensures all aircraft maintenance work meets the highest standards for compliance and airworthiness and that attention is focused on readiness and the wartime tasking(s) of the unit.

Plans and institutes fiscal controls to ensure compliance with federal law and higher headquarters directives.

Coordinates with appropriate groups in the wing to ensure an integrated approach to action solutions of problems relating to fleet health, availability of aircraft, and the ability to conduct the military mission.

As required, meets with other aircraft maintenance officers of the same and/or different mission design series, to advise on policies and procedures affecting the Air National Guard aircraft maintenance workforce, infrastructure support, and regulatory guidance.

Makes periodic and comprehensive assessment of program through a review of performance indicators, productivity goals and accomplishments, deficiency reports, audit findings, etc.

Other duties as assigned. * The above duty description doesn't contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by clicking the following link: (PD# D2410000).

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/7/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/8/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: WA-12930600-AF-25-0159