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AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

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$66.58 - $77.67

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Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job is for a supervisor who oversees aircraft maintenance teams in the Air National Guard, ensuring that complex military planes like fighters and transports are always ready for missions.

It involves directing daily work, setting priorities, and coordinating repairs across different branches to keep operations running smoothly.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on aircraft repair experience who is ready to lead and manage a team in a high-stakes military environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least 36 months of experience planning, directing, and organizing work for lower-grade personnel
  • Experience reviewing work requirements and establishing priorities to meet deadlines
  • Knowledge of various aircraft maintenance functions and shop processes
  • Demonstrated ability to supervise, including communication of supervisory concepts
  • Journeyman-level knowledge in aircraft disassembly, cleaning, lubricating, assembling, and using tools/equipment
  • General experience with production shop equipment, hand tools, measuring devices, power tools, and test equipment
  • Competencies in leading/supervising, attention to detail, planning/evaluating, and problem solving

Full Job Description

This AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR position, is located in one of two major divisions within the Logistics Directorate (Logistics Group) of an Air National Guard Flying Wing and is part of the CA 129 RQW.

This position is concurrently announced with AGR A26-169. Only one of the announced positions will be filled. Referral and selection will be IAWCNGFPR335.

General Experience: Experience or training that has provided the ability to perform the various aspects of disassembly, cleaning, lubricating, or assembling of aircraft parts, components, or subassemblies; Experience in the use of various production shop equipment, hand tools, measuring devices, power tools, and test equipment.

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, WS-8801-14: In addition to the journeyman level knowledge, must have at least 36 months of experience which demonstrates the ability to plan, direct, and organize work assignments of lower grade personnel; Experience which required the review of work requirements and establishing priorities to meet deadlines; Experience that provided knowledge of various lines of work performed by this function; Experience which demonstrates the ability to supervise or the potential to perform such duties as evidenced by the ability to communicate knowledge of general supervisory concepts, and knowledge of shop processes; Experience in adapting existing equipment and techniques to new situations.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies: Ability to lead or supervise Attention to Detail Planning and Evaluating Problem Solving Major Duties:

THIS IS A T32 EXCEPTED SERVICE, PERMANENT POSITION The primary purpose of the AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, WS-8801-14, is to provide overall direction and coordination of subordinate work activities within one of three major work functions (Aircraft Generation Division, and the Equipment Maintenance and the Component Repair Branches of the Aircraft Maintenance Division.

All three work functions are organized with a number of subordinate supervisors due to the scope, volume, and complexity of operations.

The work involves the total maintenance of complex, high performance military aircraft, ranging from multi-purpose heavy, multi engine transports to the most modern sophisticated fighters and bombers.

All aircraft are fully integrated in and are part of the Total Force Mission of the United States Air Force.

Occupations supervised are somewhat similar, in that they all involve maintenance of assigned aircraft to ensure combat readiness; they are dissimilar in their organizational location, as well as the functional areas, occupational series, and the diversity and complexity of systems for which each function is responsible.

The occupation and nonsupervisory grade which best reflects the overall work operations supervised is Aircraft Mechanic, WG-8852-10.

May make additional selections within 90 days of eligible(s) issuance.

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

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CA-12925452-AF-26-170