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AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

Fresh

Location

Salary

$56.06 - $65.45

per hour

Closes

February 20, 2026

SES Pay Grade

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 involves leading teams that maintain and repair high-performance military aircraft, including planning work schedules, allocating resources, and ensuring everything runs smoothly in a busy Air National Guard unit.

It requires overseeing complex operations for fighters, bombers, and transport planes while adapting to unexpected needs.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on aircraft maintenance experience who enjoys managing people and solving problems under pressure.

Key Requirements

  • 36 months of specialized experience in planning, directing, and organizing work for lower-grade personnel
  • Journeyman-level knowledge in aircraft maintenance
  • Ability to review work requirements, establish priorities, and meet deadlines
  • Knowledge of supervisory concepts, shop processes, and adapting equipment to new situations
  • Obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance
  • Valid state driver's license
  • No convictions under the Lautenberg Amendment (domestic violence restrictions)

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, Position Description Number PD D1444000 and is part of the HI 154 AMXS, National Guard.

Location: 154th Maintenance Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii If your resume does not include a narrative description of how you meet the GENERAL, SPECIALIZED experiences, and OTHER requirements, you may lose consideration for this position.

Ensure that the Questionnaire is completed on Application Manager.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to the journeyman level knowledge, must have 36 months of experience demonstrating 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. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: 1. Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position. 2.

This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.

An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. 3.

Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. 4.

May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. 5. The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment.

You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.6.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a state driver's license. Major Duties:

SUMMARY OF DUTIES: The purpose of the position 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.

Plans the overall allocation of personnel, funding and equipment resources to the organizational segments supervised to accomplish work operations which, because of their scope, volume, complexity, operational tempo, and total force integration must be planned on an annual or longer basis.

Analyzes work plans developed by subordinate supervisors for accomplishment of assigned directives.

Determines status of work accomplished in relation to future demands, including unanticipated or emergency requirements mandating reallocation of resources as required.

Functions as an integral member of unit's planning process, serving as the responsible technical resource for a maintenance division.

Has national level impact, attending future systems road map planning conferences such as Product Improvement Working Group (PIWG), System Supportability Review (SSR) and Systems Safety Group (SSG) meetings as an Air National Guard subject matter expert.

Coordinates and directs the work of units supervised. Assigns and explains work requirements to subordinate supervisors and sets deadlines. Balances workload for subordinate work groups.

Promotes economical and efficient work operations. Analyzes production, cost and personnel utilization records and makes adjustment in operations to correct problems.

Recommends promotion or reassignment of subordinate supervisors and reviews personnel actions prepared by them.

Makes formal appraisal of supervisors' work performance and reviews employee appraisals submitted by them.

Determines long range and supervisory training needs for all levels of subordinates developing resource options, justifications and methods to accomplish training.

Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises, and Operations Other Than War (OOTW).

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 operation, maintenance of facilities and equipment or to serve as a team member on boards to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.

Performs other duties as assigned. Details of the duties and responsibilities are contained in the applicable position description (D1444000) can be provided to you by HRO upon request.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/21/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/22/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: HI-12868516-AF-26-016