Highway Maintenance Worker II: Heavy Equipment Operator (61036186) **RE-ADVERTISEMENT**
State of South Carolina
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HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC
Air National Guard Units
Department of the Air Force
Location
McGuire AFB, New Jersey
Salary
$34.29 - $40.06
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves fixing and maintaining large vehicles and specialized equipment used by the Air National Guard, such as trucks for handling materials, firefighting vehicles, and refueling systems.
The role requires hands-on work like diagnosing problems, repairing parts, and testing equipment to keep everything running safely.
It's a great fit for someone with practical experience in vehicle mechanics who enjoys troubleshooting complex machinery in a military setting.
Key Requirements
- At least 18 months of specialized experience in diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying complex heavy vehicles and equipment
- General experience in making repairs, removing, adjusting, or replacing defective parts on mobile equipment
- Proficiency in using diagnostic equipment and test tools for mechanical failures
- Ability to apply independent judgment to solve complex maintenance and repair problems
- Skills in performing body repairs, corrosion control, refinishing, and repainting vehicle surfaces
- Experience testing, inspecting, and evaluating heavy mobile vehicles through operational driving tests
- Knowledge of repairing radiators, oil coolers, front ends, suspensions, and electrical systems
Full Job Description
This job opportunity is for an HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, position description D2431000, within the 108 Logistics Readiness Squadron of the New Jersey Air National Guard.
This vacancy announcement is a Title 32, Excepted Service position.
The purpose of this position is to maintain, repair and modify heavy duty vehicles and mobile equipment, including, but not limited to, materiel handling, fire-fighting and base maintenance and refueling systems.
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered.
Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position.
Therefore we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
General Experience Must have the following experience(s): Making repairs or assisting with repairs Removing, adjusting, or replacing defective or worn parts Specialized Experience Must have 18 months of the following experience(s): Training on diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying more complex vehicles, equipment, and more complicated systems Using diagnostic equipment Applying independent judgment in determining methods and techniques required to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems Testing, inspecting, and evaluating the work performed on heavy mobile vehicles, equipment and systems Major Duties:
As an HEAVY MOBILE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, WG-5803-10, you will: Perform major repairs and maintenance on heavy mobile equipment and special purpose vehicles Diagnose the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks, test equipment Make adjustments and repair to front ends, suspensions and electrical systems Determine serviceability by operational driving test.
Perform body repair and corrosion control, refinish and repaint surfaces as required. Clean, test and repair radiators/oil coolers and associated parts.
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