PRODUCTION MACHINERY MECHANIC LEADER
Air Force Materiel Command
Posted: April 9, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Air National Guard Units
Department of the Air Force
Location
Flowood, Mississippi
Salary
$61,722 - $80,243
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves planning and coordinating the maintenance schedules for aircraft, engines, and related equipment in the Air National Guard, ensuring everything runs smoothly between different teams and organizations.
It requires forecasting usage, tracking progress, and using computer systems to monitor and adjust plans as needed.
A good fit would be someone with experience in logistics or scheduling who is detail-oriented, good at communicating, and comfortable working in a military support environment.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRES MILITARY MEMBERSHIP.
This National Guard position is for a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (SCHEDULING), Position Description Number PDT5639000 and is part of the Mississippi National Guard.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education or training which indicates the candidate can reason in quantitative terms, communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner, understanding the terminology and data pertaining to repair operations and process characteristics of the production activity.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 24 months experience, education or training preparing job or work orders; scheduling various phases of projects into the production facility; following up to see if work is progressing as planned and arranging for adjustments in materials, machine processes, and work sequencing allowing for changes.
Experience with current automation support programs to input data, provide status of equipment, and monitor job order status, monitor work priorities, requisition repair parts, track repair parts status, etc.
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 online in Application Manager. NOTES TO CANDIDATES: a.
Situations of inversion of military rank are not permitted, i.e., a military technician may not be militarily senior to his or her full-time supervisor. b.
Candidates may be screened and evaluated on military attributes directly related to the compatible military position required to be assigned into, such as, but not limited to, military bearing, leadership, or ability to work with others (teamwork) in a military environment.
c. Include any volunteer work experience in your resume.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).
d. Final selection will be based upon qualifications, suitability, and available manpower resources. e.
This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
f. Multiple vacancies may be filled from this announcement. g.
If this announcement results in a temporary promotion for the selectee, it may become permanent at any time without further competition dependent on funding and manpower requirements. Major Duties:
As a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (SCHEDULING), GS-1152-9, you will perform preliminary planning and long term forecasting of utilization of aerospace vehicles, engines, and associated support equipment. 1.
Responsible for advising, planning and coordinating aircraft maintenance requirements and utilization scheduling between maintenance, operations, and external organizations.
Actively participates in the Wing Flying Hour Working Group for planning, scheduling, and execution of the Wing's Flying Hour Allocation process.
Verifies and reconciles the accuracy of unit flying hour allocations daily with Wing Operations Group and as directed with NGB AVDO and the Flying Hour Analyst.
Manages all assigned major commodity areas (Airframe, Engine, Components and Special Projects).
Develops, analyzes and evaluates multiple Maintenance Information System(s) (MIS) and various databases reports, charts and graphs to inform senior maintenance management.
Actively participates in daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling, and quarterly/yearly planning programs and meetings. Communicates and advises leadership of potential over-utilization conditions.
Analyzes and improves repair processes, methods, procedures and standards. Researches and determines cause for missed maintenance-related scheduled events and documents findings as required.
Develops local procedures to ensure effective and efficient scheduling of engines, support equipment, and develops, writes, and publishes guidance for aircraft document reviews. 2.
Reviews both immediate and long-range requirements based on current workload forecasts and conditioned based maintenance and develops plans for obtaining resources to meet production requirements.
Plans allocation of resources and distribution of work to ensure production commitments are accomplished as scheduled.
Evaluates progress, analyzes requirements and availability of resources, communicates changing priorities to work center supervisors to ensure work is accomplished efficiently and deconflicts maintenance activities.
Monitors and updates status of Work In Process (WIP). Coordinates with office of primary responsibility (OPR) on extension requests to maximize efficiency of aircraft availability.
Initiate, validate, and submit time change extension requests, as needed. Manages the Configuration Management program. 3.
Maintains historical documents and maintenance data essential for aircraft records accuracy. Review and report status of decentralized records to maintenance operations flight supervisor.
Acts as the wing Aerospace Vehicle Distribution Officer (AVDO), coordinates aircraft transfer between organizations, generates specific documentation (AFTO Form 103, Aircraft/Missile Condition Data).
Participates in the development and maintenance of the Programmed Depot Maintenance (PDM) schedule for all assigned aircraft and equipment. 4.
Develops and maintains job standard master listings (JML) for assigned equipment in the MIS in coordination with functional work centers.
Responsible for managing assigned weapon system Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) programs. Chairs TCTO planning meetings.
Manages the assigned weapon systems Time Change Items (TCI) program and identifies, monitors, forecasts and schedules items specifically identified in applicable regulation and instructions 5.
Performs other duties as assigned
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