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Posted: February 11, 2026 (9 days ago)

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PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (Title 32)

Army National Guard Units

Department of the Army

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$61,722 - $80,243

per year

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GS-11 Pay Grade

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).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves managing maintenance production in an Army National Guard facility, ensuring equipment is ready for use by scheduling workflows, tracking parts, and coordinating repairs.

It supports military units by overseeing production levels and providing expert advice on equipment status.

A good fit would be someone with military experience who is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable using computer systems for logistics and reporting.

Key Requirements

  • Membership in the South Dakota Army National Guard as an enlisted member
  • One year of specialized experience in scheduling workflows, coordinating materials, and preparing work orders in a production or maintenance setting
  • Knowledge of supply procedures, maintenance operations, and production control policies
  • Proficiency with automation support programs for inputting data, monitoring job status, and tracking repair parts
  • Experience in journeyman-level work or supervision in a production facility
  • Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally, with quantitative reasoning skills
  • Valid state driver's license

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for a PRODUCTION CONTROLLER, Position Description Number NGD1255000 and is part of FMS 8. This is a Title 32, Dual-Status position.

AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: - Title 32 Dual Status Technicians (DST): permanent employees (tenure group 1 or 2) of the South Dakota Army National Guard - Title 5 National Guard Employees (NGE): permanent employees (tenure group 1 or 2) with military membership in the South Dakota Army National Guard NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard.

Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Enlisted. Military grade inversion within the full-time work force is not permitted.

The military grade of the full-time supervisor must equal or exceed the military grade of personnel supervised.

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: One year experience, education or training scheduling workflow in more than one area and responsible for coordinating products or materials from support activities.

Experience in performing or supervising journeyman level work in a production facility.

Experience 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.

For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license for the state in which they live or are principally employed.

Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities (KSAs): Applicants are encouraged to submit a separate sheet(s) addressing the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) and how they relate to work experience, education or training.

Knowledge of supply procedures, maintenance operations and equipment reporting, policies, regulations, and procedures governing operations to program workload, shop space, and available personnel on a short and long-term basis.

Knowledge of production control, maintenance and supply procedures, management systems, policies, regulations and procedures governing production operations to carry out work.

Knowledge of current automation support programs to input data, provide status of equipment, monitor job order status, monitor work priorities, requisition repair parts, track repair parts status, etc.

Knowledge of unit readiness, equipment-reporting requirements, reportable systems management as prescribed by the current regulation. Major Duties:

As a Production Controller, GS-1152-09, you will: This position is located in the Joint Forces Headquarters-State, Logistics Directorate (J-4/G-4), Surface Maintenance Facility.

The purpose of this position is to perform maintenance production management, to achieve or maintain desired production levels, to serve as an equipment readiness expert for units supported by the facility, and to provide technical guidance and oversight to a lower-graded Production Controller.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/12/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: SD-12830156-AR-26-004