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Posted: February 19, 2026 (1 day ago)

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PRODUCTION CONTROLLER(AIRCRAFT)

Air Force Materiel Command

Department of the Air Force

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$61,722 - $97,087

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GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves planning and scheduling maintenance work for military aircraft, engines, missiles, and related equipment to ensure smooth operations in a repair facility.

The role supports the overhaul, manufacturing, and modification of these assets by coordinating resources like materials, manpower, and machinery.

It's a good fit for someone with experience in production planning or logistics who enjoys organizing complex workflows in a structured government environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience at GS-07 level (or equivalent) for GS-09, including planning and scheduling repairs for aircraft and assets
  • One year at GS-09 level (or equivalent) for GS-11, with advanced tasks in production control and material support for depot maintenance
  • Knowledge of production organization, methods, procedures, labor, machinery, and material requirements for complex aircraft repairs
  • Understanding of industrial work processes, facilities, equipment, and manning to solve production issues
  • Familiarity with supply operations and policies to manage parts and materials, especially for urgent or critical items
  • Ability to plan unprogrammed workloads, schedule work, and monitor flow through work centers
  • Meet federal time-in-grade requirements: one year at previous grade level within the last 52 weeks

Full Job Description

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The primary purpose of this position is to perform a variety of production planning, scheduling and material technician tasks in direct support of maintenance.

Including the repair, overhaul, manufacture, and/or modification of weapon systems including combat and strategic fixed wing aircraft as well as engines, exchangeables, missiles, and other major items and assets.

Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Clerical and Administrative Support.

Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

This position will be converted to a NJ-03 upon reaching the target.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-09: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes applying principles, procedures, concepts, production organization and related production methods in facilities, machinery, equipment, manpower and materials required; planning and scheduling repair, overhaul, operations for major aircraft, exchangeable' s, and associated assets; monitoring the flow of work through the various work centers as needed to support work in progress.

NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS-11: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-09, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes performing a variety of production planning and scheduling and material technician tasks in support of depot maintenance programs and operations; repairing, overhauling, manufacturing, modifying various weapon systems strategic fixes to aircraft and engines, exchangeable' s, missiles; and monitoring, researching to validate unplanned parts requests, other major end items and associated assets.

NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible.

One year at the GS-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. One year at the GS-09 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-11 levelT.

IG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1.

Knowledge of the production organization, to include all departments being coordinated both internal and external and all production methods and procedures, labor, machinery, and manpower and material requirements that is both comprehensive and intensive for the repair, overhaul, and modification of a variety of very complex combat and strategic fixed wing aircraft, major end items, and/or major systems.

2.

Knowledge of industrial and related work processes, facilities, methods, equipment, and manning requirements to perform production control functions to evaluate and recommend solutions to problem areas in the shop.

3.

Knowledge of supply operations and technical program requirements to apply established supply policies and procedures to ensure parts/material support for production operations and for items that are urgent, critical, or require special handling.

4. Skill in planning unprogrammed workloads, scheduling and balancing both planned and unplanned workloads, maintaining production schedules, and preventing or alleviating production delays. 5.

Ability to investigate, analyze, plan, and implement corrective action as well as establish effective cost controls for difficult and complex production problems. 6.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

Researches, analyzes, plans, and initiates job acceptance for programmed/unprogrammed workloads.

Manages shop capacity and calculates shop hours based on workload mixture in systems to control input to maintenance.

Monitors multiple shop operations, plans and suggests actual production start dates, monitors assets in- work, and monitors assets in-queue in support of the Squadron Commander/Director.

Provides material management support to production operations by ordering parts and material.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/19/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/20/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: AFMC-12889823-152800-9V-RNK