SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
Army National Guard Units
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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
Army National Guard Units
Department of the Army
Location
Buffalo, New York
Salary
$33.25 - $38.87
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves maintaining, repairing, and inspecting a range of military and commercial vehicles and equipment, including troubleshooting complex mechanical issues.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in vehicle mechanics, especially in military or heavy-duty settings, who enjoys problem-solving with tools and systems.
It's a role in the Army National Guard in Buffalo, New York, requiring enlisted military status.
Key Requirements
- 18 months of specialized experience in diagnosing, repairing, and overhauling combat, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles
- Knowledge of mechanical systems, including engines, transmissions, and drive lines
- Understanding of electrical, electronic, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems
- Ability to perform maintenance, troubleshooting, inspection, and overhaul tasks
- Basic electronics knowledge for identifying and replacing components like sensors and circuit boards
- Enlisted military grade in the National Guard
- Experience using common tools and equipment for routine and preventative maintenance
Full Job Description
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, Position Description Number D1194000 and is part of the LOGISTICS, National Guard.
This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants.
Military Grades: Enlisted GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventative maintenance tasks, and can use common tools and equipment in the line of work.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have 18 months experience or training leading to a thorough knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and working relationships of complex systems, assemblies, and parts for a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment.
Ability to diagnose, repair, overhaul, and modify a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment.
Knowledge of electrical, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other non-mechanical systems that have a functional relationship and effect on the operation of mechanical systems.
Knowledge of hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls.
Basic knowledge of electronics, sufficient to identify and replace defective components, such as sensors, diodes, and circuit boards.
Ability to repair or overhaul major components such as diesel, multi-fuel or gasoline engines, turbine engines, automatic and manual transmissions, drive line assemblies, electrical and electronic systems and accessories, fuel injection systems, and emission control systems.
Major Duties:
- As a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, WG-5801-10, you will perform maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, inspection, and/or overhaul of a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles and equipment.
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