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Posted: December 17, 2025 (28 days ago)

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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR

Army National Guard Units

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves inspecting, repairing, and maintaining a variety of military vehicles and equipment, such as combat and tactical vehicles, to ensure they operate safely and efficiently.

It requires hands-on work in a shop setting with complex mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical systems.

A good fit would be someone with military experience, strong mechanical skills, and a willingness to join the Wyoming Army National Guard as an enlisted member.

Key Requirements

  • Military affiliation with Wyoming Army National Guard or eligibility to join (enlisted grades E4 to E7)
  • Extensive experience in diagnosing, repairing, and overhauling complex vehicle systems including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic components
  • Knowledge of combat, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles and equipment
  • Ability to improvise repairs, modify parts, and develop methods without technical guidelines
  • Valid driver's license
  • Permanent or indefinite tenure in National Guard or compatible military status
  • Experience with routine maintenance, preventative tasks, and use of common tools

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR, Position Description Number PDD1285000 and is part of the WY Field Maintenance Shop 5, Wyoming Army National Guard.

This is a Title 32 Dual Status Technician Excepted Service position. Military affiliation is required.

TECHNICIAN INFO Type of Appointment: Permanent Tenure: Group 1 or 2 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am - 4:30 pm FLSA: Exempt Telework: The duties of this position require primary physical presence.

Situational teleworking may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Para/Line: 5125 / 055 Selecting Official: SFC Crystal Hoffman AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: Referrals of qualified applicants will be issued in the following order: Area 1: All permanent and indefinite Wyoming National Guard (NG) WY ARNG employees assigned to the FMS 5.

Area 2: All permanent and indefinite Wyoming National Guard (NG) T32 Dual Status technicians employed within the Wyoming National Guard.

Area 4: All current Drill Status Airmen and M-day soldiers of the Wyoming National Guard.

Area 6: Current military members of the United States military branches or prior service members of one of those military branches.

Must be willing/eligible to join the Wyoming Army National Guard as a military member prior to appointment to position.

MILITARY GRADE Min: E4 Max: E7 Enlisted Applicants' under- or over-grade (without a written demotion statement of understanding with application) will not be considered for this vacancy.

Acceptance of this position does not in any way constitute a military promotion.

A Demotion Statement of Understanding is located at: https://go.usa.gov/xEeWG DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Work is covered by the 5800-job family which includes occupations involved in repairing, adjusting, and maintaining self-propelled transportation and other mobile equipment (except aircraft), including any special purpose features with which they may be equipped.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Must possess 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 possess experience or training leading to an extensive knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and working relationships of complex interconnecting systems, assemblies, and parts for a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment.

Ability to diagnose, repair, overhaul, and modify interconnected complex systems on a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment.

Extensive knowledge of state of the art electrical, electronic, complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and other major non-mechanical systems that have a functional relationship and effect on the operation of major mechanical systems.

Extensive knowledge of hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls.

Skill and knowledge to develop or improvise methods, alter parts, and make repairs in the absence of technical guidelines (such as modifying parts to fit and mesh into systems for which the parts were not designed); improvise modifications to equipment to correct recurring malfunctions; and design modifications to meet special test requirements or other special needs.

NOTE: Minimum Requirements and Specialized Experience will be used to determine qualifications for the announced position.

Applicants must show start and end in MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY format (e.g., 02/2015 - 03/2017 or Feb 2017 - Mar 2017) dates and hours worked per week with description of your specialized experience on the resume.

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidates will be required to be in a compatible military grade and assignment prior to the effective date of placement.

DRIVER'S LICENSE: You must possess a valid driver's license.

Major Duties:

This position is in Field Maintenance Shop 5, and its purpose is to serve as an inspector of surface maintenance equipment to ensure that physical and operating characteristics are within acceptable standards and specifications.

Duties involve complex inspection work that requires a wide variety of inspection processes and techniques; and may assist higher graded inspectors, as required.

(1) Inspects a large variety of heavy-duty mobile equipment (i.e., combat, tactical, etc.) and automotive vehicles (i.e., attack tanks, large cranes, tank retrievers, fire trucks, bridge transporters, armored vehicle launched bridges, bulldozers, road graders, crawler tractors, power shovels, self-propelled earth compacting equipment, self-propelled artillery, etc.).

(2) Inspects complex, interrelated mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic and electrical systems, equipment and their components while in operation or in a standby condition.

(3) Inspects equipment to determine repairs needed.

(4) Uses specially designed testing methods and test equipment such as computerized test sets, precision gauges, electronic sensors, injector test stands, engine scopes, etc., to assure that tolerance and safety factors have been met.

(5) Serves as inspector on Command Maintenance Evaluation Teams (COMET). ** This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties. **

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Posted on USAJOBS: 12/17/2025 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 11/25/2025

Source: USAJOBS | ID: WY-12827743-AR-26-012