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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC SUPERVISOR

Army National Guard Units

Department of the Army

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$43.62 - $50.94

per hour

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Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

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

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading a team of mechanics in maintaining and repairing a wide range of military vehicles and equipment, from combat vehicles to special-purpose gear, while planning work schedules and ensuring everything runs smoothly.

It's a supervisory role in the Army National Guard, focusing on directing daily operations and preparing for inspections or exercises.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience fixing complex machinery, strong leadership skills, and the ability to organize teams under tight deadlines.

Key Requirements

  • At least 36 months of specialized experience in diagnosing, repairing, and overhauling complex vehicle systems including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic components
  • Extensive knowledge of combat, tactical, commercial, and special-purpose vehicles and equipment
  • Experience improvising repairs, modifying parts, and developing methods without technical guidelines
  • Proven ability to plan, direct, organize work assignments, and supervise lower-grade personnel
  • Skills in reviewing work requirements, establishing priorities, and meeting deadlines
  • Familiarity with general supervisory concepts, shop processes, and communicating technical knowledge
  • Military grade of O-3 or equivalent, as this is a National Guard Title 32 position

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC SUPERVISOR, Position Description Number D1297000 and is part of the CO MATES 64, National Guard.

The purpose of this position is to provide overall direction and coordination of subordinate work activities and functions. Military Grades: O-3 1.

Specialized experience will be used to determine qualifications for the announced position. 2. An applicants RESUME must provide, in detail, how they meet each specialized experience listed below. 3.

It must be documented with "from (mm/yy)" and "to (mm/yy)" dates and description of the specialized experience.

DO NOT copy each bullet listed below word for word and place into your resume; you must describe your personal experience as it pertains to each bullet.

You will be immediately disqualified if you fail to include specialized experience in your resume. Must have at least 36 months of Specialized Experience in each of the following: 1.

Experience 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.

2. Experience diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying interconnected complex systems on a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles, and equipment. 3.

Experience working with 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.

4. Experienced working with hydraulic lifting, loading, turning, and positioning systems and their mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls. 5.

Experience developing 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.

6. Experience which demonstrates the ability to plan, direct, and organize work assignments for lower grade personnel. 7.

Experience which required the review of work requirements and establish priorities to meet deadlines. 8.

Experience which demonstrates the ability to supervise or the potential to perform such duties as evidenced by the ability to communicate knowledge of general supervisory concepts, and knowledge of shop processes.

Major Duties:

Plans overall allocation of personnel and resources for the organization.

Ensures accomplishment of work operations which because of their scope, volume, and complexity are planned on a year or longer basis.

Explains work requirements to subordinate supervisors, sets deadlines and sequence of operations.

Recommends promotion or reassignment of subordinate supervisors and reviews personnel actions prepared by supervisors.

Develops, publishes, and ensures employee compliance with standing operating procedures for the activity supervised.

Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises. Performs other duties as assigned.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/6/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: CO-12901959-AR-26-089