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Posted: February 4, 2026 (2 days ago)

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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (TITLE 32)

Army National Guard Units

Department of the Army

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$27.18 - $31.70

per hour

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves repairing and maintaining heavy military vehicles and equipment, such as engines, transmissions, and hydraulic systems, for the Missouri Army National Guard.

It's a hands-on role focused on troubleshooting and fixing complex mechanical issues to keep combat and tactical vehicles operational.

A good fit would be someone with military service experience, strong mechanical skills, and a passion for working on heavy machinery in a team environment.

Key Requirements

  • Current assignment to a military unit in the Missouri Army National Guard
  • Maximum military grade of MSG (E-8)
  • General experience with routine maintenance, simple preventative tasks, and using common tools
  • Specialized experience diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying combat, tactical, and commercial vehicles
  • Ability to repair major components including diesel/multi-fuel/gasoline engines, turbine engines, transmissions, drive lines, electrical systems, fuel injection, and emission controls
  • Proficiency in using parts lists, repair manuals, technical manuals, diagrams, engineering drawings, diagnostic computers, and schematics
  • Experience troubleshooting mechanical failures through visual and auditory checks

Full Job Description

This a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position.

This is a Permanent WG-5801-10 SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1194000 and is part of the MO Field Maintenance Shop 15. This is a bargaining position.

MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidate must currently be assigned to a military unit in the Missouri Army National Guard.

Title 32 employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion).

Maximum Military Grade - MSG (E-8) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience, education or training which demonstrates knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventative maintenance tasks, and able to use common tools and equipment in the line of work.

WG-10 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience which demonstrates your experience in diagnosing, repairing, overhauling and modifying a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, special purpose vehicles and equipment.

The specialized experience must also demonstrate your 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; and experience that demonstrates your ability to utilize, interpret and apply parts list, manufacturer's repair manuals, technical manuals, diagrams, engineering drawings, diagnostic computer information and schematics.

Major Duties:

  • Performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and major repair on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles.
  • Troubleshoots, repairs and overhauls major systems to include internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automatic and non- automatic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls.
  • Repairs a variety of complex major systems to include engines, cross drive or similar multi-system transmissions and a variety of intricate fuel injection systems.
  • Troubleshoots equipment and diagnoses the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory check.
  • Removes and disassembles engines and complex major assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/4/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/5/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MO-12878379-AR-26-021