SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC LEADER (Title 32)
Army National Guard Units
Posted: February 19, 2026 (1 day ago)
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Army National Guard Units
Department of the Army
Location
Rapid City, South Dakota
Salary
$35.03 - $40.86
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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This job involves troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining a wide range of military vehicles and equipment, including complex systems like engines and transmissions, at a National Guard facility in South Dakota.
The role also includes providing guidance to junior staff and ensuring everything is in top working order for combat and tactical use.
It's a great fit for someone with hands-on mechanical experience who is already a member of the National Guard and enjoys working on heavy machinery.
This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, Position Description Number NGD1195000 and is part of CSMS 2. This is a Title 32, Dual-Status position.
Area(s) of Consideration: - Title 32 Dual Status Technicians (DST): permanent employees (tenure group 1, 2, or 3) of the SDARNG - Title 5 National Guard Employees (NGE): permanent employees (tenure group 1, 2, or 3) with military membership in the SDARNG NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED: This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the National Guard.
Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform. Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: PVT on up to WO1 (Date of rank after 21 NOV 2025). Military grade inversion within the full-time work force is not permitted.
The military grade of the full-time supervisor must equal or exceed the military grade of personnel supervised.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventative maintenance tasks, and is able to use common tools and equipment in the line of work.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 18 months experience or training diagnosing, repairing, overhauling, and modifying more complex vehicles, equipment, and more complicated systems.
Experience which has provided a thorough knowledge of diagnostic equipment.
Experience applying independent judgment in determining methods and techniques required to solve unusually complex maintenance and repair problems.
Experienced in testing, inspecting, and evaluating the work performed on vehicles, equipment and systems.
Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities (KSAs): Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a separate sheet(s) addressing the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) and how they relate to work experience, education or training.
Knowledge of the mechanical makeup, operation, and working relationships of complex interconnecting systems. Skill to diagnose and repair interconnected complex systems.
Skill to repair or overhaul major components (i.e.
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).
Skill to use a variety of test and diagnostics equipment. ** Candidates must possess valid state driver's license. ** Major Duties:
As a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, WG-5801-11, you will: This position is located in the Joint Forces Headquarters-State, Logistics Directorate (J-4), Surface Maintenance Facility.
The purpose of this position is to troubleshoot, repair, maintain, inspect, and/or overhaul a variety of complex combat, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles and equipment having complicated mechanical and non-mechanical systems with a variety of interconnected systems.
Provides technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower grade employees.
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