Summary
About the position: This position will be assigned to the Aero Club on Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
Incumbent may be required to work Monday - Sunday, days and evenings.
Physical Efforts: Requires frequent standing, bending, stooping, crawling, and working on and under small aircraft and working in tight spaces in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts parts and equipment that weigh up to 20lbs and occasionally may lift and carry items that weigh about 50lbs.
Clarification from the agency
Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualifications section.
Duties
The primary purpose of this position is to maintain Aero Club aircraft in a safe and operational condition.
- Makes repairs to a variety of systems, assemblies, and surfaces such as hydraulic, oil, fuel, and pressurization systems, landing gear assemblies, ailerons, and flaps.
- Uses test stands and cockpit gauges, instruments, and controls as well as visual checks to trouble shoot (trace and locate) defects and determine the type and extent of repair needed.
- Install, aligns, and adjust whole new systems, assemblies and surfaces as needed, or repairs them by installing and adjusting all defective components and parts such as complete cable riggings, rubber pedals, pump controls.
- Connects up related systems, such as hydraulic and cable systems, to newly-installed or repaired units, and makes adjustments to the units and their related mechanisms that assure their proper operation.
- Taxi or tows aircraft to and from maintenance facilities.
- Select tools, test equipment, decides on methods and techniques to use, and carries out assignments with little or no check during their process or upon completion.
- Obtain repair parts or new components and assemblies such as fuel and oil line connections to fittings, cable linkages, and spark plug cables and harnesses, by looking up replacement information in parts manuals, computer data bases, and by making visual comparisons with samples.
- Cleans, washes, and wax aircraft. Maintains tool and work areas in a clean, orderly, and safe condition.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
This is an Intermittent position that comes with no benefits. If you are interested in a Regular Full Time Aircraft Engine Mechanic position, please apply to: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/748715300
If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12305225
Conditions of Employment
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.
- This position requires the incumbent to complete a pre-employment Physical Examination and one every three years thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position requires the incumbent to work shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations.
- This position requires the incumbent to have an FAA Airframe and Powerplant license.
- This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
- This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
Qualifications
The Area of Consideration for this vacancy announcement is US Citizens and legal US residents within a 100 mile radius of Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Recruitment limited only to the local commuting area of Holloman AFB. USAJobs profile address must reflect an address within a 100 mile radius of Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date, 08/06/2024
Business Based Action, Military Spouse Preference, Outside Applicant Veteran, Spouse/Widow/Parent of Veteran, and Transition Hiring Preference
In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if the position allows for qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Qualifying Experience:
- Must have technical experience and knowledge of the make-up, operation, and installation of a variety of aircraft systems, assemblies, and surfaces such as fuel hydraulic systems, landing gear assemblies, and surfaces that can be repaired through replacement of new parts and components, and the types and extent of adjustment and alignment required.
- Must have full knowledge of equipment, and tools and cockpit instruments and controls.
- Must have skill in the removal, replacement, and adjustment of various systems, assemblies, and surfaces or any of their components and parts.
- Must have skill in connecting, meshing, aligning, and adjusting the surfaces, assemblies, and systems with one another, for example, mashing the propeller assembly with the engine, hooking up and adjusting fuel and oil systems for proper flow, injection, and pressure, and setting engine timing.
- Must have recent experience (in accordance with 14 CFR 65.83) that demonstrates the ability to perform maintenance on a variety of General Aviation (GA) aircraft.
- Experience as an instructor is preferred.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your resume and supporting document will be evaluated against the qualifications of the position.
Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination has been made that you have inflated your responses to meet the position's qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.
You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation.
To better expedite the hiring process, we recommend including full contact information (name, address, phone number, email, etc.,) for professional and personal references on your resume.
Required documents may vary based on the eligibility you are claiming (i.e., applying as a Military Spouse Preference - MSP, applying as a veteran, applying as a current federal employees, applying as a displaced employee, etc.,). The below document(s) are required and MUST be submitted with your application by the closing date of this job announcement:
Your resume may be submitted in any format and must support identified the general or specialized experience described in this announcement. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
Other accepted documents to support a qualification and/or claimed preference/priority eligibility may include:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Diploma/ GED
- Disability Letter (VA)
- License
- Other (1)
- Other (2)
- PCS Orders
- Professional Certification
- Proof of Marriage Status
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and supporting documents which prove your claimed eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further.
NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package to include supplemental documents may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.
To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above.
The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 08/06/2024 to receive consideration.
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Next steps
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