AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Duties

DUTY 1: Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the squadron. Manages assigned maintenanceresources and ensures production meets operational requirements and technical standards.
DUTY 2: Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities to include personnel and positionmanagement, equal opportunity, security, and safety. Advises employees regarding policies, procedures anddirectives of management.
DUTY 3: Represents organization with a variety of installation and functional area organizations.Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external customers.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must be a current member of the AF Reserves or willing/qualified to join
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance.
• If authorized, PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• Total salary varies depending on location of position
• This posn is subject to provision of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Must sign a mobility agreement
• This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
• Employee must maintain current certifications
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
• This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) Officer position located at 442 MAINTENANCE SQ with the Military Rank: Lt Col/O-5, AFSC: 021A3
• TERM NTE 30 SEP 2027
• This is a supervisory position. A 1 year supervisory probationary period is required if applicant selected has not previously met this requirement.
• Position is Centrally Managed, Centrally Funded PCS is authorized. Gaining unit will pay PCS expenses for this position.
• Incentive for prior work or active-duty experience to determine leave accrual may be authorized upon request.

Qualifications

THIS IS AN AIR RESERVE TECHNICIAN OFFICER POSITION.
This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) Officer position located at 442 MAINTENANCE SQ with the Military Rank: Lt Col/O-5, AFSC: 021A3.
For questions concerning military eligibility please contact the Air Force Reserve Qualification Center at 1-800-257-1212.

In order to qualify, you must meet the special experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade or equivalent which includes the planning, directing, organizing, coordinating maintenance activities and funding of aircraft maintenance functions and comprehensive and detailed knowledge of aircraft maintenance functions. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the GS-11 or above grade/ level or equivalent position in the federal service.

Federal Time-In-Grade (TIG) Requirement for General Schedule (GS) Positions: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade level or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate pay system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

Broad knowledge of aircraft maintenance management practices, procedures and organizational and mission requirements; capabilities and limitations.

Knowledge of basic operating principles of assigned aircraft systems and components; basic munitions, munitions procedures and quality assurance and other unit operations.

Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.

Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an organization through subordinate supervisors.

Ability to analyze, plan, and adjust work operations of one or more organizational segments to meet program requirements and objectives within available resources.

Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.

Knowledge of maintenance information systems.

Knowledge and ability to interpret instructions, specifications, technical orders, publications and operating procedures.

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS: Incumbent works under the direction of the Senior ART/Group Commander who delegates areas of responsibility and is available for consultation when controversies arise. Incumbent independently plans, organizes, and directs the work of the squadron to achieve organizational goals and objectives, meet customer needs, and ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and higher headquarters policies and directives. Work is reviewed in terms of overall mission support and attainment of organizational goals.

Other significant facts pertaining to this position are:

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. The incumbent is required to meet and maintain Air Force
Reserve requirements. Work schedule will be aligned to allow incumbent to fully participate in unit training
assemblies (UTA). The incumbent's regular assignments are ART duties; however, the incumbent may be assigned
some non-ART duties, generally not to exceed 30 percent of total responsibilities. May be required to fly in
commercial and military aircraft to perform temporary/permanent duty assignments.

AFRC command-wide geographic mobility is a condition of employment for all ART officer positions.

May act in the absence of higher level supervisor up to and including the Group Commander.

This is a key management position in which the incumbent is required to formulate, determine or influence training
policies of the unit to which assigned. This is a designated key position in accordance with HQ AFRC/DPCS
Attachment 17 to the guideline FPM 930-71; the term "key' as it is used here relates to the ART program that
defines the position as critical to the unit's mobilization capability and has no relationship to the term "key" as
defined in AFI 36-507.

This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air
Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice
drug testing. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of
the Air Force, national security, and public safety.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
RETIRED MILITARY ARE USUALLY INELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE AIR FORCE RESERVE. RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO HAVE ACTIVE AIR FORCE RESERVE ASSIGNMENTS MAY APPLY PROVIDED THEY SHOW ASSIGNMENT (POSITION AND UNIT) ON THEIR APPLICATION.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Current Federal Civilian employees may apply for temporary and term positions and if selected, a break in service may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicant Eligible: PPP Applicants, if determined well qualified and selected, will be placed at the at the full performance level. You must include the applicable completed copy of the PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility as a PPP Applicant. Click to obtain/download a copy of the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist (DD3145-1 through DD3145-4, select the appropriate checklist for your claimed preference). To determine the applicable PPP Self-Certification Checklist required to substantiate the eligibilities you are claiming, refer to the AF Civilian Employment Eligibility Guide located in the Required Documents section of this vacancy announcement.

Incentives: Recruitment and/or retention incentives may or may not be used.

is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click

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