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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR
Army National Guard Units · Posted 60 days ago
On-site Columbus, OH $32.9 – $38.4/hr Apply by Aug 16, 2026 Miscellaneous Transportation/Mobile Equipment Maintenance ESTPISTP Trades
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This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR, Position Description Number D1285000 and is part of the OH G4 SMO CSMS, Ohio Army National Guard. The purpose of the position is to serve as an inspector of surface maintenance equipment to ensure that physical and operating characteristics are within acceptable standards and specifications. Duties involve complex inspection work that requires a wide variety of inspection processes and techniques.
What You'll Do
- →May also inspect heavy artillery, small arms, powered support and other equipment or components of equal or lesser complexity.
- →May assist higher-graded inspectors to perform inspections on equipment repairs.
- →(2) Inspects complex, interrelated mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electronic and electrical systems, equipment and their components while in operation or in a standby condition.
- →Inspects and performs tests to braking, steering, and differential systems, which are mechanically integrated with the transmission; to large engines, which directly power multiple hydraulic and pneumatic systems; to intricate fuel injection systems; to turret stabilization systems; and to other systems combined in a single, complex mechanical assembly.
- →Uses specially designed testing methods and test equipment such as computerized test sets, precision gauges, electronic sensors, injector test stands, engine scopes, etc., to assure that tolerance and safety factors have been met.
- →(3) Inspects equipment to determine repairs needed.
- →Utilizes established Maintenance Expenditure Limits (MEL) to evaluate economic feasibility of repair(s).
- →Considers a variety of factors such as cost and availability of parts, man-hours, and impact of time constraints on the mission to assess whether repair is economical.
- →Recommends to a higher echelon to condemn equipment when the repair costs exceed the established MEL.
- →Prepares lists of needed repairs, parts, and man-hours authorized.
- →Performs in-process inspections to assure that equipment is being repaired in accordance with pertinent requirements.
- →Performs final inspection, certifying that equipment is in satisfactory operating condition, or rejects the work and returns the equipment to the repair shop with specific reports prescribing additional repairs.
- →(4) Serves as inspector on Command Maintenance Evaluation Teams (COMET) and/or as a member of Maintenance Assistance and Instruction Teams (MAIT).
- →(5) Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.
Requirements
- ✓Ohio Army National Guard Membership is required.
- ✓Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement.
- ✓This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
- ✓Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership.
- ✓If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Army National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
- ✓Military Grades: E-4 through CW2
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9658d72a-1a87-4b4e-8ddb-72cd422fd821
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