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SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR
Army National Guard Units · Posted 33 days ago
On-site Havre de Grace, MD $36.5 – $42.6/hr Apply by Sep 13, 2026 Miscellaneous Transportation/Mobile Equipment Maintenance ESTPISTP Trades
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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC INSPECTOR, Position Description Number D1285000 and is part of the MD CSMS, National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →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.
- →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.
- →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.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
- ✓If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
- ✓This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
- ✓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.
- ✓Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
- ✓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 probationary period.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓Must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance within one year of appointment.
- ✓This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.
- ✓An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
- ✓Ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
Personality Fit
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