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Air National Guard Units AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER (TITLE 32) in Saint Joseph, Missouri
Summary This a National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Position. This position is a Temporary NTE one year, GS-1601-12 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2413000 and is part of the MO 139th Airlift Wing. This is a non-bargaining position. SEE NOTES UNDER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. Responsibilities Assesses the impact of the flying schedule and schedule changes program to ensure that aircraft requirements and configurations can be met. Plans, implements, and executes contingency operations which may require the activation and deployment of aircraft, personnel, and equipment able to respond to dynamic worldwide events. Performs other duties as assigned. Directs overall efforts to ensure readiness of assigned aircraft, personnel, and equipment to meet wartime, day-to-day mission requirements, and any State Active Duty to support State Emergencies. Establishes, reviews, and/or revises policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the assigned staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment. Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the organization to direct flying operations. Directs functions to provide mission generation support by executing on-equipment activities to produce properly configured, mission ready weapon systems to meet contingency and training mission requirements. Constantly exercises conflict-resolution skills to de-conflict flying schedule priorities supporting wing mission requirements, Operations and Maintenance Training requirements, and real-world Air Tasking Order (ATO) commitments. Makes critical decisions involving fleet Urgent and Immediate action Time-Compliance Technical Order aircraft modifications as they affect the flying schedule. Through subordinate functional supervisors, directs and supervises staff and production functions affecting very complex high performance aircraft with a wide variety of high cost, sophisticated systems. Determines goals and objectives for the organization; and reviews, accepts, amends or rejects work which has been accomplished by subordinate supervisors and organizations. Performs duties with the responsibility of the Special Certification Roster (SCR) to ensure accuracy and that a sufficient number of personnel are qualified to perform mission critical tasks. Ensures sufficient numbers of trained personnel on SCR to meet OPLAN, DOC Statement, Unit Type Code (UTC), and day-to-day maintenance taskings and flying commitments. Evaluates subordinate supervisors and reviews evaluations made by subordinate supervisors. Makes and approves selections for subordinate positions. Hears and resolves grievances and serious employee complaints; and reviews serious disciplinary cases and problems involving subordinate employees and determines required action. Collaborates with the Group Commander and other base organizations to plan, develop and implement numerous long term plans Conducts operational planning to provide for an adaptable, agile force able to respond to dynamic contingency and non-contingency worldwide events based on the assigned aircraft and mission sets. Plans and executes the maintenance elements of the flying hour and training program to ensure the Wing can meet contingency and wartime tasking of the aviation element, as well as the Expeditionary Combat Support (ECS). Ensures resources such as facilities, manpower, equipment, communications, technical data, tools, and parts are adequate to meet the unit peacetime and wartime mission. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Selected candidate must currently be assigned to a military unit in the Missouri Air National Guard. Title 32 employees will not be militarily senior to their full-time supervisor (grade inversion). Maximum Military Grade - Capt (O-3) Minimum Military Grade - 2d Lt (O-1) GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience, education or training which has provided you with knowledge of equipment maintenance work, or skill in reading engineering drawings and specifications, using test instruments, making computations and keeping records; and use of computer and automation systems. GS-12 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess 36 months of specialized experience that demonstrates your ability to direct and manage aircraft maintenance personnel, equipment, and overall readiness of assigned resources to meet wartime, day-to-day mission requirements; plan, schedule, and implement a flying program following Operational Risk Management (ORM) concepts; and establish, review, and/or revise policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the assigned staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment. The specialized experience must also indicates your experience that required highly complex, extremely high standards, and inspections often requiring sophisticated testing methods and equipment; experience in meeting rigid requirements established by other sources as to when and how the work will be done; ability to supervise through subordinate supervisors, or the potential to perform such duties as evidenced by the ability to communicate, skill in applying human relations techniques, and knowledge of general supervisor concepts. SPECIALIZED SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience managing the function of the work to be performed that includes the ability to lead, direct and assign work of personnel. Education This job does not have a qualification requirement that allows substitution of education for specialized experience. Additional Information Selective Service Act: If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).