AIRCRAFT PROPELLER MECHANIC (SMALL SHOP CHIEF) (TITLE 32)

Minimum Requirements: WG – Experience or training that has provided the ability to perform assembly and disassembly operations and make prescribed modifications to aircraft propeller assemblies and their components in accordance with technical specifications, procedures, and requirements. Experience using hand and power tools common to the trade. Specialized Experience Required: To qualify at the WG-11 grade level, your resume must include relevant experience with beginning and ending dates of employment/experience reflecting the following: Experience or training performing standard, routine assembly and disassembly operations and making prescribed modifications to aircraft propellers, assemblies, and accessories. Experience or training performing maintenance overhaul, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of aircraft propellers, components, for rotary wing aircraft. Experience determining maintenance needed from work orders, inspection reports, historical record, and by own diagnosis. Quality of Experience: Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candidates’ experience should be evaluated based on duties performed rather than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compatibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant’s record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position. Military Requirements This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a military assignment in the Texas Army National Guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the Texas Army National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position. Rank: E1/PVT through E9/CSM
This position is with the Houston Army Aviation Support Facility located in Ellington Field JRB, Houston, Texas. The purpose of this position is to serve as shop chief over a small organizational segment in the Logistics function of the Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF)/Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot (AVCRAD), with responsibility for the overall shop operation. Oversees and directs the work of one or more Aircraft Propeller Mechanics, WG-8810-10, who are assigned to the shop.