THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1727000 and is part of the PA 171st Air Refueling Wing, National Guard. 1 or more Position(s) may be hired against this Announcement. Accessioning will not occur until 1 October 2024

Duties

As a Supervisory Aircraft Survival Flight Equipment Specialist GS-1601-11, you will exercise overall functional and management responsibility for the Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment Function. Supervise the function either directly or through Small Shop Chief(s). Ensure required operations support is provided through accomplishment of the following responsibilities: identify development and sustainment needs and coordinates facility requirements which support aircrew life-saving, rescue and recovery, and secure-communications equipment, ensure Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) equipment is inventoried and scheduled for calibration cycles (i.e., Survival Radio, Beacon, Strobe Light, Night Vision Goggle (NVG) testers), forecast and validates munitions authorizations and allocations, manage activities of handling/shipping/storing/ordering of multiple hazardous materials, manage a comprehensive mobility package to sustain bare-base operations (60 days) and contingency operations (120 days) for deployed locations under routine and surge conditions, develop and oversee strict compliance with safety, fire, security, and housekeeping regulations, and develop and manage operational security programs to include training, certification, and remedial action when required. Perform material, fiscal, and facility resource management responsibilities. Serves as the unit Resource Advisor (RA). Provide oversight of the formal academic instruction, and serves as an academic instructor for unit aircrew members, Department of Defense personnel, foreign nationals, dignitaries, civilian aircrew and search-rescue agencies. Perform other duties as assigned.

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.

Qualifications

APPOINTMENT STATUS: EXCEPTED This is a Dual Status Excepted Service Technician position in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Non-bargaining Position AOC 1: NG Employees at the 171st Air Refueling Wing Military Grades: ENLISTED: E7 - E9 Supervisor for this position is Lt Col Hurbanek Manpower #00854762 *NOTE: Accessioning into this position is contingent upon verification of Secret Security Clearance *NOTE: If you're a new supervisor in the Federal Government civil service, you may have to complete a one-year probationary period. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training which has provided the applicant with a knowledge of equipment maintenance work, or skill in reading engineering drawings and specifications, using test instruments, making computations, and keeping records. Experience using computer and automation systems. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience in applying principles, concepts, and methods of equipment, facility, or service operations sufficient in planning assignments. Experience using well-established occupational methods and techniques to determine facility, grounds, equipment overhaul, maintenance, restoration, repair needs, etc. Experience in determination of resource needs, allocation of resources, and budgeting/funding needs. Experience in human resources management policy matters affecting the entire organization, with personnel actions affecting key employees to include experience coordinating work forces and resources and negotiating with management or clients concerning problems. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel. QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE: Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candidates' experience should be evaluated on the basis of 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, training, and education must show possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position to be filled. SPECIAL NOTE: Per the Merit Promotion and Placement Plan (MPP) if there are more than 15 qualified applicants for each position, by category, a KSA board will be convened in accordance with Chapter 4 of the MPP. PCS STATEMENT: PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION COSTS WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THIS POSITION The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is a diverse team of professionals who strengthen our commonwealth by serving our veterans and partners while preparing military personnel to safeguard our way of life. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors. Applicants that are currently in an AGR status who wish to request to move their AGR resource to this position upon selection, must submit a "Request for AGR Resource Realignment" memo with their application. A template for the memo can be found at: https://armyeitaas.sharepoint-mil.us/:w:/r/sites/NGPA-HRO/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7B2CACE53F-3CEC-4838-973F-461645D1B3A1%7D&file=Template%20-%20Request%20for%20AGR%20Resource%20Realignment.docx&action=default&mobileredirect=true

Education

There is no educational substitute for this position.

Contacts

• Address PA 171st Air Refueling Wing 300 Tanker Road Coraopolis, PA 15108-4218 US
• Name: HRO Staffing Pennsylvania
• Phone: 717-861-8564
• Email: [email protected]