SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Jobs

Surface Maintenance MechanicThis is a National Guard Title 32 excepted service position. This National Guard position is for a Surface Maintenance Mechanic, Position Description Number D1194000 and is part of the MD FMS 5, National Guard. Accepting applications open 09/30/2026 to 10/30/2026.

Location:
Edgewood, MD. No matching locations found. Work site options: Telework eligible: No. Remote job: No. Relocation expenses reimbursed: No.

Salary:
$24.50
- $40.55 per hour. Pay scale & grade: WG 5
- 10. Promotion potential: 10. Occupations and job series: 5801 Miscellaneous Transportation/Mobile Equipment Maintenance. Supervisory status: No. Federal service type: This job is in the Excepted Service. Represented by a union: No. Drug test: Yes. Security clearance: Secret. Position sensitivity and risk: Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk. Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job. Background check type: Suitability/Fitness. Financial disclosure required: No. Announcement number: MD-13078476-AR-26-157. Control number: 886858400. This job is open to Help National Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.
Duties: The purpose of this position is to perform maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, inspection, and/or overhaul of a variety of combat, tactical, commercial, and special purpose vehicles and equipment. This position is responsible for the following duties: Troubleshoots, performs maintenance and major repairs on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical and automotive vehicles. Troubleshoots, repairs and overhauls major systems to include internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automatic and non-automatic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls. Troubleshoots equipment and diagnoses the cause of mechanical failures by means of visual and auditory checks and/or uses test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers, voltmeters, ohmmeters, pressure gauges, and computer diagnostic tools. Conducts readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associated equipment. Performs operational inspections and ensures vehicles and equipment are properly serviced, including brake adjustments, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, cleaning, etc., and performs other preventive maintenance operations as required. Assists in the maintenance of production reports and records, and makes recommendations to the supervisor. Plans, organizes, and performs technical analyses as required or assigned. Makes recommendations to the supervisor as to adjustments necessary to effectively, efficiently and economically accomplish the work and maximize production. Performs 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. Must be able to obtain a Secret Security Clearance within one year of appointment.

Qualifications:
Military Grade: E1
- E8. This is a career ladder position. Applicants may be selected at any level advertised in the vacancy announcement. If selected below the full performance level, employees may be non-competitively promoted up to the full performance level upon verification of qualifications and management concurrence. General

experience:
Experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of equipment to be able to do routine jobs, simple preventative maintenance tasks, and can use common tools and equipment in the line of work. Specialized

experience:
WG-05
- Experience or training using common hand tools in making repetitive repairs under close supervision. Experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the simpler and routine duties of the trade. WG-08
- Experience or training using common hand and power tools and a small variety of test and measurement devices to make mechanical repairs. Experience removing, adjusting, replacing, cleaning, and installing a variety of parts, components, and accessories. Experience which demonstrates a basic understanding of mechanical, ele