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Surface Maintenance Mechanic Leader (D1288000)
Army National Guard Units · Mayaguez, Puerto Rico · Closes in 9 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: National Guard and reserves, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a Puerto Rico Army National Guard member or be eligible to join the Guard immediately. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or owe allegiance to the U.S.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience in job series 5801 (miscellaneous transportation and mobile equipment maintenance), or 24 months of specialized experience. Specialized experience includes assigning work orders, checking completed work, and repairing diesel or gasoline engines, transmissions, hydraulic systems, and electrical systems. National Guard military service counts as full-time experience if it relates to the job.

Education: There are no educational requirements for this position at this time. General experience can also come from education or training that shows you know how to use common tools and do simple preventive maintenance.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid Puerto Rico State driver's license to operate government vehicles

Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.

2 Resume and documents

Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Online USAJOBS resume in English, no more than two pages, showing work schedule, hours per week, and month and year dates Online occupational questionnaire (mandatory) SF-50 if you are a permanent or indefinite PRARNG employee DD 214, NGB Form 23, or 22A if you are a current or former PRARNG member with an honorable or general discharge under honorable conditions PRARNG Military Basic Requirements (MBR) certification if you are not a permanent employee or traditional PRARNG soldier Official transcript showing any degree, if you use education to qualify

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.

How they rate you: Your resume and questionnaire are checked against each other. If you rate yourself higher than your resume supports, your responses may be adjusted or you may be excluded. Copying text from the job announcement into your resume is plagiarism and will disqualify you.

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4 After you apply

In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.

For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.

If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Describe your experience in your own words and do not copy text from the announcement, or you will be disqualified.
If you are not a PRARNG member, call (787) 289-1400 ext. 2015 or 2008 to request the MBR certification before applying, or your application will not be screened.
Make sure your resume shows your work schedule, hours per week, and month and year dates for each job.

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