Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (WS-8801-13)

Air Force Test Center; Edwards Air Force Base (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The Air Force Test Center is seeking a Full-Time Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (WS-8801-13) to work at Edwards AFB, Edwards AFB, CA. The role provides on-equipment maintenance oversight for General Test & Test Aircraft and supervises maintenance teams across multiple flights, ensuring readiness and adherence to safety standards.

Responsibilities include planning maintenance operations for a 40+ technician crew, directing daily tasks, and coordinating with senior leadership on staffing,

Qualifications

• Probationary or trial periods apply per position type.
• Drug testing is required for this role.
• Security clearance: Secret required.
• Driver’s license must be valid.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and PPE use.

Responsibilities

• Plans, estimates, and schedules weekly/monthly aircraft maintenance for a 40+ technician crew.
• Directs daily assignments; provides technical guidance on complex tasks and resolves issues.
• Manages personnel administration, training, promotions, and staffing actions.
• Implements EEO/EQT principles and affirmative action in personnel decisions.
• Ensures security directives, safety, and PPE compliance across work areas.

Skills

Team leadership

Briefings to leadership

Flight test experience

Job description

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• Published Sept. 30, 2026

The Air Force Test Center is looking for a Full-Time Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (WS-8801-13) to work at the 41th Test Wing, 412th Maintenance Group, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 461st Aircraft Maintenance Unit (412 AMXS/MXAD) at Edwards AFB.

The purpose of this position is to provide on-equipment maintenance for General Test & Test Aircraft. To provide on-equipment maintenance supervisor for either the day or swing shift for one of the AMU production elements, which can include several aircraft maintenance flights. To manage, supervise, and technically direct personnel performing aircraft & ordinance system inspections, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, repair, modification, and overhaul of various assigned aircraft and ordinance systems and associated components, including organizational intermediate, and depot level maintenance and Type 2 modifications. May also be required to act as the flights Weapons Manager.

Location: Edwards AFB, CA (Edwards Air Force Base)
Typical 2026 salary range: $65.33 - $76.22 per hour (includes locality)
Telework Information: Position not eligible for telework
Travel Requirements: Up to 25% travel possible
Direct Hire Authority: NO 6-MONTH WAIT! Recently retired and/or retiring from MILITARY service ARE eligible for immediate appointment for AFTC positions. The 180-day waiting period has been waived for AFTC to hire recently retired and/or retiring service members.

Desired Skills

• 2–4 years of experience leading teams, delegating tasks, setting priorities, and contributing to performance feedback processes
• 2–4 years of experience developing and presenting detailed proposals, briefings, and informational documents to senior leadership, Command, and Higher Headquarters.
• 2+ years of developmental and/or operational flight test experience

Major Duties

• Performs work planning responsibilities: Plans, estimates, and schedules weekly and monthly aircraft maintenance operations for a mixed-skill crew of over 40 technicians; establishes deadlines and priorities, allocates personnel and resources to balance workloads, and collaborates with senior leadership to align maintenance capabilities with flying and mission schedules.
• Performs work direction responsibilities: Directs daily assignments and provides technical guidance for complex tasks, actively investigates and resolves productivity or cost issues, and advises leadership on staffing, engineering solutions, and operational delays to maintain mission readiness.
• Performs administration responsibilities: Manages personnel administration by developing performance standards, conducting appraisals, coordinating training and leave schedules, and resolving grievances, while facilitating career development through promotions, reassignments, and strategic position restructuring to maximize workforce efficiency.
• Applies Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Equal Opportunity Treatment (EQT) principles and requirements: Integrates EEO/EQT principles into all personnel management decisions, actively implements affirmative action initiatives, prevents discriminatory practices and sexual harassment, and cooperates fully with official investigations to maintain a fair, equitable, and compliant workplace.
• Ensures education in, compliance with, and practice of security directives, good safety, and health habits in all work areas: Enforces absolute compliance with security directives and occupational safety regulations by immediately reporting classified information violations or physical hazards, while ensuring the mandatory use of personal protective equipment (PPE) across all work areas..

Qualifications/Requirements

• PROBATIONARY PERIOD STATEMENT: (Required) – For All Positions
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period. Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• (NOTE: Typically, the 1-year probationary period is for Competitive Jobs, and 2-year trail period is for Excepted Jobs.)
• Drug Testing: This is a designated Drug Testing Position
• Security Clearance: (Required) Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
• Driver’s License: Must possess a current and valid driver’s license
• Knowledge of a wide range of principles, processes, and techniques of trade(s) and/or craft(s) supervised and personnel management policies, practices, and procedures, including sexual harassment and Equal Employment Opportunity/ Equal Employment Treatment.
• Knowledge of safety regulations, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the use and maintenance of hand and power tools, equipment, and precision measuring and /or test equipment common to trades supervised.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, diagrams, sketches, and technical specifications.
• Ability to plan and organize work assignments to include determining resources required to accomplish mission.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing..
• Knowledge of a wide range of multidisciplinary professional engineering concepts, principles, practices, standards, methods, techniques, materials, and equipment to effectively apply advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts to project development, execution, and advisory services.
• Knowledge of development engineering methodologies sufficient to apply experimental theories and/or new applications to issues and provide technical advice and direction in support of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment.

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