Production Controller (Aircraft) (Title 32) (Indefinite)

Cenith Innovations LLC; Sandston (VA); On-site; USD 64,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Virginia Army National Guard in Sandston, VA is seeking a Production Controller (Aircraft) (Title 32) to analyze the Flying Hour Program, optimize flight schedules, and coordinate maintenance with AASF and supported units, using ULLS-A for logistics data.

This Indefinite/Temporary appointment requires National Guard membership or eligibility, may lead to permanent placement, and includes a Secret clearance, GS-9 level responsibilities, and full-time work with no relocation reimbursement.

Qualifications

• National Guard membership required or eligible for immediate membership.
• Experience developing, organizing and integrating logistic plans for aviation.
• Knowledge of maintenance planning and aircraft readiness improvements.
• Ability to use aviation logistics systems and produce reports.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes Flying Hour Program and optimizes aircraft hours allocation.
• Develops maintenance plans to maximize aircraft readiness.
• Plans schedules of aircraft and hours to meet operational requirements and sets priorities.
• Coordinates with maintenance, unit personnel, and logistics to balance workload and supply.
• Uses ULLS-A to track work orders, inventory and reports.
• Communicates status and provides planning factors for readiness and maintenance progress.

Job description

Summary

This National Guard position is for a Production Controller (Aircraft) (Title 32) (Indefinite), Position Description Number D1064000 and is part of the VA AASF, National Guard.

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Overview

Accepting applications

Open 11/05/2026 to 11/19/2026

Location

1 vacancy in the following location:

Sandston, VA

1 vacancy

No matching locations found.

Work site options

• Telework eligible: No
• Remote job: No
• Relocation expenses reimbursed: No
• Salary: $64,475 - $83,822 per year
• Pay scale & grade: GS 9
• Promotion potential: None
• Work schedule: Full-time
• Travel Required: Not required
• Appointment type: Temporary - Indefinite
• Occupation and job series: 1152 Production Control
• Supervisory status: No
• Federal service type: This job is in the Excepted Service
• Represented by a union: No
• Drug test: No
• Security clearance: Secret
• Financial disclosure required: No

Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number: VA-13108189-AR-27-053

Control number: 891869400

National Guard and reserves

Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members.

Clarification from the agency

Indefinite appointments may be made permanent at a later date without competition.

In order to be eligible for this position you must currently be an Enlisted Member (E1/PVT - E6/SSG) in the Virginia Army National Guard OR Not Currently in the Virginia Army National Guard but you must be willing and eligible to immediately Join the Virginia Army National Guard at one of those military ranks.

Duties

1. Analyzes allocated Flying Hour Program (FHP). Develops plans to optimize execution of flying hours with available resources to satisfy operational and training requirements of the AASF and supported units. Considers Additional Flight Training Periods (AFTP), Multiple and Unit Training Assemblies, Annual Training periods, Mobilization Planning and Training Exercises, and State Emergency Operations in the distribution of aircraft and aircraft hours.
2. Analyzes supported Aviation units' logistics capabilities and training requirements. Develops plans to improve technical proficiency of unit personnel and includes them in the AASF logistics efforts.
3. Develops maintenance plans to maximize AASF services to maintain aircraft readiness. Projects short and long term maintenance requirements. Identifies full-time support and unit personnel capacities and capabilities, annual training schedules, tool and diagnostic test equipment requirements, repair parts, and facilities needed to satisfy operational and training flight requirements.
4. Develops schedules of aircraft and hours to be flown to satisfy the AASF operational aircraft requirements. Recommends priorities for use of aircraft based on operational mission requirements and projected short and long-term maintenance requirements and AASF capabilities.
5. Develops integrated workload schedules and priorities to balance operational and training flying requirements and logistics capabilities. Programs scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements, manpower capabilities and capacities, facilities, repair parts, AASF and Unit operations to meet short and long-term maintenance workloads. Maintains a regular flow of work through the shops.
6. Uses Unit Level Logistics System-Aviation (ULLS-A) to facilitate management of AASF logistics operations. Monitors work order status and repair parts requisitions. Compiles data and analyzes information used in aircraft and logistical reports. Processes both formatted and ad hoc ULLS-A reports for supervisor and/or supported units.
7. Serves as contact point between the Logistics Manager/Supervisory Maintenance Test Pilot and work centers. Provides analytical information for continuous management reviews of aircraft readiness and workload capabilities and capacities. Establishes procedures to identify repeat aircraft discrepancies and trends. Monitors trends and provides planning factors for aircraft availability and maintenance schedule progress. Maintains maintenance priorities by equipment type and unit supported. Reports deviations from plans and consequences of deviations on work schedules. Assists in the resolution of problems encountered between scheduled or unscheduled production requirements. Makes recommendations for adjustments to repair priorities necessitated by changes in operational conditions or unscheduled maintenance-supply requirements.
8. Coordinates Maintenance Test Flights (MTF) and Maintenance Operational Checks (MOC) to ensure optimum availability of ready aircraft.
9. Coordinates and publishes maintenance plans and schedules. Maintains displays of aircraft status, flight requirements, and in-process workload. Prepares forecasts of scheduled and depot maintenance requirements. Prioritizes unscheduled maintenance requirements based on AASF work capabilities and capacities. Maintains maintenance flow charts. Monitors component time change and controlled exchange program.
10. Collects data, processes, and submits Aircraft Inventory Status and Flying Time Report (DA Form 1352) as well as data and information pertaining to Unit Status Reports (USR). Insures information is accurate, complete, and forwarded.
11. Maintains historical documentation and current AASF logistics capabilities and capacities. Compiles data on work processes for quality and quality improvements. Documents AASF productions cost and job standards.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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 trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• This position is not located at a bargaining unit.
• Indefinite appointments may be made permanent at a later date without competition.
• All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs)

Qualifications

NOTE: Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

NOTE: This position serves as a temporary backfill for a deployed technician. Upon the return of the deployed employee, this appointment is subject to termination. While the agency will do its best to identify placement opportunities in available vacancies, continued employment is not guaranteed.

NOTE: All job seekers will be required to limit their resumes to 2 pages in length when applying for job opportunity announcements (JOAs)

NOTE: This position is being advertised as an indefinite appointment and applicant selected may be released at any time subject to a 30 day notice, and advised of his/her rights and benefits to which entitled. In the event a permanent employee is accepted for this indefinite position, there will be a change in their tenure from permanent to indefinite. Indefinite appointments may be made permanent at a later date without competition.

WHO CAN APPLY

• GROUP I - All qualified Male/Female Enlisted Member (E1/PVT - E6/SSG) currently employed (permanent) in the Virginia Army National Guard Military Technician Program.
• GROUP II - All qualified Virginia Army National Guard Male/Female Enlisted Member (E1/PVT - E6/SSG), regardless of employment status (Traditional, Military Technician or AGR). To be considered as a Group II applicant, proof of appointment/enlistment in the Virginia National Guard must be attached if the appointment/enlistment occurred within 60 days prior to, or during, the advertisement period.
• GROUP III - Individuals eligible for membership in the Virginia Army National Guard.

MILITARY GRADES

Enlisted Member (E1/PVT - E6/SSG)

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Applicant must have experience developing, organizing, and integrating plans, schedules and resources for logistic support of aviation and unit maintenance operations.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Applicant have at least 12 months specialized experience, education, or training, equivalent to at least the GS-07 level, or equivalent pay band in other pay systems in the Federal government? This experience may also have been obtained in the private sector but must demonstrate that it is comparable to the GS grade indicated. This experience must include activities such as:

1. Experience analyzing supported Aviation units' logistics capabilities and training requirements.
2. Experience developing plans to improve technical proficiency of unit personnel and includes them in the aviation logistics efforts.
3. Experience maintaining historical documentation and current Aviation logistics capabilities and capacities and compiling data on work processes for quality and quality improvements.
4. Experience identifying full-time support and unit personnel capacities and capabilities, annual training schedules, tool and diagnostic test equipment requirements, repair parts, and facilities needed to satisfy operational and training flight requirements.

Education

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov).

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Required documents

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

• Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures.

Other supporting documents: Most recent SF50 for current Federal Technicians.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Agency contact information

VaARNG Tech Jobs HRO

Phone [phone]

Email [e-mail]

Address VA AASF

700 Portugee Rd

Sandston, VA 23150

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Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

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