AU
$32 – $37 / hour
Via USAJOBS, the federal government’s official jobs site, retrieved October 28, 2026. You apply through the official announcement on USAJOBS.
What this role is
This is a position for a skilled tradesperson responsible for inspecting, repairing, and fabricating aircraft structures and components, using metal-working tools and techniques to maintain military aircraft. The role suits someone with hands-on sheet metal experience who can work from technical manuals and blueprints to restore aircraft to original specifications.
Our summary, not Army National Guard Units’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Experience planning, manufacturing, and installing cylindrical, square, or rectangular-shaped objects with single and double-hem edges and seams
- Experience with layout, planning, and construction of items with dovetailed seams, set-in-bottom seams, burred-bottom seams, or wired/lock seams
- Experience using shop tools including metal brakes, power shears, and similar equipment
- Experience working with stainless steel, copper sheet, magnesium, honeycomb material, and alloys
- Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations and precise measuring
- Current membership in the Iowa Army National Guard