91L Construction Vehicle Repairer

About the role

If you’ve ever considered a career in maintaining heavy machinery, join the Army National Guard as a Construction Vehicle Repairer and help pave the way for success. In this role, you will maintain trucks, bulldozers, power shovels, and other heavy equipment needed for construction operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain trucks, bulldozers, power shovels, and other heavy equipment needed for construction operations.
• Maintain and replace brake actuators, batteries, starter motors, alternators, mechanical fuel pumps, and hydraulic cylinders.
• Adjust engine speed governor/valves, carburetors, dry-disc clutches, steering brakes, and fuel injector racks.
• Charge suspension accumulators, transmission shift accumulators, and main hydraulic accumulators.
• Troubleshoot problems in vehicle engines, electrical systems, steering, brakes, and suspensions.
• Tune up and repair engines.
• Replace or repair damaged body parts, hydraulic arms, shovels, and grader blades.
• Establish and follow maintenance schedules.

Qualifications

• Service drive shafts, universal joints, service brake shoes, water pumps, and turbochargers.
• Maintain and replace cylinder heads, high-pressure fuel injection pumps, and road wheels.
• Troubleshoot hydraulic systems.

Skills

• Interest in math, electricity, and shop mechanics.
• Interest in electric motors and appliances.

Benefits

• Paid training
• A monthly paycheck
• Montgomery GI Bill
• Federal and State tuition assistance
• Retirement benefits for part-time service
• Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
• 401(k)-type savings plan
• Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans)
• Health care benefits available
• VA home loans
• Bonuses, if applicable

Requirements

• Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
• Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
• Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
• Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
• Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details)

Age Requirements

• Must be between the ages of 17 and 35