Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Position : Airport Operations & Maintenance Specialist

Department : Airport

Employment Status : Permanent - Full Time - Non-Exempt

Schedule : Workdays and shifts vary based on coverage. Example shifts are listed below.

5:00a.m. - 1:30p.m.,

7:00a.m. - 3:30p.m.,

1:00p.m. - 9:30p.m.,

3:30p.m. - 12:00a.m.

Compensation : Grade 4; Salary range starting at $19.34/hour

Position Summary:

The Airport Operations & Maintenance Specialist works to ensure the safety, security, and maintenance of Airport grounds, equipment, buildings, and facilities, and provides oversight and direction of other staff as needed. The employee responds to Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) situations. The employee is cross trained to perform all Fixed Based Operator (FBO) services as a backup to FBO staff. This cross training includes providing excellent customer service to all airport users including pilots, passengers, tenants, the general public, and fueling and servicing aircraft.

Essential Duties:

• Must be able to perform all the essential duties of the FBO Services Agent/Airport Operations Agent position.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly inspections of equipment, facilities, and airport environment to maintain compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Verify documentation of required inspections, training, and maintenance activities.
• Maintain inventory of all products, tools, and equipment.
• Repair and maintain all runway and taxiway environments.
• Repair and maintain Airport hangars and other buildings.
• Repair and maintain Airport roads and grounds.
• Repair and maintain Airport equipment and vehicles.
• Repair and maintain access controls.
• Ensure cleanliness of all airport-owned buildings as necessary.
• Work independently and in teams.
• Provide oversight and direction of others as needed.
• Perform all duties while providing excellent customer service to all guests.
• Perform all duties in compliance with Federal, City, and Airport policies, rules, and regulations.
• Perform all other work-related duties as requested and assigned by the Airport Director or his/her designee.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Working Conditions:

• The position includes regular exposure to particularly physically demanding, unpleasant, strenuous, odorous, and/or hazardous elements such as inclement weather, operation of heavy equipment, etc.
• The work environment may be inside or outside. Conditions encountered may include dirt, dust, noise, fumes, low/high temperatures, severe precipitation, wind hazards, vibration, etc. Hazardous conditions may include working from ladders, elevated locations, mechanical hazards, airport traffic hazards, and electrical/fire hazards, potentially explosive materials, and aircraft accidents/incidents that may require an ARFF response.
• Employees must work as part of a twenty-four-hour, day-to-day operation to ensure the safety and security of all individuals and aircraft using the Airport facilities.
• Employees must be available to work different shifts as may be assigned and be able to respond to the airport for call outs for aircraft servicing and maintenance of property.

Physical Requirements:

• The performance of job duties may require repeated standing, sitting, climbing, bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, crawling, and, occasionally, prolonged standing or visual concentration.
• Daily operations may require unaided lifting of objects weighing as much as fifty (50) pounds, with occasional lifting of more than one hundred (100) pounds.
• The employee spends the majority of work time using equipment and tools requiring fine hand-eye coordination.

Use of Technology & Equipment

• Daily use of computers for data entry and use of the telephone, radios, fax machine, copier, etc.
• Daily use of light equipment such as push mowers, trimmers, pole saws, janitorial equipment, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing tools for routine maintenance of facilities, equipment, and machinery, etc.
• Daily use of hand tools, power tools, etc. for maintenance and repair of equipment and buildings.
• Regular use of larger equipment such as tractors, mowers, snowplows, snow blowers, etc.

Contact and Supervision:

Contact:

• Position involves frequent internal and external contact, but generally only on routine matters such as providing or obtaining information.

Supervision :

• This position reports to the Airport Operations & Facilities Maintenance Supervisor.
• This position does not supervise any employees.

The City of Morgantown is and Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• High School degree or equivalent (GED)

Certification/License:

• Valid Driver's License
• Must be able to obtain ARFF certification for Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue (ARFF) within 6 months of employment.
• Must be able to obtain CPR & First Aid certification within 6 months of employment.

Experience:

• At least two (2) years of relevant experience.
• Operations of various hand and power tools as well as large equipment.

Other:

• Must be able to pass a 10-year TSA background check.
• Must possess effective and efficient communication skills, both oral and written.

Preferred Qualifications

• More than one (1) year of relevant experience, specifically in equipment or facilities maintenance.
• Previous experience in airport air/land side operations.
• Current CPR and first aid training and/or certificates.
• Previous customer service experience.

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