Aviation Service Worker

Aviation Service Worker

The purpose of this position is to provide general maintenance and services to the airport.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs aviation work by directing aircraft, fueling and towing aircraft, securing and tying down aircraft, performing aircraft lavatory services, and maintaining cleanliness in aircraft areas.
• Receives, inspects and processes aviation fuel deliveries
• Provides vehicle maintenance by performing inspections and ensuring proper preventative maintenance on motor vehicles, ground equipment and landscaping equipment.
• Performs landscaping maintenance by mowing and treating grass, repairing fencing, performing trenching, digging, and concrete work.
• Assists in airfield maintenance by maintaining the proper state of runways and taxiways and maintaining proper wiring connections for directional and obstruction lights.
• Performs building maintenance by engaging in remodeling projects and providing janitorial services.
• Performs quality control for fuel farm and refuelers including maintaining daily, monthly, and annual inspections of aviation fuels and providing sampling and testing of tanker truck deliveries.

Supplemental Functions:

• Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge:

• Aircraft towing procedures and practices;
• Cleaning procedures and practices;
• Aircraft fueling practices

Licensing and Certifications:

• Valid North Carolina Driver's License
• Must pass a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Threat Assessment and 10 year Criminal History Records Check clearances upon employment

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Incumbents are required to obtain the following certification within 6 months of hire:

• NATA Safety 1 Training

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, bending, crouching, hearing, twisting, talking.
• Heavy Work: Exerting 50-100 pounds occasionally, 25-50 pounds frequently, or from 10 up to 20 pounds constantly.
• Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, noise and vibration, physical hazards.

Required Skills:

• Towing aircraft;
• Fueling aircraft;
• Maintaining runways;
• Testing fuels;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Required Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalency; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.