Airport Maintenance And Operations Speci

Airport Maintenance and Operations Specialist

Full-time opportunities available in Chicopee, MA 01022. Preferred 1-3 years of experience. Valid driver's license required.

Major responsibilities include:

• Shifts include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Eligible applicants must have a flexible schedule.
• Drives fuel trucks and ground support vehicles to service aircraft.
• Marshalls and tows aircraft.
• Assists all aircraft crews and passengers by courteously providing the services they may require, including cargo and baggage handling.
• Conducts inspections of runways, taxiways, aprons, and other aeronautical areas to ensure compliance with applicable 150 Series Advisory Circulars (ACs), federal and state regulations, and the Airport Certification Manual.
• Reports unsafe conditions and initiates corrective actions to mitigate hazards.
• Conducts airfield fuel inspections per 14 CFR Part 139.321, NFPA 407, and local codes. Recommends corrective actions and enforces regulations. Ensures required fueling training is properly recorded and maintained.
• Monitors construction personnel and activities on and near the airport operation area to ensure a safe operating environment. Ensures compliance with AC 150/5370-2, Operational Safety on Airports During Construction.
• Prepares and maintains inspection reports and operations logs utilizing computer and/or written formats.
• Maintains the cleanliness and maintenance of the areas in and about the company's facilities including hangar floors, shops, maintenance areas, employee locker rooms, lavatories, and performs trash removal as required.
• Assists with snow removal as required.
• Completes necessary receipts, fuel tickets, credit card, in-house accounts, and records.
• Performs passenger services for charter flight.
• De-ices aircraft in accordance with specified standards.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Unique Expertise:

• Must pass airfield driving test and obtain Airfield License.
• Ability to communicate clearly on a two-way radio.

Physical Requirements:

• This position requires strenuous lifting and pulling fuel hoses (75-80 lbs.), climbing and standing on step ladders while connecting fueling hoses overhead, and bending and stooping to manipulate hoses and connect aircraft tow bars.

Shifts include evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Eligible applicants must have a flexible schedule.

Legal Requirements:

• All candidates/employees hold and maintain a valid driver's licenses, pass a 10-year criminal background check including fingerprints and monthly TSA background vetting. All candidates/employees must pass a pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Proprietary Requirements:

• In this position, you're required to work in and around executive passengers, situations, offices where confidential information is discussed and stored. The employee in this classification is trusted to maintain absolute confidence about any documents observed or conversations overheard.

Compensation:

• This is an hourly position offering overtime opportunities. Compensation will be based on experience. (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer