Assist with labor tasks including construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings and learns to operate all types of equipment for Harrisburg International Airport, a commercial service small hub airport that serves approximately 1.4 million passengers annually as well as Capital City, Gettysburg and Franklin County Regional Airports. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform basic maintenance duties, such as painting, drywall repair, simple plumbing, tile repair, and laying carpet.
• Perform some basic carpentry and mechanical tasks. 
• Operate small truck-mounted snowplows and small walk-behind snow removal equipment as well as trains on snow removal techniques and equipment.
• Comply with all SARAA directives, including safety standards. 
• Performs complementary customer service functions consistent with Airport Customer Service Standards.
• Performs any other reasonable duty or assignment delegated by proper authority.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

Must have a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED). Must be able to pass FAA required training as required. 

Required Licenses, Certificates, Conditions:

A valid PA driver’s license with a good driving record or ability to obtain PA license within 30 days of hire date. Ability to pass a 10-year background and criminal investigation in order to be issued Airport Identification Badge.

Cognitive Tasks:

Ability to comprehend, retain, and follow oral and written instructions. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.

Physical Demands:

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, and feel, reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, talk, hear, taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus and be able to distinguish full visual color spectrum. May be required to wear a respirator or other protective clothing in the performance of assigned tasks. Must be able to work in confined spaces, and heights. Must be able to work around all type of insects. Requires working with hazardous materials on occasions.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. 

Language and Communication Skills:

Must be able to read, write, and communicate effectively in the English language. Regularly communicates with supervisors, co-workers, FAA tower operators, other departments, contractors, and consultants. Uses ground and maintenance radio communication equipment requiring correct terminology and ability to speak clearly and concisely in English.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to perform basic math skills.

Computer Skills:

Basic skills preferred.

The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) is the governing authority of the Harrisburg International Airport (HIA), Capital City Airport, Franklin County Regional Airport, and Gettysburg Regional Airport in south-central Pennsylvania. HIA is a small hub commercial airport that serves approximately 1.4 million passengers annually and also three general aviation airports. 

Our Mission is provide safe, convenient, and affordable airports connecting Central Pennsylvania to the world 

We're always looking for great people to join our team at SARAA. To help make sure our employees are always prepared for our ever-changing business environment, we continually invest in their training.