Airport Operations Specialist

**Applications are reviewed regularly. Postings may close prior to the listed date. Individuals are encouraged to apply immediately.**

Performs intermediate work performing tasks related to the safety, security, upkeep, and maintenance of runways, taxiways, aprons, buildings, road, grounds, pavements, and associated areas of the Airport.  Work involves ensuring that facilities are in operational condition at all times and in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety regulations. Tact and diplomacy are required in contacts with pilots, businesses, the general public, employees and local officials and Airport Advisory Council members; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned.

This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to random and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.

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1. Performs inspections of airport infrastructure including runways, taxiways, aprons, fuel facilities, and other areas in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification standards for safety and compliance.
2. Insures and updates Notices to Airmen (NOTAM’s) for the opening, closing, and condition reporting of the airfield as necessary.
3. Performs administrative functions for completing and compiling daily and other inspection forms, operational record keeping, aircraft incident reports, emergency medical responses, wildlife hazard incidents (bird or other animal strikes) to include removal of said wildlife and the issuance of citations and/or warnings.
4. Performs wildlife management control, mitigation, and depredation.
5. Completes written and electronic inspection and correction reports, work logs and reports, and other recording or reporting consistent with work related activity.
6. Conducts compliance checks for transit traffic and month-to-month spaces and documents findings to ensure payment accuracy. 
7. Assists in monitoring, educating, and enforcing tenant/user adherence to Minden-Tahoe Airport Minimum Standards and Rules & Regulations.
8. Performs equipment inspections and preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and vehicles.
9. Works in conjunction with Public Works staff and other outside agencies to remove snow from roadways, parking lots, walkways, and airfield pavements, as well as performing and reporting timely airport surface assessments during periods of inclement winter weather.
10. Interacts with local, state, and federal agencies and performing duties and responsibilities as required by the Airport Emergency Plan during emergency situations.
11. Performs maintenance of runway, taxiway, field lighting systems, signs, and similar work, ensuring compliance with FAA requirements and regulations.
12. Performs duties to monitor and report security regulations, Uniform Fire Code regulations and vehicle operation and parking rules.
13. Escorts and monitors individuals on airfield operations area (OA) in conjunction with special events, outside agency coordination and construction projects.
14. Assists with the general oversight of airport and tenant construction projects for safety and regulatory compliance.
15. Helps plan and perform general maintenance of airport facilities including limited electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, carpentry, painting, equipment repair, landscape and tree maintenance, irrigation control and maintenance, concrete and asphalt maintenance including patching, paving, and crack sealing, manual and automatic gate/lock systems, fence repair, and related work.
16. Operates various types of equipment and vehicles including tractor, backhoe, forklift, bucket lift, paint striping machine, crack sealing equipment, mowers, light and heavy-duty vehicles including dump trucks, as well as light and heavy snow removal vehicles and equipment.
17. Handles inquiries and requests from the public, tenants, and outside agencies with the highest level of customer service and professionalism.
18. Maintains awareness of the current activity in and around the airport boundaries.
19. Uses County vehicle to perform various tasks related to the job duties.
20. Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public. 
21. Contributes effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

• Valid Driver's License
• Airport Access Waiver within 30 days of date of employment

WORKING CONDITIONS

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• This work requires the regular exertion of up to 25 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires standing, walking, sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions; frequently requires climbing or balancing and kneeling or crawling; occasionally requires tasting or smelling.
• Work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to receive detailed information through oral communication and/or to make fine distinctions in sound.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machinery, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, large equipment).
• Work regularly requires working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to extreme heat (non-weather); frequently requires exposure to vibration; occasionally requires exposure to wet/humid conditions (non-weather), working in high/precarious places, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to bloodborne pathogens (may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment).

         ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
2. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
3. Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.  All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment.  Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
4. This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent.  The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Salary : $30 - $42