Airport Operations Agent (Airside)

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or GED. Must be currently employed by Miami-Dade County as an Airport Operations Specialist, Airport Attendant, Airport Noise Abatement Officer or Airport Public Service Assistant with permanent status and one year of continuous acceptable full-time service in one of the above job classifications. Must have achieved an overall rating of satisfactory or above on the performance evaluation covering the most recent rating period. Must obtain the FAA Part 139 Training and Certification within the probationary period or within one year if assigned to Airside Operations Division. Applicants qualifying for employment with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department will be subject to extensive security screening, including but not limited to fingerprint checks, employment verification and such other procedures as may be mandated by federal law. The security clearance required by the federal law is a continuing condition of employment.

Recruitment Notes

This is specialized independent operational and service work monitoring the operations and maintenance of airfield facilities, performing operational and service functions in the airfield operating areas, and involving a considerable amount of public contact for the airfield operations areas on an assigned rotating shift at Miami International Airport. Employees in this class are responsible for performing a variety of tasks at Miami International Airport (MIA) on the airfield and administrative areas. This is to assist in the safe, secure, well-managed and well-maintained operation of MIA, for the convenience of passengers, the public and MIAs tenants. Duties include conducting periodic inspections of the runways, taxiways, and ramp areas to detect hazardous conditions; inspection of aircraft parking areas to determine fees and charges; monitoring usage of airport facilities to ensure compliance with operating rules, regulations, lease agreements and MIAs Standards; planning and assigning aircraft parking gates and remote aircraft parking spots for arriving international, domestic, commercial and charter flights; entering gate assignment information into the Flight Information Display System (FIDS); performing pushback control in one of three (3) control towers to approve the movement of aircraft in the non-movement area; working in a very stressful environment due to intense multi-tasking and coordination; other duties may include assisting in crowd control, enforcing departmental regulations providing directions and information to airport users, enforcing compliance with airport operation area regulations; enforcement of Chapter 25. An additional responsibility includes supplementing police enforcement activities through the issuance of Civil Violation Notices and or Safety Violation Notices to offenders of Chapter 25 rules and regulations; providing assistance, directions and information to passengers, visitors and tenants; and preparing a variety of reports of operational and administrative activities; inspecting aircraft parking areas to determine fees and charges monitoring security breaches or safety hazards. Supervision is received from a specialized superior who makes daily assignments and reviews work for satisfactory performance of assigned responsibilities.