AIRPORT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR (LANDSIDE) - AVIATION - City of Manchester, NH

Grade 17

Starting Range: $24.04 - plus a comprehensive benefits package

General Statement of Duties:

Supervises a maintenance crew while performing a variety of maintenance, repair, and landscaping duties at the Airport; performs directly related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Supervises and performs a wide variety of activities involved with the maintenance and repair landscaping activities in all outside areas of the municipal Airport;
• Oversees and directly supervises employees involved in lawn care, weed control, fertilizing, pesticide control, tree trimming, snow removal and related;
• Oversees and performs designs to enhance to aesthetic quality of the airport, including landscape design, flower arrangement and related;
• Maintains parking lot and roadway areas;
• Supervises and performs snow and ice removal from terminal sidewalks, roadways, parking lots, and aircraft parking ramps using a variety of equipment, including snow blowers and plows;
• Performs daily inspections of the Airport;
• Supervises the summer help program;
• Monitors and removes wildlife from airfield;
• Operates a variety of complex heavy equipment, including Jet Air six-wheel truck, street sweeper, 4WD backhoe loader, 4WD cat loader, road grader, aerial bucket, 10 wheel dump truck, de-icer tank, snow blowers, snow brooms, mowers, and various tractors;
• Operates a variety of light equipment, including riding mowers, push mowers, weed eaters and various landscaping equipment;
• Supervises and performs concrete grading and all preparation work, forming and finishing work;
• Performs snow and de-icing operations using a variety of complex heavy equipment;
• Maintains constant radio contact with Airport Control Tower and garage base-station;
• Performs electrical and electronic repair on various Airport facilities and equipment;
• Monitors Airport grounds and flight path for hazards and security violations within FAA guidelines;
• Enforces Airport security rules and regulations;
• Responds to airfield emergencies and acts as Airport representative until relieved by higher authority;
• Opens and closes Airport surfaces and/or entire Airport as needed;
• Coordinates parking and ground handling of charter and unscheduled aircraft;
• Escorts contractors on the Airport grounds and establishes a safe working environment for them;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others fully and accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on the principles, practices and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification.

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Graduation from High School or possession of a GED; and
• Some experience in Airport operations and maintenance, building and construction trades or building and landscape maintenance; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• Class B CDL; (Must obtain license within six months of appointment)
• On call status