Airport Manager

This position is responsible for operating a safe and efficient airport. The airport manager directs, coordinates, and reviews maintenance of the airfield, buildings, community relations, personnel, and financial matters of the airport and ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Provides excellent customer service and pursues continuous improvement of the airport facility and service to its various clients.
• Supervises regular and temporary staff, plans, coordinates, assigns, and reviews work of individuals and the team; evaluates training needs and provides instruction; schedules staff vacations and approves sick leave; recommends discipline, disciplinary actions, discharge, and salary increases; prepares timesheets; interviews candidates; conducts employee performance evaluations; establishes and promotes employee morale.
• Maintains fiscal responsibility; develops and administers departmental budget; ensures compliance with budget; ensures proper use of airport funds; ensures documentation and receipt of reimbursements for airport projects; tracks customer transactions, including invoices and payment receipts; generates statements; and ensures leases are negotiated and properly executed.
• Ensures compliance with all local, state, and federal laws; ensures compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant assurances; and ensures contracts are negotiated and properly executed.
• Communicates with local, state, and federal aviation, transportation and other officials; communicates with other County departments; communicates with airport tenants, transient pilots, and citizens; and utilizes email, telephone, and letters.
• Works with the county’s professional consultant to assist in strategic planning and coordination: works with the county’s professional consultant to prepare Capital Improvement Plan; works with county’s consultant to coordinate local, state and federal funding to ensure projects are completed; coordinates with Airport Committee and Board of Commissioners for approval/disapproval of leases, equipment purchases, and various projects; coordinates with county’s professional consultant to plan projects and apply for grants and fill out and file DBE program goals and methodology.
• Builds public goodwill; maintains website; creates newsletters; creates and distributes flyers; plans events at the airport; and publicizes airport.
• Performs other related duties as required.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Aviation or related field.
• Four years of related work experience.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of county policies and procedures, including personnel and purchasing procedures.
• Skill in operating, maneuvering and/or controlling the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials needed to perform responsibilities.
• Skill in management and supervision.
• Skill in utilizing a wide variety of references, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.
• Skill in exercising judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information.
• Skill in applying facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Salary : $85,762 - $137,219