FLSA Status: Non-Exempt (Hourly)
Pay Grade: 18 – MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $25.45
Safety-Sensitive: Yes

Purpose
The purpose of this classification is to oversee and perform general airfield maintenance, radio
communication checks, and testing and recording of fuel samples and to supervise related functions
performed by airport staff. The incumbent will oversee, guide, direct, and train assigned staff.

Primary Responsibility
Provides excellent service, pursues continuous improvement and exceeds expectations.

Typical Duties
Directs and oversees, under general direction of Airport Manager, the activities of regular and part time
staff engaged in the operation and maintenance of the airfield: coordinates, assigns and reviews work of
staff and inmate details; participates in the prioritizing and scheduling of work in order to meet objectives;
develops and distributes employee schedules, ensuring adequate coverage and control; schedules staff
vacations and approves sick leave; prepares timesheets; monitors status of work in progress; assists with
problem situations, providing technical expertise; provides progress and activity reports to management;
trains assigned staff in policies, procedures, safety, and equipment operation; recommends disciplinary
action; provides input on employee performance evaluations; establishes and promotes employee
morale.

Supervises and oversees assigned inmates: assigns and reviews work; evaluates training needs and
provides instruction; ensures security of inmates: picks up inmates for work detail and returns them upon
completion of work.

Performs and oversees fuel quality testing: samples, rates and documents fuel tank and truck conditions;
performs millipore and free water testing on all jet fuel; performs bonding continuity tests; conducts tests
and temperature correction before unloading fuel delivered by supplier; and oversees the testing work of
the crew.

Provides customer service: refuels aircraft; conducts aircraft parking and ramp coordination; provides
rental car and hotel information; sells and provides information regarding pilot supplies and oil; operates
ground power unit; helps with luggage; and provides directions and after-hours coordination.

Conducts general airfield maintenance: changes runway and taxiway lights; monitors general ground
power unit (GPU) conditions; cleans automated weather observation system (AWOS); checks equipment;
and performs inspections.

Provides employee training: trains personnel in truck operation, fuel sampling, ramp management,
answering phones, handling customer requests, radio communication, GPU operation, fuel farm
management, incident reports, airfield maintenance, and different aircraft fuels and delivery systems.

Maintains radio communications: provides radio checks and airport advisories; and receives ground
requests and other radio traffic.

Provides input to the airport manager on departmental budgeting: assists in the development of budget
for airport operations and maintenance; recommends budget allocations for staffing, equipment and
capital improvement needs; and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with approved budget.
Monitors and maintains safety: ensures safe work practices of assigned staff; prepares and conducts
safety meetings; monitors safety of buildings and facilities; and reports any incidents, accidents, problems,
or unusual situations.

Performs other related duties as required.

 

Minimum Qualifications
Vocational or technical school training in aviation technology or a general maintenance trade,
supplemented by at least three years of progressively responsible airport operations experience, including
a minimum of two years of supervisory experience and customer service experience; or any equivalent
combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and
abilities for this job.

Specific License or Certification Required: Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia Commercial Driver’s
License, including appropriate endorsements. Must obtain and maintain the following certifications: Fuel
Servicing, Fuel Management, Fire Safety, and Advanced Lineman from the National Air Transportation
Association, and Fuel Quality Assurance from Phillips 66. Must obtain and maintain authorizaƟon, as
required by Bulloch County CorrecƟonal InsƟtute, to supervise inmate labor.

Performance Aptitudes
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising
judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analyses to
determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational
strategy.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to act as a first-line supervisor, including instructing, assigning
and reviewing work, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, and evaluating employee job
performance.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver,
and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or
rapid adjustments.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and
information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division;
ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations
with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to
calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation,
incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing
approaches and techniques to resolve problems.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations
involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

ADA Compliance
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the County will provide reasonable
accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current
employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, but typically also
involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying,
pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds); may occasionally
involve heavier objects and materials (up to 100 pounds).

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of
colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to
communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental
conditions, such dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise
extremes, hazardous materials, fire, heights, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards,
bright/dim lights, toxic agents, animal/wildlife attacks, and animal bites.

DISCLAIMER: This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the
exclusive right to make changes at any time without notice.

Revised April 2026