Job Description

General Summary Maintains airport airside/landside grounds within the guidelines of safety regulations, supervisory instructions, and airport policies and procedures. Reports to Airport Grounds Maintenance Supervisor or other designated person and works with co-workers and the general public to provide maintenance support.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains lawns: Cuts grass by operating conventional mowers and heavy-duty farm tractors with 15-foot ‘wide wing’ mowers; uses a variety of other equipment and machinery to edge and aerate lawns; cleans lawn areas using blower, pitch fork, broom, or water pressure; and replaces damaged sod as required.
• Ensures airside/landside grounds, ramps, runways, safety areas, etc. are kept clean and clear of any debris that can cause damage to aircrafts, vehicles, visitors, or personnel using heavy machinery (e.g. runway sweeper, forklift, etc.).
• Daily inspections of airport grounds for related preventive and on-demand maintenance, debris, and reported discrepancies; to include storm prep and post checks. Inspects horticultural aspects of airport. Supervises and maintains practices necessary to keep machinery, equipment, and tools in operable condition, which may include inspecting equipment, washing/cleaning equipment, monitors equipment operations to maintain efficiency and safety; and reports faulty equipment.
• Plants and maintains flowerbeds, trees, and shrubbery: Applies fertilizer and pesticides along with distribution of different types of mulch and ground covers; prunes and trims trees and shrubs.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Qualifications

Required minimum qualifications:

Education: High School diploma or GED.

Experience: Five (5) years of experience in landscaping, grounds keeping or horticulture.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of power lawn equipment and the principles of operating such equipment, landscaping techniques, along with pesticides, fertilizers, and application techniques.
• Familiarity with all airside FAA Airplane Traffic and applicable procedures.
• Proficiency in operating a large, heavy-duty tractor mower, light horticultural machinery, and hand tools.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Ability to safely operate any vehicle or equipment operating on airfield or ramp (airside) while traveling or communicating with Air Traffic Control (ATC) via handheld, or vehicle mounted radio, or utilizing failsafe communications within regulations.
• Utilize all PPE related to herbicide applications.

• Position requires:

• Must pass Criminal History Record Check and Security Threat Assessment.
• Must maintain appropriate security status at all times.

Licensing/Certification: Possession of a valid driver’s license with good driving history. If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within 30 days of employment.

OTHER: This position requires staff call up in an emergency situation.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

• Data Utilization Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data according to a prescribed schema or plan. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to exchange information for the purpose of clarifying details within well-established policies, procedures and standards.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials (50-100 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 as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, heights, confined spaces, machinery, toxic agents, animal/wildlife attacks, or animal/human bites.