Job Description

Posting number: 2026-00187

Department: Airport

Division: Maintenance - 8615

Job classification: Building/Grounds Maintenance Worker-Seasonal

Posting type: Open

Categories: Airports, Building & Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Summary

The Durango La-Plata County (DRO) airport is looking for team members who enjoy working in a fast-paced, exciting airport environment. As a Seasonal Building & Grounds Maintenance worker, you will play an important role in keeping the airport safe, welcoming, and efficient throughout the busy winter season.

You'll help maintain airside and landside pavement areas, grounds, and facilities to ensure they are safe and look their best for everyone, from travelers to pilots. To do this, you’ll get to operate a wide variety of equipment, ranging from rotary snow blowers, sander trucks, mowers, weed whippers, and forklifts to plow trucks, backhoes, and more. Previous experience in snow removal or grounds maintenance is preferred.

Winter months call for a dedicated commitment, with availability for snowplow shifts that may include weekends, nights, and holidays. To show our appreciation for your dedication during this critical time, you'll be eligible to receive a $560 monthly snow removal bonus from December through March. This is a seasonal position with an anticipated six-month season running November 1 through April 30, with some flexibility in the season dates based on availability.

City of Durango’s Trail to Excellence

The City of Durango is a purpose-driven organization with more than 400 full-time and 300 part-time and seasonal employees across 15 departments, all working together to provide a wide range of services that keep our community running every day. From public safety and utilities to parks and recreation, our team is dedicated to delivering high-quality services that enhance the lives of all who live, work, and visit here.

At the city, we focus on continually improving how we work and serve the community. This effort is called the Trail to Excellence (T2E), and every employee plays a part in it. Whether you work outdoors, in an office, or lead a team, your daily efforts connect to the city’s mission of providing excellent service and reaching the city’s vision of being a multigenerational community that is authentic, diverse, engaged, thriving, and environmentally responsible. The full details of this vision are outlined in the city’s strategic plan.

As a member of our team, your work will be meaningful because:

• Your ideas help shape citywide improvements.
• The work you do ties directly into measurable goals.
• You'll be part of a system that values collaboration, innovation, and results.

We're looking for team members who share our core values of teamwork, dependability, professionalism, service, respect, innovation, and wellbeing — and who are excited to make a difference in the community we serve.

Examples of duties

What You’ll Do in This Role:

• Snow removal on runways, taxiways, aprons, roadways, parking lots, sidewalks and other areas around airport facilities
• Ground maintenance duties, including mowing, weed whipping, edging, general landscaping, aerating, weed abatement and airfield grading/dragging
• Operate light to heavy equipment
• Preventative and reactive maintenance on facilities and buildings, including HVAC, lighting, plumbing, electrical, doors, and other systems
• Surface painting, crack fill application, and asphalt/concrete repair
• Paint rooms, hallways, and ceilings; patch holes; texture and prime for paint
• Custodial duties as assigned

Qualifications

You Have:

• A high school diploma or GED.
• A valid state driver’s license with a clean driving record.
• Six months of experience operating light to heavy mowing, snow removal or construction equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of snow removal, grounds maintenance, and mowing procedures.
• Basic knowledge of airport and emergency radio procedures.
• Commitment to safety and providing excellent customer service.

Supplemental information

What We Can Offer You: The following perks are available for part-time and seasonal employees.

• Free pass to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink and Ski Area
• Free Transit pass
• Eligibility to participate in the City’s Annual Wellness Challenge and a chance to receive prizes and cash rewards

To view the full Building/Grounds Maintenance Worker-Seasonal job description, click here.