Airfield Painter​/Maintenance Worker

Job Description - Airfield Painter/Maintenance Worker (260000CP)

Job Description

Airfield Painter/Maintenance Worker - ( 260000CP )

(Employees assigned to St. Louis Lambert International Airport may be eligible for a commuting allowance of $180.00 bi-weekly.)

Incumbents repair, prime, paint and generally maintain a variety of airfield surfaces such as runways, taxiways, ramps, parking lots, signs, etc. For an additional description of this position, please refer to the classification specification for Airfield Painter/Maintenance Worker.

• Inspects, repairs, primes and paints airfield runways, taxiways and ramps.
• Prepares a variety of surfaces for painting.
• Lays out and stripes parking lots, runways and taxiways.
• Operates highway stripers, sandblasters, forklifts, mowers, trucks, and construction equipment. Places temporary walls, repairs perimeter fences, and stripes roadways.
• Repairs and generally maintains painting equipment.
• Builds forms, pours and finishes concrete.
• Clears runways, taxiways and ramps of snow and ice with snow blowers, plows, jet brooms, etc. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Data Utilization:
  Requires the ability to perform basic level of data analysis including the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize and/or reference data, statutes and/or guidelines and/or group, rank, investigate and diagnose. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established standards to recognize interactive effects and relationships.
• Human Interaction:
  Requires the ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to co-workers within well-established policies, procedures and standards. Ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
  Requires the ability to operate, calibrate, tune and synchronize, and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as highway stripers, sandblasters, snow plow, blowers, paint rollers/brushes, scrapers, jet brooms, concrete grinders, common power tools, heavy construction equipment and mowers.
• Verbal Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, inventory sheets, time sheets, labor and materials reports, job estimates, blueprints, and general operating manuals.
• Mathematical Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages, fractions and decimals; compute ratios and proportion; calculate surface areas and volumes.
• Functional Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective.
• Situational Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties that may be subject to frequent change.
• Environmental Factors:
  Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, heights, toxic/poisonous agents, etc.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Requires the ability to lift, push and pull carts, ladders, painting equipment and signs up to fifty (50) pounds. Requires manual dexterity to paint and perform related tasks. Requires the ability to stoop, kneel, bend, twist, balance and climb while painting and making signs.
• Sensory Requirements:
  Requires the ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities or differences between characteristics of colors and shapes associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks. Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of shapes to clearly distinguish objects and sounds to detect equipment malfunctions and communicate with others.

• Must be available to work varying shifts including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime.
• A ten year background investigation will be conducted in accordance with FAA regulations for positions is Lambert International Airport.

Qualifications:

One year of experience in the maintenance and repair of airport runways, taxiways, ramps, and grounds that includes priming, painting, repairing and maintaining a variety of airfield surface markings and signage. OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License (Class

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