TUS Fuel Facility Technician

Job Summary

The Fuel Facility Technician is responsible for supporting the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of the aviation fuel storage, transfer, and hydrant systems. The position performs fuel-facility inspections, preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, fuel quality control, fuel receiving and transfer operations, inventory activities, regulatory-compliance duties, and required documentation.

The Fuel Facility Technician routinely performs the functions of a Fuel Facility Operator as operationally required and directed by management, including receiving petroleum products, conducting fuel quality-control testing, monitoring fuel inventories, operating fuel-transfer equipment, and completing required operating records.

The position helps ensure the continued operational integrity of the fuel facility and hydrant system in accordance with applicable requirements, includingATA Specification 103, ASTM and NFPA standards, the Swissport Ground Operations Procedures and Policy Manual (GPPM), site-specific procedures, environmental requirements, and management directives.

This is a technical and operational position and does not confer supervisory, disciplinary, or personnel-management authority.

The expected pay rate is $26.10/hour. Full-time employees are offered a range of health and wellness benefits as well as 401(k) with company match paid vacation time, sick time, and company paid holidays.

• Receive and dispatch petroleum products by tanker truck or other approved transfer method in accordance with ATA Specification 103, established operating procedures, and fuel quality-control requirements.
• Monitor fuel receipts and transfers and verify applicable delivery documentation, product identification, quantity, tank capacity, and fuel quality.
• Operate fuel-facility equipment associated with receiving, storage, transfer, filtration, and distribution of aviation fuel.
• Sample and test aviation fuel and perform required fuel quality-control inspections and testing in accordance with applicable ATA, ASTM, Swissport, customer, and site-specific requirements.
• Maintain accurate fuel inventory records and assist with daily and periodic inventory reconciliation.
• Conduct routine, periodic, and scheduled inspections of fuel storage tanks, loading racks, transfer equipment, pumps, filters, valves, piping, hydrant systems, hydrant pits, high and low points, emergency fuel shutoff systems, and associated facility equipment.
• Monitor storage tanks, pipelines, hydrant systems, valves, and related equipment for leaks, corrosion, deterioration, abnormal operating conditions, overfill hazards, contamination risks, and other conditions that could affect safety or system integrity.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and routine corrective maintenance on fuel facility and hydrant-system equipment within the employee's training, authorization, and qualifications.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, disassemble, repair, replace, adjust, and reassemble fuel-system components as authorized and appropriate to the work being performed.
• Assist qualified maintenance personnel, contractors, or other authorized personnel with troubleshooting, repairs, equipment testing, calibration, and specialized maintenance.
• Perform corrosion-control inspections and associated maintenance of transfer pipelines, hydrant-system piping, and other fuel-facility components.
• Identify, document, report, and assist in correcting equipment deficiencies, fuel leaks, corrosion, abnormal operating conditions, and other discrepancies affecting facility reliability, safety, environmental compliance, or fuel quality.
• Take appropriate action within established procedures to protect personnel, fuel quality, equipment, and the environment when unsafe or abnormal conditions are discovered.
• Perform and document required operational checks, inspections, preventive-maintenance activities, repairs, and fuel quality-control activities.
• Complete and maintain accurate paper and digital records, including ATA 103 documentation, fuel-receipt records, inventory records, quality-control records, inspection forms, maintenance records, repair records,…