Airport Maintenance Mechanic

The purpose of this position is to perform general maintenance and service of the airport on equipment, vehicles, and machinery.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains vehicles by conducting daily inspections, performing routine maintenance, changing filters and fluids, alternators, belts, starters, batteries, PTO's, drive shafts, power steering pumps, wheel bearings, tires, wiper blades, and spark plugs on all motor vehicles, ground equipment, and landscaping equipment.
• Maintains records and logs for vehicles and equipment which include: material requisition orders, purchase orders, material used, and time spent on each job.
• Performs airfield maintenance such as changing bulbs, transformers, wiring connections, circuit boards, fuses, directional, and obstruction lights, conducting tiedown rope/anchor inspections, painting and striping, and snow removal on all taxiways, runway, and safety areas.
• Performs building maintenance such as changing light bulbs, building drywalls, painting, and other remodeling projects, and completing daily janitorial duties of cleaning the floors, walls, and bathrooms in all city owned buildings and hangars at the airport.
• Cleaning ramp and tiedown areas.

Supplemental Functions:


Performs other similar duties as required.

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge:

• Building maintenance principles and practices
• Airfield maintenance principles and practices
• Vehicle and equipment maintenance principles and practices
• Mechanical principles and practices
• Cleaning procedures and practices.

Licensing and Certifications:

• Valid North Carolina Driver's License
• Valid North Carolina Commercial Driver's License preferred

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must meet the City criteria for an acceptable driving record.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, bending, crouching, hearing, twisting, talking.
• Very Heavy Work: Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, and intense noises.

Required Skills

• Maintaining runways
• Testing fuels
• Using applicable tools of trade
• Applying local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Required Experience

High school diploma or equivalency, with at least one (1) year of relevant experience; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Please be sure to complete the application in full. Resumes may be uploaded with your application but will not be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application and will not be considered for qualifying credit. "See Resume" or "See Attachment" will NOT be accepted.


If multiple applications are submitted to an individual position, only the most recent application received prior to the posting closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM on the closing date.

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The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.


Tracking Code


3-4530-5-066

Closing Date


09/03/2026