Maintenance Worker Lead

CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Main­te­nance Work­er Lead

DEPART­MENT: Main­te­nance

SUPER­VI­SOR: Main­te­nance Manager

EFFEC­TIVE DATE: Octo­ber 1, 2025

PAY LEV­EL: 108 ($53,152.73 – $95,674.91)

PAY CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Non-exempt

DEF­I­N­I­TION: Senior mem­ber of the air­port main­te­nance team with exten­sive knowl­edge in gen­er­al main­te­nance as well as skilled work. Under gen­er­al super­vi­sion this posi­tion is respon­si­ble for main­te­nance of the Ter­mi­nal Build­ing, out build­ings, and air­field, as well as work­ing close­ly with depart­ment man­age­ment to ensure a safe, effi­cient and pas­sen­ger friend­ly air­port. Per­forms relat­ed duties as required. 

EXAM­PLES OF DUTIES: Ensures that the Ter­mi­nal Build­ing, out build­ings, and air­field are main­tained and repaired as nec­es­sary to meet the needs of the air­port, its ten­ants and the trav­el­ing pub­lic. Coor­di­nate and sched­ules with ten­ants to ensure that main­te­nance efforts have the least impact on their oper­a­tion. Rec­om­mends pur­chas­es to depart­ment man­age­ment based on estab­lished pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dure. Works inde­pen­dent­ly or leads main­te­nance teams on basic to com­plex projects as assigned by depart­ment managers. 

QUAL­I­FI­CA­TIONS: Grad­u­a­tion from an accred­it­ed high school or pos­ses­sion of an accept­able equiv­a­len­cy diplo­ma. Five (5) years expe­ri­ence in gen­er­al trade work in one or more of the build­ing trades; licens­es in plumb­ing, elec­tri­cal and/​or HVAC desire­able. Three (3) years expe­ri­ence at an Air­port work­ing in sim­i­lar position(s). Knowl­edge of the prin­ci­ples, pro­ce­dures and equip­ment used in the main­te­nance and repair of air­port build­ings and facil­i­ties. Must pos­sess a valid Flori­da Com­mer­cial driver’s license or abil­i­ty to obtain with­in six months of place­ment in posi­tion. All licens­es present at the time of hir­ing must be main­tained and cur­rent dur­ing employ­ment in this position.

MIS­CEL­LA­NEOUS REQUIRE­MENTS: Must pass pre-employ­ment drug test­ing as well as peri­od­ic test­ing in accor­dance with air­port pol­i­cy; must pass a 10-year, fin­ger­print-based, crim­i­nal his­to­ry records check as required by the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion. Posi­tion will require shift work to include evenings, week­ends, and hol­i­days, as needed.

WORK­ING ENVI­RON­MENT: Both indoor and out­door work­ing envi­ron­ment with expo­sure to dust and pollen; sub­ject to a vari­ety of extreme weath­er con­di­tions; expo­sure to con­stant noise as well as fumes and odors; sus­cep­ti­ble to mechan­i­cal, chem­i­cal, elec­tri­cal, as well as oth­er safe­ty haz­ards asso­ci­at­ed with the repair, main­te­nance and oper­a­tion of an airport.

PHYS­I­CAL DEMANDS: The phys­i­cal demands described here are rep­re­sen­ta­tive of those that must be met by an employ­ee to suc­cess­ful­ly per­form the essen­tial func­tions of this job. 

SUM­MA­RY:

Occa­sion­al­ly — Lift/​Carry: up to 50 — lbs., Push/​Pull: up to 50 lbs., Kneel, Climb, Crawl, Reach above Shoul­der and Reach Out­ward, Drive

Fre­quent­ly — Lift/​Carry: 20 — 35 lbs or less., Push/​Pull: 20 – 35 lbs or less., Bend, Twist/​Turn, Stand

Con­stant­ly - Hand/​Fine Motor Skills, Walk, Sit, Type/​Keyboard

DIS­CLAIMER:

The exam­ples above are illus­tra­tive and not intend­ed to describe every func­tion which may be per­formed by this job class. The omis­sion of spe­cif­ic duties does not pre­clude man­age­ment from assign­ing spe­cif­ic duties not list­ed, if such duties are a log­i­cal assign­ment to the position.