Airport Operations Manager

Job Description:

Airport Operations Manager

Description

Pay Range: $85,611 - $98,453 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; This location operates 24 hours a day and 365 days per year. You must be willing and able to work in an on-call capacity, in partnership with the Airport Operations Officer. This work shift consists of variable hours including weekends, holidays, and overnights, as needed.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

An Airport Operations Manager position is available with the City of Fort Worth Aviation Department’s Spinks Airport. This position manages, supervises and coordinates the activities and operations of assigned airport. Provides complex administrative support to senior management personnel. Oversees maintenance, operations and administration and provides budgetary and planning guidance for applicable airport. Represents airport before various federal, state and local organizations.

The City of Fort Worth Aviation system is home to three world-class airports - Meacham International, Spinks Airport and Perot Field. Both Meacham International and Spinks Airports provide regional aviation services for air charter, corporate, business and recreational flyers. Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport provides cargo carrier services. The airports feature full-service fuelers, multiple maintenance facilities, flight schools, on-site rental car facilities, and hotel facilities only minutes away. The City of Fort Worth Aviation Department is essential to the economic well-being and commerce taking place in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in public administration, business administration, engineering, aviation management, or a related field.
• Six (6) years of increasing responsible experience in airport operations and maintenance; including two (2) years of administrative and supervisory responsibility.
• Three (3) years of responsible airport operations experience at a Public Use Airport.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AAAE Airport Certified Employee-Operations.
• AAAE Certified Member.
• Private Pilot Certificate.
• Remote Pilot Certificate (Part 107)
• Familiarity with the FAA Contract Tower Program.

The Airport Operations Manager job responsibilities include:

• Supervises staff, which includes prioritizing and assigning work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations.
• Provides security and maintenance oversight of airport property and facilities. Supervises divisional operations and customer services.
• Manages and participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities for assigned programs; and recommends and administers policies and procedures.
• Interacts and coordinates aspects of the airport with tenants, citizen and city officials, including leasing, development, questions and requests. Coordinates and negotiates with tenants, developers and users concerning contracts and agreements.
• Meets and coordinates with Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation on airport planning and grant funding for capital projects; coordinates with tenants, developers and city departments for business development; and implements various airport planning documents.
• Creates, implements and monitors capital and operational budgets; participates in forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; approves expenditures; and implements adjustments.
• Adheres to assigned work schedule as outlined in the Department and City attendance policies and procedures; ensures all behaviors comply with the City’s Personnel Rules and Regulations.

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking and repetitive motions.

Physical Demand

Light Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.