AIRPORTS OPERATIONS OFFICER Full Time

Recruitment Number: DOT-AIR-2023-36

Note:  Hiring rates will be based on availability of funds, the applicant’s qualifications and other relevant factors. 

The Airport Operations Officer plans, coordinates, monitors and directs the activities of the statewide airport operations program which includes security, safety and certification, crash fire rescue for all airports and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Airports Division. Develops, implements and periodically updates a coordinated statewide airport operations plan consistent with overall Airport Division’s policies and procedures. Development of passenger, cargo and combination air routes and the promotion of general aviation throughout the State. Conducts studies, evaluations and inspections of facilities and operations for compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and applicable airport security and safety regulations and standards. Provides division-wide program coordination and technical guidance and direction in crash fire rescue activities including the development of training programs. Provides justification to encourage the U.S. Department of Transportation to consider Hawaii’s interests in bilateral aviation negotiation between the U.S. and other countries. Participates as a management advisor in meetings with staff officers and officials, where program policies are initiated.  As directed, represents the Airports Administrator on matters relating to the statewide airport operations program with the Airports District Managers, airport tenants, governmental representatives, consultants and others.

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To qualify, applicants must meet all of the following requirements: 

Education: Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor’s degree.

Excess work experience as described below or any progressively responsible administrative, professional, or other analytical work experience which provided knowledge, skills and abilities comparable to those acquired in a four (4) year course of study leading to a bachelor’s degree may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.

Specialized Experience:  Four (4) years of professional work experience in the field of airport operations which involved substantive analytical and evaluative work in one or more of the major functional areas of terminal and flight services, security, certification, safety facilities management, aircraft rescue and firefighting, general aviation, or other closely related functional area.
 
Such work experience may have been performed in a line or staff capacity and must have demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of airport operations which involved accommodating and servicing regularly scheduled commercial aircraft and required knowledge of and responsibility for ensuring compliance with the pertinent state and county laws, and federal rules and regulations relating to airport operations; airport security and  safety practices; and aviation practices, et al.

Supervisory or Staff Specialist Experience:  Two (2) years of one or any combination of the following kinds of experience:
 
A.  Supervisory work experience which included (1) planning, organizing, scheduling, and directing the work of others performing professional work in the field of airport operations as described under Specialized Experience; (2) assigning and reviewing their work; (3) advising them on difficult problem areas; (4) training and developing of new employees; and (5) evaluating their work performance and disciplining them when necessary.

B.  Professional work experience as a staff specialist in the field of airport operations as described under Specialized Experience. Experience must have involved activities such as, but not limited to, conducting studies, evaluating and making recommendations to management for the development or revision of standards, policies, procedures and guidelines; and identifying, analyzing and solving complex problems.

Supervisory Aptitude:  Applicants who possess only Staff Specialist Experience as described above must also possess supervisory aptitude.  Supervisory aptitude is the demonstration of aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.
 
Administrative Aptitude:  Applicants must possess Administrative Aptitude. Administrative Aptitude will be considered to have been met when there is strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems (e.g., in planning, organizing, promoting, and directing a program, including policy and budgetary considerations; providing staff advice and assistance in such matters); interest in management demonstrated by the performance of work assignments in a manner which clearly indicates awareness of administrative problems and the ability to solve them; completion of educational or training courses in the areas of administration accompanied by the application of the principles, which were learned, to work assignments; management’s observation and evaluation of the applicant’s leadership and administrative capabilities; and success in trial assignments to managerial and/or administrative tasks.
 
Substitution of Supervisory or Staff Experience for Specialized Experience:
Excess experience of the type and quality described in Supervisory or Staff Specialized Experience above may be substituted for Specialized Experience on a year-for-year basis.

Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) Clearance – Federal Criminal History Records Check: In accordance with Federal regulations, persons who are being considered for employment in positions which require unescorted access to secured areas at the airport must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint-based criminal history record check. In order to be granted the SIDA clearance, prospective employees must not have been convicted, or found “not guilty by reason of insanity,” of a disqualifying criminal offense within ten years from the date of the application. Upon recommendation for hire, prospective employees will be required to successfully undergo the fingerprint-based criminal history record check and be found free of disqualifying convictions during the preceding ten years.

The information provided above represents a summary of the complete Minimum Qualification Requirements. To view the Requirements in their entirety, please CLICK HERE.

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