Building Maintenance Specialist

  • $22–$26 Per Hour

Highlights

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, talk and hear, taste and smell. Duties include scheduling preventive maintenance, developing long term building maintenance plans, coordinating and performing maintenance jobs including light construction, general maintenance and repair, plumbing, electrical, roofs, windows, and doors.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew Cumberland, PA
Salary$22–$26 Per Hour

Description

Job Description

SUMMARY:

Position is primarily responsible for building maintenance at three airports.  Duties include scheduling preventive maintenance, developing long term building maintenance plans, coordinating and performing maintenance jobs including light construction, general maintenance and repair, plumbing, electrical, roofs, windows, and doors.

Position will also assist with general airport maintenance including mowing, painting, and snow removal.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Perform basic building inspections and preventive maintenance to insure building systems are operating properly and to detect conditions that require maintenance action.
  • Maintain and repair all SARAA-owned buildings at the three general aviation airports, including repair/replacement of fixtures, floors, walls, restrooms, etc.
  • Develop and implement preventive maintenance program for all facilities.
  • Serve as point of contact for tenant maintenance requests.
  • Perform minor repairs and preventive maintenance to hangars and hangar doors.
  • Identify and oversee contracted maintenance work on buildings and building systems. 
  • Manage repair parts and building stock. 
  • Install/repair signs, fences, and gates. 
  • Operate various types of light and heavy equipment used at the airport.
  • Perform basic maintenance tasks to include basic carpentry, plumbing, and minor electrical. 
  • Perform all of the work and duties of an Airport Worker 1.
  • Maintain grounds around various SARAA facilities. 
  • Comply with all SARAA directives, including safety standards. 
  • Perform snow removal operations 
  • Perform complementary customer service functions consistent with Airport Customer Service Standards.
  • Perform any other duty or assignment delegated by proper authority.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience:

The employee must possess a High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and must have at least three years’ experience in building maintenance and/or construction. The employee must be able to pass FAA Training as required.   

 

Required Licenses, Certificates, Conditions:

The employee must have a valid PA driver’s license with a good driving record or ability to obtain PA license within 30 days of hire date.   He/she must possess or obtain within 6 months of hire, a Pennsylvania Class B CDL w/airbrakes driver license and must have the ability to pass a 10-year background and criminal investigation in order to be issued Airport Identification Badge if required.

 

Cognitive Tasks:

The employee must have the ability to comprehend, retain, and follow oral and written instructions, must exercise good judgment, work independently, make decisions, and organize and maintain detailed information. He/she must effectively set priorities and have the ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations without precedent. 

 

Physical Demands: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, talk and hear, taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus, and must be able to distinguish full visual color spectrum. The employee may be required to wear a respirator or other protective clothing while performing an assigned task. He/she must be able to work in confined spaces, heights, and around all type of insects. The job may require working with hazardous materials.

 

Work Environment:

While performing essential functions of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to extreme outside weather conditions, fumes, and airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, working in precarious places, with risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud. 

 

Language and Communication Skills:

The employee must be able to read, write, and communicate effectively in the English language.   He/she will establish effective working relationships with subordinates, supervisors, co-workers, FAA tower operators, other internal departments, contractors, and consultants. The job requires use of ground and maintenance radio communication equipment, requiring correct terminology and ability to speak clearly and concisely.

 

Mathematical Skills: 

The employee may perform basic math skills.

Computer Skills:

The employee should be able to read/write e-mails and develop Basic documents in Microsoft products.  He/she should be able to perform basic operations on Building Maintenance Management Systems and/or Building Information Systems.

Company Description

The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) is the governing authority of the Harrisburg International Airport, Capital City Airport, Franklin County Regional Airport, and Gettysburg Regional Airport in south-central Pennsylvania. SARAA is a small hub commercial airport that serves approximately 1.4 million passengers annually and also three general aviation airports. 

Our Mission is to provide outstanding customer service and convenient access to worldwide destinations and the global economy while achieving our Vision to increasingly bolster Central Pennsylvania’s economic growth and prosperity.

We're always looking for great people to join our team at SARAA. To help make sure our employees are always prepared for our ever-changing business environment, we continually invest in their training. Plus, we offer a full benefits package to full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage, 401(a), and a 457 plan.

Benefits

  • Health insurance - 100%  employer paid for employee only coverage.  Employee contributes for dependent coverage.
  • Dental insurance - 100% employer paid for employee only coverage.  Employee contributes for dependent coverage.
  • Vision insurance - 100% employer paid for employee only coverage.  Employee contributes for dependent coverage.
  • Short-term Disability - Employer paid.
  • Long-term Disability - Employer paid.
  • Life Insurance - Employer paid.
  • Retirement Plan
  • Vacation
  • Holidays

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