About This Role
This role provides executive leadership and direction for all aspects of airport operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant services. The Airport Director is responsible for strategic planning, fiscal management, maintenance, capital improvement, and future expansion, as well as overseeing daily operations. The role ensures compliance with aviation regulations, fosters stakeholder relationships, and manages terminal operations for both commercial and general aviation.
Responsibilities
- Comply with the Code of Conduct and Rules of Behavior outlined in Chapter 8 of the General Government Policies and Procedures Manual
- Adhere to assigned work schedule as outlined in city and department attendance policies and procedures
- Supervise, manage, and evaluate employees; make hiring decisions, discipline, and/or termination of employees
- Prioritize and assign work; develop and oversee employee work schedules and approve time away from work
- Complete employee performance reviews; determine or make recommendations regarding new hire salaries; act as liaison between employees and management
- Develop, administer, and monitor the department budget, including oversight of financial planning, resource allocation, operational expenditures, airport revenues, leases, rates and charges, property/development, and capital funding strategy
- Coordinate grant administration as part of budget responsibilities
- Direct the forecast of funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitor and approve expenditures; implement adjustments as necessary, in coordination with overall department budget responsibilities
- Manage and participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for assigned programs including customer service, maintenance of airport equipment and aircraft, and grounds security
- Recommend, within Departmental policy, appropriate service and staffing levels; recommend and administer policies and procedures
- Continuously monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor workload, administrative and support systems, and internal reporting relationships
- Identify opportunities for improvement and review with the City Manager; implement improvements
- Develop and implement strategies to maintain airport customer bases; design marketing outreach efforts; solicit customer suggestions
- Represent the airport before City Council, advisory boards, regulatory agencies, industry organizations, business partners, and the public; prepare and deliver reports, presentations, and recommendations
- Develop and implement airport capital improvement plans; coordinate all capital improvement plans with FAA; prepare federal grant requests for airport capital improvements; coordinate major expansion projects with contract engineers and City engineering staff
