Airfield Manager / Assistant Airfield Manager

Midwest Air Traffic Control Services Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Airfield Manager / Assistant Airfield Manager role located in Washington, DC, requires overseeing the full operation of the airfield, including runways, airspace, and facilities. You will plan airspace usage, coordinate maintenance, and manage safety programs while ensuring compliance with FAA standards and NOTAM processes.

The position involves shift briefings, airfield inspections, and real-time decision making to ensure safe, efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Experience managing airfield operations and facilities.
• Familiarity with FAA standards and NOTAMs.
• Ability to conduct airfield inspections and safety programs like BASH.
• Prepare and submit work orders and maintain logs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee total operation of airfield facilities including runways and taxiways.
• Plan airspace utilization and equipment upgrades.
• Ensure maintenance of facilities, navigational aids, and comms.
• Coordinate snow removal, lighting, and refueling services.
• Assess operations, impose restrictions as needed.
• Conduct shift change briefings and airfield inspections.
• Maintain daily event records.
• Execute AFM duties per operating instructions.
• Provide flight planning data and flight following services.
• Process PPR requests and manage parking areas.
• Brief aircrews on operations and restrictions.
• Prepare diagrams of runways and facility layouts.
• Identify equipment needs and develop SOPs.
• Submit work orders for repairs.
• Perform BASH program services and manage bird remains.
• Maintain NOTAMS and airfield layout information.
• Maintain flight planning room equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Airfield operations

FAA compliance

Emergency response

Communication skills

Tools

Flight planning systems

NOTAM management

Job description

Airfield Manager / Assistant Airfield Manager

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for the total operation of the Airfield, to include buildings, runways, airspace, and grounds.
• Uses knowledge of various types, capabilities and requirements of commercial and private aircraft.
• Conducts long-range military AAF planning to establish station plans, airspace utilization plans, approaches to airport, and improvements necessary to accommodate expanding operations, aviation technology, safety requirements and user needs.
• Ensures proper utilization, maintenance and upgrading of buildings, runways, taxiways, ramps, navigational aids and communication equipment.
• Works with other support activities for upgrade in maintenance and support services, snow removal, contingency airfield lighting, and lawn mowing and refueling aircraft.
• Assess airfield operations/situations, determine operational requirements and impose airfield restrictions as needed (e.g., closing/suspending operations on aprons, taxiways and runways).
• Conduct and document a shift change briefing prior to signing off-duty.
• Conduct airfield inspections and checks.
• Maintain a record of daily events.
• Execute Operating Instructions and Quick Reaction Checklists necessary to perform AFM duties and responds to situations requiring immediate action.
• Provide transient aircrew and aircraft support - processing Prior Permission Required (PPR) requests; coordinate parking areas; receive, store, and issue classified material.
• Provide briefings to base and transient aircrews on relevant airfield operations and restrictions.
• Process flight plans and other air traffic related data through the national and international air traffic systems.
• Provide flight following services and initiate appropriate actions when aircraft are overdue.
• Prepares diagrams of runways, taxiways, facility layouts, and specifications in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
• Identifies equipment needs for operation of the airfield.
• Develops standard operating procedures and policy for users.
• Develops self-check forms to assist in meeting FAA standards. Plans for supply and equipment needs.
• Prepares and submits work orders for repairs needed.
• Shall perform Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Program services. Shall retrieve and retain or dispose of the remains of all disabled, maimed, or dead birds from the Airfield.
• We will maintain airfield NOTAMS, input flight plans, airport layout, and aircraft characteristics.
• Maintain the flight planning room equipment, maps, displays and publications.
• Other duties as assigned.