Job Details

Airport Maintenance Worker

The Airport Maintenance Worker performs maintenance and repair work in the care of airport facilities, grounds and equipment, performs airfield inspections, fuels aircraft, and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties:

• Patrol airport in a vehicle or on foot in all kinds of weather to inventory parked aircraft, inspect and maintain airport facilities and equipment to insure safe and efficient airport operations involving airfield pavements, markings, lighting (check/replace/calibrate as needed), signs, obstructions, wildlife, and aircraft parking accommodations.
• Perform minor tune-ups and other routine preventative maintenance of equipment and facilities; operates a variety of small hand and power tools and grounds maintenance equipment such as sprayers, fertilizers, sweepers, mowers, tractors, bushhog, front end loader, pickup and dump trucks.
• Maintain airport grounds and landscaped areas; mows airport lawns and fields using push rider mower or tractor; may mix and apply a variety of chemicals for weed, insect and rodent control; plants, waters and prunes trees and shrubs; installs and maintains irrigation systems; sweeps runways and taxiways of dirt, rocks, and debris as needed.
• Perform routine building maintenance work such as minor plumbing, electrical and mechanical work and general custodial duties in the care of airport facilities; paints signs, taxiways and other facilities; repairs and installs fencing; adjust and lubricate hangar doors; collects garbage and litter using bags and a vehicle.
• Fuel various types of aircraft including helicopters, piston and turbine aircraft; operates mobile fueling trucks within the airport property to fuel aircraft involved in both general aviation and commercial use; performs daily inspections, testing, and documentation of fuel quality and equipment to ensure the safety of fueling operations and reorders fuel as directed.

Position Requirements:

• Experience: Any combination of experience, education and training which demonstrates possession of and competency in requisite knowledge, skills and abilities. Typical qualifying experience may include one year of experience in building and grounds maintenance, including experience related to airport operations.
• Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Special Requirements: Applicants are required to possess a valid California Driver's License, Class C. Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Chemical Applicator Certificate.

Selection Process:

10/21/2025 Deadline to submit application and required documents for the first review. Applications will be reviewed every two weeks thereafter until the position is filled.

Based on the information provided in the application documents, the qualified applicants may be invited for further examination and will either be pre-scheduled by the Department of Human Resources or be invited to self-schedule. All applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination. Depending upon the number of applications received, the selection process may consist of an initial application screening, a mandatory information meeting, a supplemental questionnaire assessment, a written and/or practical exam, an oral board exam, or any combination listed. Responses to supplemental questions may be used as screening and testing mechanisms and will be used to assess an applicant's ability to advance in the process; as such, responses to supplemental questions should be treated as test examination responses. Information contained herein does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.

All potential new hires and employees considered for promotion to management, confidential positions or unrepresented positions will be subject to a background and reference check after contingent job offer is accepted. These provisions are subject to change.

Retirees - Solano County invites all qualified candidates to apply for positions; however pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h) and 21224, hiring restrictions may apply to California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.