Rural Airport Foreman (PCN 251004)

Full Job Description

What you will be doing:As the Rural Airport Foreman in Bethel for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, you’ll play a vital role in keeping Alaska connected.

You’ll lead a dedicated team responsible for the upkeep and safe operation of rural highways, airports (including a certificated FAA Part 139 and TSA 1542 airport), seaplane floats, bridges, and docks.

Your days will be varied—overseeing snow removal operations, performing critical infrastructure inspections, managing airport compliance with FAA, TSA, and State regulations, and ensuring our transportation assets are fully functional for the public.

You’ll also supervise equipment operators and ensure that safety and maintenance standards are consistently met.

This is more than a job—it’s a hands-on leadership role where your work directly impacts the safety and mobility of Alaskans and visitors alike.

Our organization, mission, and culture:DOT&PF's mission is to "Keep Alaska Moving".

As part of the Maintenance and Operations team, the ideal candidate will affect Alaskan's life daily as all goods and services require the use of some form of the State's transportation system to be delivered.

As a department, we model our core values of integrity, excellence and respect.

The Bethel Maintenance Station is made up of 9 staff who work cooperatively to operate and maintain regulatory certification and compliance of this important FAR Part 139 and TSA 1542 airport, State Highways, and Roads.

This also includes rural airports across approximately 40,000 square miles of Southwest Alaska. We are the “moving” in the DOT&PF mission to "Keep Alaska Moving".

Our crews maintain the airport and roadways in all conditions, year around. Whether plowing snow in near “white-out” conditions; maintaining roadways safely for the traveling public; repairing asphalt on paved surfaces; conducting security inspections on airport; maintaining airport lighting systems; clearing rights-of-way and airport safety areas of vegetation overgrowth; these are just a few of the situations you can find us in while making the difficult seem routine day after day. We truly keep Alaska moving!

The benefits of joining our team:Benefits include healthcare, contribution to retirement accounts and paid leave.

Located at the airport in Bethel, Alaska, you work in a scenic setting away from the more congested parts of the state.

Most of all, you will participate in performing activities directly related to the safety of all Alaskans.

Working for M&O you are provided many opportunities to participate in professional career development, including most AAAE training and certifications.

We are the ones counted on to carry out many routine tasks without notice or recognition. Yet, we are at our best when things get tough.

The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and an excellent retirement plan. Please see here for more information: https://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/benefits/.

The working environment you can expect:

This position is located in Bethel, Alaska. While we strive to create a collaborative 'team' work environment, the M&O environment can be fast paced with frequently changing conditions.

Priorities change in an instant and a successful applicant will change along with them. At M&O the greatest feeling of success comes in keeping Alaska moving in the face of challenges.

Who we are looking for:
To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Flexibility: Is open to change and new information; rapidly adapts to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.

To view the general description and example of duties for positions please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Requirements

Class A Commercial Driver's License;
AND
Three years of experience in the maintenance and repair of highways and/or airports;
AND
Qualifications to operate all required equipment at the duty station.

Special Note:
Some positions require a Hazardous Materials endorsement.
Some positions require American Traffic Safety Services Association training.
Positions require a First Aid, ETT, CPR, First Responder, and ARFF certification (14 CFR Part 139) and Airport Security Coordinator certification (49 CFR Part 15f42).
Incumbents of positions in this job class are required to pass a criminal background check and are required to be fingerprinted.
Some positions may be required to use a firearm or ammunition and are therefore subject to Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(9) which prohibits persons who have ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence from owning, possessing or using a firearm or ammunition.

Note:
Incumbents of positions that require a Commercial Driver's license are subject to drug and alcohol testing in accordance with federal regulations.

Qualifications

At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application):

• Three (3) professional references, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.
• A copy of your last two (2) performance evaluations. You may substitute letters of recommendation if evaluations are unavailable.
• Copy of your CDL license.

ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED

This position requires the incumbent to possess a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) per federal regulations (49 CFR 383), to register with the federal CDL Drug & Alcohol Testing Clearinghouse prior to performing safety sensitive duties, and to provide consent to the Employer to review driver information in accordance with 49 CFR 382.

A Class A Alaska Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required at time of hire. A conditional hire approval can only be given for endorsements.

This means that the proposed appointee must successfully obtain an N-Tanker endorsement within 90 days of hire and sign an agreement to this effect as a condition of employment.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC FACILITIES DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY

Selected candidates must comply with the DOT&PF Drug and Alcohol Policy and procedures and CANNOT start work in a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) position until Management Services or designee has received confirmation of the proposed appointee passing the required Pre-Employment drug test.

According to federal regulations, all violations and refusals will be maintained with the Federal CDL Drug & Alcohol Testing Clearinghouse database.

ARMS & AMMUNITION REQUIREMENT

This position requires the use of firearm or ammunition. If you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence you may not hold a position in this job class in accordance with the Federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL-104-208).

A "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" means an offense that:

is a misdemeanor under Federal or State Law; and has, as an element the use or attempted use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process.

These questions may be a mix of written, multiple-choice, and select all that apply questions.

The answers you provide to the questions will be an opportunity for you to tell us about your experience and/or education.

The answers will be used to determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process; please be as thorough and accurate as you can.

EDUCATION To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application.

If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed.

Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application.

(Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts).

Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATIONEducation completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable.

If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S.

education programs; or an accredited U.S.

state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.WORK EXPERIENCEIf using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time.

Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met.

If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety.

Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.EEO STATEMENTThe State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O.

Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Information

Name: Briana Bockhorst, Administrative Assistant 3
Phone: (907) 269-0749
Email: briana.bockhorst@alaska.gov