Want a Miami airport job that pays $50,000 to $70,000 a year? Take a look
don’t have to fly a plane to work in aviation.
Miami-Dade County has open jobs, all on the ground, at Miami International Airport. They include painting, mechanics, IT — and some of those positions come with annual salaries of $50,000 to $70,000 or more.
Note that private airport vendors, which operate the terminal restaurants and shops, hire separately.
Miami-Dade’s Aviation Department runs Miami International Airport and four other airports: MiamiOpa-locka Executive Airport, Miami Executive Airport, Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport, and DadeCollier Training and Transition Airport.
MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
Description: Responsible for skilled work at the journeyman level in the maintenance and repair of buildings, machinery and mechanical equipment.
Salary: $36,925.87 to 55,516.01 annually
AIRPORT PAINTER
Description: Resposible for various striping tasks throughout the Miami-Dade Aviation Department’s airports, utilizing the Airless striping machines and runway striping truck. Precision is critical to ensure compliance with the standards established and enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Florida Department of Transportation.
Salary: $38,440.81 to $57,904.25
PURCHASING SPECIALIST
Description: Responsible for specialized aviation-specific contract development and compliance as well as fiscal adherence. Responsibilities typically include managing and administering contracts and onetime requisitions/contracts and processing small purchase orders.
Salary: $43,911.17 to
$77,400.09
HYDRAULICS MECHANIC
Description: Responsible for skilled work in the repair and maintenance of fluid power systems, which activate and control passenger loading bridges, trash compactors and incinerators. Work involves diagnosing, repairing, overhauling and adjusting hydraulic equipment and hydraulic systems.
Salary: $40,120.46 to $60,545.03
MAINTENANCE REPAIRER
Description: Responsible for general maintenance work that approaches the journeyman level but does not require as high a degree of skill. Employees are frequently called upon to perform rough maintenance and repair work covering building and mechanical-trade areas.
Salary: $34,278.40 to $49,980.05
AVIATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR
Description: Responsible for advanced administrative and techYou nical work with mission-critical IT systems at MIA. Tasks include functioning as the technical liaison between the Aviation Department and airlines, configuring new airlines within the common-use system, identifying areas for continuous improvement.
Salary: $68,467.36 to $119,546.72
HEAVY EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN
Description: Responsible for skilled work at the journeyman level in the diagnosing, repair and preventive maintenance of trucks and other heavy equipment. Employees perform skilled work in the repair and overhaul of waste trucks, trash trucks, dump trucks, fire-rescue units, fire-suppression units, fire rescue/suppression support units, water trucks, wreckers, garbage packers, trailers, tractors, forklifts, stake body trucks, refrigerated reefer trucks, sweepers, basket lifts, bush hogs, buses, backhoes, pressure cleaners, welders, chainsaws, chippers, compost mixers, compressors, edgers, jack hammers, lube trucks, paddy wagons, step vans, spray rigs, and other equipment.
Salary: $55,516.01 to
$85,014.99
AIRPORT PLUMBER
Description: Responsible for skilled work at the journeyman level in the installation, maintenance and repair of plumbing systems, fixtures and accessories.
Salary: $50,496.90 to $77,230.84