Local airports have openings for well-paying positions
If you want a career that keeps people on the move, Broward County’s airport system is hiring.
The county is listing a variety of positions, some with salaries that exceed $90,000 a year.
Note that private airport vendors, such as restaurants and shops, hire separately.
Here’s a look at the public job postings from Broward County airports:
AIRPORT MANAGER — AIRLINES
Description: Responsible for airline agreements and airport tenant Relations; should possess leasecontract management experience related to commercial air carriers, land, and building leases and have experience dealing with service permits related to airline terminal services. The selected candidates’ primary responsibilities will be focused on airline and tenant relations, lease agreement negotiations, maintenance, compliance and enforcement, terminal tenant building development and expansion.
Salary range: $91,157.25 to $145,487.31 annually
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the
North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines
AIRPORT OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Description: Responsible for administrative and supervisory work in managing the overall operation of the Aviation Operations Division. Work may involve planning, coordinating and managing the operation of the airport operations control center, terminal, landside and airfield.
Annual salary range: $68,259.34 to $108,940.92
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
AIRPORT PAINTER
Description: Responsible for skilled work in airfield and taxiway markings, painting of interior and exterior buildings, fixtures, signs and various equipment. Duties involve the application of paint to a variety of surfaces using a brush, roller, spray gun and linelazer equipment.
Salary range: $19.78 to $24.20 hourly
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the
North Perry Airport
AIRPORT REFRIGERATION MECHANIC
Description: Responsible for skilled work in mechanical refrigeration in the installation, maintenance and repair of refrigeration equipment, air conditioning systems and centrifugal chillers. Work involves the servicing of air conditioning systems and units, refrigerators, water cooling systems and related equipment utilized in a wide variety of county facilities and buildings.
Salary range:
$31.16 hourly
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the
North Perry Airport
AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN
$24.57 to
Description: Responsible for moderate supervisory and skilled technical work in coordinating the inspecting, installation, adjustments, maintenance, and modification of process instrumentation equipment, PLC’s, computers and peripherals, electronic control mechanisms, A/D converters, pneumatic/ hydraulic controllers, encoded digital frequency shaft telemetry, Variable Frequency Drives and related communications and conveyor equipment.
Salary range: $24.57 to $31.90 hourly
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the North Perry Airport
ENTERPRISE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING — AVIATION
Description: Responsible for divisional work involving the oversight and direction of the development, implementation and promotion of the department’s programs. Works under limited supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.
Annual salary range: $105,344.16 - $168,128.88
MAINTENANCE MECHANIC — AVIATION
Description: Responsible for inspecting, maintaining and performing all preventative maintenance on Jetways. Additional responsibilities include performing preventative maintenance on all Airport sliding glass doors, fire extinguishers, perimeter gates and overhead doors throughout the terminals and concourses.
Salary range: $21.26 to $26.97 hourly
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and North Perry Airport
STAFF ENGINEER — AVIATION CAPITAL PROJECTS
Description: Responsible for professional and administrative work assisting in the management of airport projects for the county. These projects will include landside, airfield and building projects. In addition, the staff engineer supports the construction project managers and engineers in their management and engineering activities.
Annual salary range: $68,259.36 to $93,685.34