Airfield Management Shift Lead (AMSL)

Role Overview

Airfield Management Shift Lead (AMSL) with Amentum. This position maintains situational awareness of airfield activities and overall responsibility for the AMOPS section while on duty.

Role Purpose

Provide a safe, efficient, and effective airfield environment for aircraft operations through inspection, compliance monitoring, activity coordination, and information management.

Key Responsibilities

Airfield Operations & Safety

• Maintain situational awareness of all airfield activities.
• Perform airfield inspections and checks for safety and compliance with planning and design criteria.
• Implement and enforce airfield safety procedures.
• Conduct airfield inspections in accordance with AFMAN 13-204v2.
• Respond to aircraft emergencies.

Planning & Coordination

• Plan, organize, and direct airfield activities including airfield construction and repairs, airfield driving program, ice and snow removal operations, and bird and wildlife control.
• Coordinate airfield maintenance and construction projects.
• Coordinate with base agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.

Supervision & Personnel Management

• Supervise and coordinate between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.

Flight Operations & Information Management

• Process domestic and international flight plans.
• Procure, maintain, and produce information on safe operation of aircraft through the national and international airspace system including Flight Information Publications, aeronautical charts and maps, NOTAM, local airfield and navigational aid status, and weather information.
• Monitor and maintain flight records.
• Apply knowledge of weather information and flight plan processing.
• Conduct flight following procedures and track aircraft movements.

Hazard & Wildlife Management

• Manage wildlife on and around airfield grounds.
• Implement bird aircraft strike hazard procedures.
• Coordinate hazardous cargo and live fire devices.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate of an approved DoD/Airfield Managers course or equivalent.
• Aviation-related experience as aircrew, dispatcher, or flight follower with a 14 CFR Part 121 or 14 CFR Part 135 operator.
• Four years of experience including supervision and coordination between air traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, implementing and enforcing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, applying knowledge of weather information, flight plan processing, flight following procedures, tracking aircraft movements, managing wildlife on and around airfield grounds, implementing bird aircraft strike hazard procedures, coordinating airfield maintenance and construction projects, coordinating hazardous cargo and live fire devices, responding to aircraft emergencies, and conducting airfield inspections in accordance with AFMAN 13-204v2.
• Compliance with requirements in AFMAN 13-204v1 Chapter 7 and AFMAN 13-24v2 Chapter 2.

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of weather information and flight operations.
• Flight plan processing and flight following procedures.
• Aircraft movement tracking.
• Wildlife and bird aircraft strike hazard management.
• Airfield inspection and safety compliance.

Additional Information

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US CENTCOM Medical Exam.
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Security Clearance. US Citizenship is required to obtain a Secret Clearance.