Job Description

Salary: $51,974 - $70,096

Position Grade: 12G

Department: Airport

Job Type:  Full-Time (Permanent)

Examination Number: EX1121

Location: St. Louis Lambert International Airport

(Employees assigned to St. Louis Lambert International Airport may be eligible for a commuting allowance of $180.00 bi-weekly.)

This position is selected for the Hiring Incentive Program. The incentive shall be in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1500.00). The hiring incentive will be paid (if funds are available) by the Department/Division which appoints the applicant. The hiring incentive is not available to current City employees.

Incumbents in this position enforce local, state and federal laws and FAA regulations at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Duties include patrolling assigned areas, making arrests, conducting investigations and appearing in court as needed.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

● Responds to radio calls, and to the scene of a crime or an accident.

● Interviews suspects and witnesses and writes crime reports.

● Conducts investigations of suspicious activity.

● Detains or arrests violators; books/transports detainees to the appropriate Police Facility.

● Uses current scientific practices to process crime scenes, property and evidence.

● Applies for warrants and appears in court.

● Performs numerous other activities in support of the Community Policing philosophy.

● Establishes a rapport with vendors/businesses/airlines on site.

● Responds to questions from citizens and visitors.

● Patrols assigned areas, directs traffic, issues traffic tickets.

● Implements and may instruct others in airport security measures.

● Investigates malfunctioning security doors and alarms.

● May be assigned as an Explosive Detection Canine Handler or detached to a specialized unit.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

● Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.

● Human Interaction: This is a work leader/coordinator class. Positions have been assigned on a regular basis partial responsibility for coordinating and guiding the work of at least two or more full time equivalent positions performing the same kind of work. The positions themselves may change periodically or on a regular basis. Typical elements of direct control over other positions by a work leader/coordinator include assigning tasks, monitoring progress and workflow, checking the product, scheduling work, and establishing work standards. This may include employees at more than one location. The work leader/coordinator also has been delegated some responsibilities in assisting the employee who has been assigned regular full supervisory authority, responsibility and accountability in regard to the group of employees. Generally, the work leader has input into supervisory decisions made at a higher level, and may have authority to sign leave requests and approve/adjust work hours. Positions at this level are designated team or project leader/coordinator work on a regular and recurring basis. However, in addition to the lead/coordinating responsibilities, the incumbent also can be expected to perform the same or highly similar work as the positions over which the incumbent has accountability, on an as-needed basis.

● Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, calibrate, tune and synchronize, and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as a motor vehicle, computer terminal, firearm, radio, baton, mace, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions.

● Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as log books, property receipts, lists, zoning maps, special orders, blueprints, FAA handbooks, police and canine manuals and other non-routine correspondence.

● Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages and decimals.

● Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

● Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.

● Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

● Physical Requirements: Require the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull moderately heavy objects and materials, twenty (20) to fifty (50) pounds; and may occasionally involve objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds, such as restraining a violator or handling a dog. Tasks involve the ability to exert regular and sustained heavy physical effort with an emphasis on climbing and balancing, which also involves stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling to perform patrol duties.

● Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks, such as perceiving danger.

Other Requirements:

● Must be available to work varying shifts including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime.

● A ten year background investigation will be conducted in accordance with FAA regulations for positions at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

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