Airport Assistant Fire Marshal

Open Recruitment

Position Specific Recruitment

This is a position-specific recruitment open to anyone who meets the minimum qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this position or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is the owner & operator of both BWI Thurgood Marshall and Martin State Airports, serving over 27 million passengers annually.

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MAA is currently accepting applications for the position of Airport Assistant Fire Marshal within the Airport Fire & Rescue Department (FRD) at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall Airport).

The Airport Assistant Fire Marshal provides a safe environment for the public and employees at BWI Marshall Airport and throughout the community through research, education, inspections, and code enforcement activities necessary to minimize the danger to life from fire and other hazardous conditions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assisting with and ensuring compliance of BWI Marshall Airport construction design standards and other statutory regulations pertaining to Local and State adopted fire and life safety codes including Federal Aviation Regulations pertaining to aircraft fuel storage and handling;
• Investigating, documenting, and resolving complaints or concerns given a reported situation about fire and life safety issues from employees and the public;
• Conducting field inspections of existing facilities for fire and life safety violations;
• Issuing permits in accordance with the agencies policies and procedures;
• Conducting a review of plans and shop drawings for fire protection and fire alarm systems and shop drawings for renovations and new construction and preparing correspondence using appropriate documents; and
• Performing inspections of fuel farms, fuel trucks, and fueling operations for Federal Aviation Regulation compliance and the agencies' policies and procedures.
• Work is performed at an airport fire station and at response locations throughout the airport, which are exposed to high noise levels from aircraft. The employee is required to work outdoors in all types of weather. In some emergency situations, the Airport Assistant Fire Marshal wears protective clothing and may be exposed to hazardous situations.

This position is an emergency essential position. All employees designated as emergency essential are required to be available to work during weather, operational, and/or disaster emergency conditions. Furthermore, this position requires work in a 24-hour facility, and you must be available to work any shift as required by the operational needs of the MAA.

This position is located at BWI Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County, MD

Education: Graduation from a standard high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Three years' experience as a career firefighter in the Fire Marshal's Office, at the BWI FRD or comparable airport, or municipality, or military fire department.
OR
Five Years experience as Fire Marshal with other industrial groups.

Note: A Bachelor of Science Degree related to Fire Science from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

Licenses & Certifications

1. An employee in this classification will be assigned duties that require the operation of a motor vehicle. The employee will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

2. The employee shall have the following certifications at the time of application:

NFPA 1031 Fire Inspector Level II
NFPA 1041 Emergency Service Instructor Level I
NFPA 1031 Plans Examiner I/II

Notes:
1. Acceptable certification shall be from the National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications or International Fire Service Accreditation Congress/Department of Defense (DoD) Program.
2. A valid Fire Protection Specialist certificate is preferred.
3. A valid Maryland Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) certification issued by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) is preferred.
4. The employee will be required to possess NFPA 1033 Fire Investigator within six months after appointment to this classification.
5. The employee will be required to possess NFPA 1035 Public Fire and Life Safety Educator certification within one year after appointment to this classification.

TO APPLY:

You may apply online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd to be considered for this recruitment. RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE MDOT EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. Consideration for employment may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information. Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes but is not limited to, full or part-time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.

If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.

Your application must be received by: 12/12/2025

Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please notify me in advance. MD Relay Service Number (711). Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply. The selected candidate may be subject to background and reference checks.

The Maryland Department of Transportation is not sponsoring new employees in the application for the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.

For education obtained outside the U.S., at the time of application, you are required to provide proof of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service, such as the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (http://www.naces.org) or World Education Services: International Credential Evaluation (https://www.wes.org/).

The incumbent in this position may be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, MAA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

Issue Date: 11/28/2025