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Identifying cost savings is a key part of Hill’s day to day responsiblities

Houston: we don’t have a problem

A four-year stint in the US Air Force helped Scott Hill gain the qualifications and skills to launch

his career as a management analyst with the airports authority in his home city in Texas

WORK EXPERIENCE SCOTT HILL

energy saving totalling $499,550

per year. That retro-report has the

implementation cost of

$780,247, which would give

HAS a 1.56 year simple payback.

We are now working with Texas

A&M Energy Systems Laboratory

to implement this through their

continuous commissioning. It is

worth mentioning that this effort

is also being heavily supported

by our operations and mainte-

nance staff at HOU.

It must be hard to keep track of

everything

Another big project is infrastruc-

ture condition assessment. This

initiative is helping us to under-

stand the condition of our infra-

structure so that we can plan

and prioritise what projects we

need to focus on. We are cur-

rently building an up-to-date in-

ventory of our assets through the

use of geographic information

system technology. It has been a

great honour to be able to serve

my city and country throughout

my aviation career. I encourage

any young person who is debat-

ing career paths to consider one

in aviation. It is a global indus-

try that connects people, creates

innovation and strengthens

economies. Q

Have you always been
interested in aviation?
My father was in the US Air
Force and he was also a private
pilot. He definitely helped stir
my interest in aeronautics. Also,
when I was nearing the end of
high school, I was not totally pre-
pared to go straight to college.
That was when I made the best
decision of my life, which was to
follow in my father’s footsteps
and join the air force. It was there
that I had the honour of being a
part of the best aviation organisa-
tion in the world. I was able to
serve my country and also gain
technical and leadership skills
that have certainly helped in my
career thus far.
And the USAF helped you
become ready for college
While in the air force I was able
to finish my associates degree
from the Community College of
the Air Force. After my four-year
enlistment, I decided to move
back to my home town of Hou-
ston and be closer to family. I im-
mediately enrolled at Embry-
Riddle Aeronautical University
to pursue a Bachelor of Science
degree. It was during that time
that I was looking for my next ca-
reer. I was fortunate enough to
land a job with the Houston Air-
port System (HAS). I work for the
infrastructure division in asset
management. I was born and
raised in Houston, so I found it to
be a great opportunity to come
back home and work for the city
that I love. I have since earned a
masters in Aeronautical Science
at Embry-Riddle.

What are your daily duties?

I am a management analyst IV.

My job is to coordinate the devel-

opment of effective programmes

and computerised databases that

measure the success of the asset

management projects. These ini-

tiatives ensure efficiencies

throughout the HAS’s physical

infrastructure at all three air-

ports: George Bush Interconti-

nental (IAH), William P Hobby

(HOU) and Ellington. I am the

primary liaison and lead for all

asset management financial mat-

ters including budget, monitor-

ing and execution.

What key projects are you

working on?

One of our projects last fiscal

year was a retro-commissioning

programme at both IAH and

HOU. The retro-commissioning

focused mostly on heating, venti-

lating and air conditioning and it

identified energy savings oppor-

tunities. For example, once im-

plemented, at HOU’s main termi-

nal, we could see an annual

“This initiative is

helping us to

understand... our

infrastructure so that

we can plan and

prioritise... projects”

Houston airport

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