Airfield Transport Officer

Introduction

There’s nothing quite like the buzz you’ll feel when you’re playing a crucial role at the heart of one of the busiest airports in the world. With more than 1,000 arriving and departing flights on a normal day, the Airside and Airspace Operations team works with customers and suppliers to ensure the safe, efficient and effective operation of the airfield and aircraft.

Every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities, when every decision taken has a real impact on the way our whole airport operates.

You’ll join a high-performing team with a wide range of skills and a shared passion to make every journey better. You’ll be part of a team that not only delivers a safe and efficient operation every day but is also at the cutting edge of innovation, crafting and delivering new technology and infrastructure. Whether your role is to improve process efficiency, monitor aircraft movements or oversee safety measures, you’ll be vital to the continuing smooth running of our airport.

• Salary: £35,901 plus a shift allowance, rising to £39,817 after 1 year’s service.
• Shifts:
  
  Early/late shifts (4 on, 4 off) Monday to Sunday.

• Driving and operating a varied fleet of specialist and complex vehicles and machinery in support of the airfield operation
• Maintaining accurate records relating to driving hours and regulations e.g., tachographs and logbooks.
• Carrying out a range of airfield housekeeping tasks, taking proactive action to reduce risks to aircraft from foreign object damage and risks to airfield colleagues from slips, trips and falls.
• Undertaking inspections of our vehicles, ensuring they are serviceable and safe.
• Responding first to safety events ensuring details are logged correctly and escalated as necessary; making positive interventions with airfield community members to prevent accidents and maintain compliance.

• Current LGV licence to C category
• Ability to hold and maintain a “M” class Airside Driving Permit
• Ability to operate complex vehicles and specialist equipment
• Experience of operating in a complex, safety-critical, procedures-driven operational environment
• Great communication skills
• Being a motivated self-starter, having the ability to work alone in a physically demanding role
• A collaborative, positive outlook; a desire to continuously improve safety and efficient operations. A “don’t walk by” attitude is essential.

• Knowledge and understanding of transport regulations
• Knowledge of safety culture and safety management systems
• Knowledge of risk assessments
• Experience of loading and slinging requirements

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities. Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and come home buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences.

A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore. It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we ll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work.

And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

This is an airport-based position. Every day, you will play a critical role in helping us to give our passengers the best airport service in the world.

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.