Ramp Agent (Station Attendant) – Airport

Air Canada; Quebec; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major airline is seeking team members in Quebec to onload and offload aircraft, ensuring safe and timely operations. This role requires no previous experience and offers a full-time paid training program lasting five to seven weeks. Key qualifications include a valid driver’s license, the ability to lift 70lbs repeatedly, and the capability to work rotating shifts. Benefits include travel privileges and a focus on employee wellbeing in a diverse environment.

Benefits

Annual profit sharing award

Special travel rates for employees and family

Paid training program

Health and mental wellness support

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in Canada.
• A valid driver’s license for heavy equipment.
• Ability to lift 70lbs repetitively.
• Pass a medical evaluation, including drug tests.
• Availability for a five to seven week training program.
• Availability to work rotating shifts.
• Ability to obtain transportation security clearances.
• Demonstrate strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the crew to efficiently onload and offload aircraft.
• Ensure safe and timely performance during operations.

Skills

Strong communication

Teamwork

Safety and security conscious

Punctuality

Dependability

Job description

Location: Quebec, QC, Canada (Onsite)

Starting Salary: $21.11/ hour (Full Time)

Branch: Airports Canada & CX Strategy

Category: Unionized (IAMAW)

Job type: Full-time

Plus shift premiums: Afternoon - $0.50 for each hour worked between 18:00 and 23:00. Midnight - $1.00 for each hour worked between 23:00 and 6:00.

No Previous Experience Required.

What will you do today?

As a dynamic team member, you collaborate with your crew to efficiently onload and offload aircraft, ensuring safe and on-time performance. You may find yourself working functions that include baggage, connecting passenger's bags or right out on the tarmac performing a symphony of tasks leading to a successful operation.

What will you find with us?

• Wellbeing: Every aspect of your wellbeing and of your family, matters to us. Our benefits go much further than the standard health, dental and pension. We want to give you support across all areas of your lifestyle – from your finances with our annual profit sharing award, to your mental health.
• Flexibility: As you gain seniority, you can opt to trade shifts and build a pattern to fit your life.
• Travel: Keen to explore the world? Want to visit family and friends overseas? Our travel privileges give you, your family and your friends special rates so you can fulfill your travel dreams.
• Diversity: You’ll find a real mix of people in our ground crew family. Here, you’ll do something different, with someone different, every single shift.
• Training: You don’t need airline, airport or aviation experience. Everyone starts with a fully paid, full-time, five to seven week training program. And if you feel you want to take your aviation career in a new direction, we’ll support you with training, development and tuition reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Eligibility to work in Canada
• A valid driver’s license – driving heavy equipment on the airside will be required
• Ability to lift 70lbs repetitively
• To pass a medical evaluation, including a drug and alcohol test
• Availability to attend and successfully pass a five (5) to seven (7) weeks full-time paid training program
• Availability to work rotating shift patterns over a 24-hour period (including weekends and holidays)
• Ability to obtain and maintain any applicable transportation security clearances and additional authorizations. Please refer to Transport Canada site for more details
• Safety and security conscious
• Strong communication and ability to work in a team on a daily basis.
• Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest, at the time any offer of employment is made and seeking any required work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required is the sole responsibility of the candidates applying for this position

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Diversity And Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.