Aircraft Handler

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Aircraft Handler at the MOD Boscombe Down site in Salisbury. The role includes ground movement of aircraft, mentoring new staff, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and conducting aircraft checks. The position offers a full-time, permanent contract with various benefits including a pension scheme and development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and health checks

Employee share scheme

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading benefit

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience handling aircraft in military or civilian environments preferred.
• Able to maintain CTC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the ground movement of aircraft.
• Maintain safety protocols and mentor new starters.
• Conduct A check on aircraft with training provided.

Skills

Health and Safety standards

Mentoring

Practical and theoretical standards

Education

Security Clearance (Counter Terrorism Check)

Job description

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Aircraft Handler

Location:

Salisbury, GB, SP4 0JF

Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Aircraft Handler

Location: Salisbury Wiltshire

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF65693

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as an Aircraft Handler at our MOD Boscombe Down site.

The role

As an Aircraft Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Site Operations Manager and LAE you will assist in the ground movement of aircraft and be key part of our flight-line operations.

Day-to-day, you’ll have the following responsibilities:

• Always Maintain Best practice and Health and Safety standards.
• Mentor new starters.
• Carry out A check on aircraft – Training given to successful candidate
• Marshalling and refuelling aircraft. - Training given to successful candidate

This role is full time and based onsite at MOD Boscombe Down. However, the company may, on occasion, ask you to deploy to other sites or support detachments at other operating locations.

Experience for the Aircraft Handler

• Experience of handling aircraft in a military or civilian EASA Pt 145 environment. Preferable but not essential
• Ability to demonstrate practical and theoretical standards required.

Qualifications for the Aircraft Handler

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer.If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.