Aircraft Handler

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in aviation as an Aircraft Handler at RAF Cosford, where you'll play a vital role in the ground movement of aircraft. The position involves regular communication with management, safety compliance, and the opportunity to develop within the team. Enjoy competitive benefits and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and nutritional consultations

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be able to achieve and maintain CTC security clearance.
• Suitability for working in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the ground movement of aircraft and support flight-line operations.
• Communicate effectively with the customer and Site Manager.
• Maintain health and safety standards and mentor new starters.

Skills

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Job description

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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 RAF Cosford site.

Therole

As an Aircraft Handler, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. Reporting to the Site Operations Manager you will assist in the ground movement of aircraft and be key part of our flight-line operations. This role would suit an individual who has a keen interest in aviation, wants a role that they can develop within and likes being part of a team.

Day-to-day, you’ll communicate with the customer and the Site Manager to ensure possible contract failures are avoided, as well as:

• Always Maintain Best practice and Health and Safety standards.
• Mentor new starters.
• Carry out A check on aircraft
• Marshal and refuel aircraft

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

The role is 40 hours per week including weekends as required. Shifts can be dicsussed at interview.

Essential experience for the Aircraft Handler:

• A willingness to learn
• Ability to operate as part of a team

Qualifications for the Aircraft Handler:

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintainCounter Terrorist Check (CTC) security 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 at United 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 email [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.