Engineering Manager - Baggage (Hiring Immediately)

ZipRecruiter; England; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company at London Gatwick is seeking an Engineering Manager for their Baggage Systems. This role involves leading a skilled team to ensure safety and efficiency in baggage handling operations, managing performance metrics, and driving a culture of health and safety. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus potential, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Share scheme

Pension

Lifestyle insurance

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in an engineering discipline.
• Proven proactive leadership in health and safety.
• Experience in leading and managing a baggage team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Baggage Engineering team.
• Ensure optimal performance of the Baggage asset base.
• Drive EH&S culture to reduce incidents.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety

Communication

Performance Management

Education

Degree in Engineering

HND in Engineering with significant experience

Job description

Job Description

Engineering Manager – Baggage

From £59,795 + £4,750 Flex Allowance + Up to 20% Bonus + Benefits

Great journeys happen at London Gatwick

Where will your career take you?

The buzz, the energy, the sheer magic of travel… you can feel it in the air all around you. Here, you'll be part of an energetic team and a vibrant community. We can help you thrive in a career that's a world away from the everyday.

What's the role?

The core purpose of this role is to deliver a safe, efficient, and resilient Baggage System — a system that manages one of three major flows within the Airport (the others being aircraft and passenger). This involves taking full accountability for the Baggage Systems to ensure high levels of safety, reliability, and availability of one of Gatwick's operationally critical infrastructure systems.

The role requires strong leadership of the maintenance team and effective management of third parties and stakeholders.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and develop the Baggage Engineering team of highly skilled Technicians to deliver the maintenance plan.
• Ensure optimal performance of the Baggage asset base, including performance improvements to enhance system availability, achieving against OBP / CSS metrics.
• Drive EH&S culture across all teams to reduce incidents and promote a safe working environment.
• Produce effective communication and reports to all stakeholders, such as Ground Handling teams, Airlines, and Handling Agents, to enable smooth operations.
• Manage costs and contracts to ensure adherence to the operational budget.

Do you have what we're looking for?

• Educated to degree level in an engineering discipline; HND level in engineering with significant experience is also accepted.
• Proven proactive leadership to promote health and safety culture, ensuring processes and procedures protect employees and contractors.
• Experience in leading, managing, and developing a baggage team to deliver against Gatwick's strategic priorities.
• Ability to ensure system performance meets and exceeds OBP and CSS measures.
• Experience leading failure investigations to determine root causes related to baggage systems and operational impacts.

What's in it for you?

We value our people and reward every employee fairly with a highly competitive package, including an annual bonus, share scheme, pension, and lifestyle insurance. There are also many opportunities for career progression and training to support your personal and professional development.

London Gatwick is well connected, just 30 minutes from central London and directly linked to over 100 towns and cities. We aim to make your journey to work as convenient and cost-effective as possible, whether by cycle, electric car, or train.

Whatever your interests and ambitions, wherever you want your career to take you, London Gatwick could be the place where your career really takes off.

Click 'Apply' to begin your journey, your way, with London Gatwick.

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