Job Summary

Day to day you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring your area of the turnaround is completed accurately
• Ensuring performance standards are met
• Ensuring airline quality and punctuality standards are met
• The operation of vehicles, attending and performing to daily operator checks; and ensuring that they are always kept clean
• Safely and effective working, and always assure compliance with health and safety
• Ensuring the completion of paperwork is correct
• Unloading air cargo and mail, bulk and/or containers/pallets
• Delivering air cargo to the appropriate recipient
• Providing special handling of cargo/mail as required
• Exporting collection to be taken to aircraft, cargo collected from warehouse, mail collected from the post office, and deliver to the aircraft
• Importing collected from aircraft and cargo/mail to be taken to warehouse/post office via Customs
• Collecting and load live animals and dangerous goods onto aircraft
• Reporting all equipment malfunctions to the appropriate supervisor/manager
• Complying with all relevant legislation, airport authority and carrier security requirements.
• Complying with all UK/Ireland/EU legislation
• Complying with Swissport Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Maintaining the highest standards of safety and security at all time
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications and competencies

• Hold a full driving licence
• Flexible to work a variety of shifts (days, evening, nights, weekends, and public holidays);
• Flexible Work attitude is a must
• Ability to speak and understand the English language competently
• Ability to travel to the airport at times where public transport is not available
• Ability to follow processes and procedures and apply a flexible approach when required
• Willingness to work in inclement weather
• Able to work in a manual environment and repeatedly lift up to 32kg throughout a shift.
• Able to work in some confined spaces
• Able to work as a team in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Previous experience working in an aviation environment desirable