Part Time Ramp Services Agent
As a Ramp Agent at London City Airport, you’ll play a vital role in creating a safe, smooth and positive experience for every passenger. You’ll be a team player who takes pride in working safely, following procedures and maintaining a secure working environment.
Throughout your shift, you’ll help deliver safe, compliant and punctual aircraft turnarounds, working as part of a team to ensure every flight is ready for departure on time. Your contribution will be an important part of making the passenger journey as safe, seamless and enjoyable as possible.
This is an active, hands-on role involving significant manual handling and working outdoors in all weather conditions. It’s an opportunity to embrace your challenger spirit, work as part of a high-performing team and play a key role in keeping the airport moving.
As a Ramp Services Agent your key responsibilities include:
- Processing and transportation of baggage and cargo
- Loading and unloading aircraft
- Aircraft marshalling & other critical activities
- Application and manoeuvring of ground servicing equipment
- Collaborating with our flight crews to conduct aircraft engine ‘Start-ups’
- Seasonal operational activities such as Aircraft De-icing / Anti-icing
Once you’ve completed your training, you’ll be on a fixed roster pattern, so you can plan around work and have a good work life balance.
What you will need, however, is:
- a Full UK/EC/EEA clean driving licence held for a period of at least 6 months
- full colour vision
- the physical fitness to cope with long periods of lifting, standing and bending
- be passionate about safety in the workplace
- a strong team player with the willingness to raise issues and contribute to our dynamic team
You must also be:
- willing to provide a full five-year pre-employment reference check
- able to provide your right to work in the UK
- happy to complete our pre-employment medical and criminal record checks
- be able to work full time for the first 3 weeks to complete the initial training
Hours of Work:
- 21 hours per week on a rotational shift pattern
- Includes early, mid, late shifts and weekends and public holidays
Mid 11:00 - 16:00
Late 17:00 - 21:00
Please note these are sample start/finish times for the role
Benefits:
- Free uniform
- Free onsite parking
- Access to discounted Private Medical Insurance for you and immediate family
- Medicash Cash plan
- On site Physiotherapist
- Discounted Gym Membership at many local facilities
- Staff discounts at most of retailers on site & some local restaurants & hotels
- Enrolment into company AE pension scheme
- Access to Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Bereavement Counselling
- Cycle 2 Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Hastee Pay Advances
- 22 Days Annual leave (increasing by 1 day each year for the first 3 years until you reach 25 days)
- LCY Central discount website
- Annual Bonus based on increase in passengers each year
- Annual Season Ticket Loan
- Holiday Buy scheme (Ability to purchase up to 1 weeks A/L per year)
- Access to Salary Sacrifice Car leasing Scheme
London City Airport is one of the largest private sector employment sites in the London Borough of Newham. We offer a wide range of interesting and challenging career opportunities for the local community.
With over 2,000 employees here, working either directly for London City Airport Limited or for one of our concession partners, airlines, or other business partners on site, the scope for career satisfaction and progression is huge.
London City Airport is an Inclusive Employer.
At London City Airport we respect and celebrate each other’s individual differences. We embrace all backgrounds and abilities of all team members and we work closely with our Inclusion Group A Voice for all to ensure we are an inclusive workplace.
Please note that we only ask candidates to go through the necessary security checks (Criminal Record Checks or CRC) once a position has been offered. If you are approached by a third-party site offering to manage the process for you, please ignore it.
London City Airport Ltd is not currently delivering a Graduate Training Programme but we do run a Work Experience Programme. Please click here to find out more.
