BA Euroflyer - Deputy Outstation Manager Gatwick, England
Job description
At BA Euroflyer every single person will help take our new wings to incredible heights. Flying from Gatwick, London’s second busiest airport, with a network of some of the most desirable European destinations, our agile operation will allow us to serve our customers with the premium British Airways’ service that makes us the nation’s flag-carrier.
We are a British Airways’ subsidiary, which means that you will experience a lean and vibrant team culture where we stay connected and support one another. Working within our team offers the opportunity to add value and create impact from day one. As part of the British Airways’ group, you will also benefit from working alongside colleagues who are experts in their fields, helping to shape the well-known British Airways brand.
We are recruiting for a Deputy Outstations Manager on a Permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to join our welcoming and ambitious team and support with the smooth running of the airport for BA and BA Euroflyer.
Key accountabilities:
- Conduct Safety/Security Investigations where appropriate to assist in driving continuous improvements within Ground Operations.
- Provide support to the Outstation Network, including user administration, stationary ordering and Systems support where required.
- Regular travel to any airport across the BA Euroflyer network to support the department targets and business needs.
- Leading supplier change initiatives in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
- Working with compliance and safety in addressing concerns, supporting investigations and audits.
- Support with ensuring operational readiness for new station openings and seasonal re-starts, as well
- Demonstrating flexibility, including potential for some short-notice travel, supporting other stations and LGW and work out of hours/weekend if required.
- Conduct a-hoc checks/inspections at LGW and outstations.
- Support the Ground Operations Emergency Response Plans across the network. Including attendance to airports/supplier’s meetings and coordinating Euroflyer participation to emergency exercises as required.
- Support compliance and safety in addressing concerns, supporting investigations and audits and follow ups with internal and external stakeholders.
- Developing and testing local business continuity plans for stations across the network.
The ideal criteria for this role:
- Experience of working within the aviation/airline industry.
- Ability to be flexible and support a broad range of requirements.
- Understanding of International Airport Operations.
- Able to understand Ground Operations both Above Wing and Below Wing
- Multi-lingual in several European languages
- Numerate and able to handle and interpret operational data.
- Able to travel to locations throughout Europe.
- Able to hold a valid airside pass.
- Hold a full driving licence.
- 34 annual days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays
- Eligible for British Airways worldwide staff travel from your first day of employment
- Unlimited discounted airfares for your friends and family
- Discounts at selected car hire, hotels, and retail stores
- Pension scheme and life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car leasing scheme
- Rail discounts
- Discretionary Bonus
- Wellbeing and recognition programmes
- Access to an online doctor
- Private Healthcare (role dependant)
If you think that BA Euroflyer could be your next home, please refer to the attached job description for full details on the role.
At BA Euroflyer, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive place to work where we can ALL be ourselves. We welcome applications from across our diverse communities to reflect our global business.
