Engineering Technician - Airfield Horsham, England
Job description
Engineering Technician – Airfield
Are you our next Engineering Technician? We are looking for someone who can help us redefine what's possible for are Engineering team.
As part of our ‘Grow with Gatwick' initiative you'll be provided with plenty of training and support to ensure you're developing and growing your career.
The Engineering team deliver what matters. They protect, maintain, and repair our infrastructure. From the electricity that powers this place. Giant plant rooms that heat and cool the airport. To the specialist equipment on the airfield too!
What is the role?
The role of an Airfield Engineering technician is key to keeping the airport operation running, in order to enable Gatwick to achieve and exceed its strategic priorities and by being proactive in minimising downtime of assets including Aeronautical Ground Lighting, fixed electrical ground power, passenger boarding bridges and stand entry guidance systems.
What will you do?
- Undertake planned preventative/reactive/corrective maintenance, mindful of asset performance and operational requirements. Feedback requirements, or carry out work, required to repair out-of-service assets or improve poor performing ones.
- Undertake tasks requiring in-depth technical competence in electrical/mechanical/control system engineering or other tasks falling within other engineering disciplines which you have skills for or have been trained in.
- Use GAL I.T. – Work Management Systems (e.g., ULTIMO) as required. Receive & close work orders, enter data accurately and use system data to drive individual and asset performance.
- Ensure all engineering and operational records are updated to meet business, regulatory and manufacturer requirements.
- Take responsibility for your own safety and the safety of those around you as part of your legal responsibility such as the wearing of PPE, completing mandatory training and reporting H&S accidents, incidents and near misses.
Do you have what we're looking for?
- Successful completion of relevant apprenticeship or equivalent scheme
- City and Guilds/ ONC/HNC Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- 18th Edition Certified
- Gatwick Electrical Safety Rules L.V skilled person
- Excellent knowledge of any relevant statutory/regulatory requirements for the role.
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and ULTIMO
- The post holder will be required to hold a full driving license and airside driving permit.
What's it like to work here?
Our employees tell us that working here is something special. Everyone is looking to deliver what matters to our passengers. There is so much that makes air travel possible. No day is like another. Our employees enjoy a range of personal, health and financial benefits, including annual leave and high street discounts. We offer a performance-based bonus scheme, and our people can request professional training to support them to Grow with Gatwick
We want our people to reflect our local community and the passengers we serve. We know we are all at our best when we feel comfortable and included. We want our people to feel like they can be who they want to be at work, and we work hard to provide them with the respect and flexibility to do so.
We aim to be an equitable, diverse, and inclusive employer. We encourage and support our people to be their best. We seek different perspectives that redefine what's possible. Together we are a team.
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