Ramp Agent Manchester, England
Job description
About the Role
Working in our Manchester Service Delivery department, you will play a vital role in ensuring that flights are fully catered and depart on time. This will involve the loading and unloading of bar and catering equipment from our airport side location on to one of our 17 tonne rigid vehicles then accompanying one of our Class 2 Drivers airside to load/unload onto the plane.
Due to the nature of the role you will be required to do a lot of lifting, bending and stretching The role will also require you to liaise with cabin crew from a variety of airlines we serve, to facilitate the transfer of catering equipment to and from the vehicle. Occasionally, you will be required to conduct small vehicle runs with uplifts or additional stock.
Contracts are 40 hours per week working shifts on a rota basis and will include a mixture of evening and weekends.
What’s in it for you:
- Free breakfast, lunch and dinner on site
- Free tea and coffee whilst on shift
- £60 towards both, dental and optical cover through our Simply health Cash Plan
- £150 if you Refer a Friend
- Discounted gym membership at over 2000 gyms nationwide
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Opportunity to enhance your learning through our inhouse apprenticeship programme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which offers counselling and advice on a wide variety of issues, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Pension scheme and life cover
About You
- Full, UK Driving Licence with less than 6 points
- You must have a flexible and enthusiastic approach to work
- You must enjoy working as part of team in a fast moving environment where deadlines are tight to ensure that flights depart on time.
- Basic numeracy skills
- Basic checking skills
If you are successful we will provide you with full training on all our processes and systems. As part of our recruitment process we carry out a full 5 year employment check and criminal records check on all successful applicants in order to comply with Civil Aviation Authority regulations. This can take up to 4 weeks to complete.
About Us
As the global caterer of choice, dnata catering provides inflight catering to the world’s leading airlines. When serving these customers, we’re also serving their customers and leaving a lasting impression on their travel experience. That’s why our mission is to deliver the promises our customers make. We offer a comprehensive range of Inflight Catering, Onboard Retail and Logistics services across all of the UK’s major and regional airports.
