Airport Duty Engineer
Company
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
1/8/2025
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Description
Introduction
Be part of this city within a city. Every year, millions of people travel through Heathrow. Joining our Engineering team means being at the heart of a complex operation whose size, scale and reputation for innovation are unique. We make sure the airport is always running smoothly and keep passengers and planes moving.
Our team touches all aspects of airport life – from water to energy, rail to roads, baggage systems to runways. The scope and variety of what we do is vast, spanning mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail and environmental disciplines. Together we are responsible for the performance of 500,000 assets worth £14bn. It means there are always a wide range of interesting development, construction and maintenance projects to get involved with. And a lot of ways to develop your skills, career and reputation.
You’ll be part of a close-knit, driven team, taking on work that you can take real pride in and feel passionate about. It’s an exciting place to be, where every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities and you’ll be mentored by world-class experts every step of the way.
Job Description
This role forms a critical part of the overall control function, acting as a central point of engineering excellence and providing a consultation service and management of engineering incidents. For major incidents, or those having a significant operational impact, the ADE is responsible for providing business continuity and incident response, as well as implementing recovery plans and contingencies. Furthermore, the ADE will lead and influence internal and external stakeholders, frontline teams, and suppliers to accomplish shared objectives whilst maintaining the highest standards of health and safety.
This is a shift-based role consisting of 12 hour shifts with a mixture of earlies and lates.
Your role will involve
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and come home buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working location
This is an airport-based position. Every day, you will play a critical role in helping us to give our passengers the best airport service in the world.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
Be part of this city within a city. Every year, millions of people travel through Heathrow. Joining our Engineering team means being at the heart of a complex operation whose size, scale and reputation for innovation are unique. We make sure the airport is always running smoothly and keep passengers and planes moving.
Our team touches all aspects of airport life – from water to energy, rail to roads, baggage systems to runways. The scope and variety of what we do is vast, spanning mechanical, electrical, water, civil, rail and environmental disciplines. Together we are responsible for the performance of 500,000 assets worth £14bn. It means there are always a wide range of interesting development, construction and maintenance projects to get involved with. And a lot of ways to develop your skills, career and reputation.
You’ll be part of a close-knit, driven team, taking on work that you can take real pride in and feel passionate about. It’s an exciting place to be, where every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities and you’ll be mentored by world-class experts every step of the way.
Job Description
This role forms a critical part of the overall control function, acting as a central point of engineering excellence and providing a consultation service and management of engineering incidents. For major incidents, or those having a significant operational impact, the ADE is responsible for providing business continuity and incident response, as well as implementing recovery plans and contingencies. Furthermore, the ADE will lead and influence internal and external stakeholders, frontline teams, and suppliers to accomplish shared objectives whilst maintaining the highest standards of health and safety.
This is a shift-based role consisting of 12 hour shifts with a mixture of earlies and lates.
Your role will involve
- Playing an integral part of Heathrow’s operational command and control function by Monitoring and controlling a vast array of critical systems.
- Providing incident response by leading the engineering team on-site at incidents that potentially threaten life, property, and interruption to the business whilst liaising with internal operational senior managers.
- Responsible for providing business continuity by instigating key contingency and recovery plans.
- Acting as a Control Engineer, Senior Authorised Person, and Authorised Person on various systems for both UK Power Networks Services (UKPNS) and Heathrow, ensuring that all regulations and safe systems of work are adhered to.
- Acquiring and maintaining specialist authorisations achieved through frequent training courses and assessments.
- Supporting and nurturing talent within the engineering team. Providing inspirational leadership, coaching and mentoring to develop internal and external colleagues in accordance with each safe systems of work.
- City and Guilds Level 3, NVQ Level 3, HNC or above in an appropriate Engineering discipline.
- Experienced in communicating and influencing all levels of the organisation, dealing professionally with colleagues, customers, and business partners.
- Full UK driving license and ability to obtain an airside driving licence.
- Appointed as an Authorised Person or higher within a safe system of work.
There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.
Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and come home buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.
It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.
Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.
Our rewards
We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.
Working location
This is an airport-based position. Every day, you will play a critical role in helping us to give our passengers the best airport service in the world.
Sustainable Travel to work
Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work, and through our diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.
Advertise with us.
Please contact: hello@huntukvisasponsors.com
Please contact: hello@huntukvisasponsors.com
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