Maintenance Operative

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

4/24/2025

Job description: Summary

• Maintenance Operative
• Based at Manchester Airport
• Permanent position
• 38 hours per week (Mon-Fri)

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive.

 

You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• 6% company contribution pension
• 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts

The role

As a Maintenance Operative, you’ll be part of a team that is responsible for proactively ensuring that the Airfield Maintenance Unit asset base, equipment, services and facilities remain operational within specified safety, legislative, quality and performance standards and targets. You’ll undertake planned and reactive maintenance work on airport infrastructure to ensure optimum availability and serviceability of assets which meet agreed service levels and provide a trouble-free operational environment for our customers, whilst accurately recording management information data for work carried out. You’ll also be communicating with Customers, Service Partners and Line Management and participating in projects and working parties.

What will make you successful in the role?

You’ll ideally be qualified to NVQ2 in a relevant civil engineering discipline, with experience in carrying out surface repairs in both concrete and asphalt materials and operating plant i.e Tractors, sweepers, paint spraying machines. The ability to carry out first-line maintenance, inspections and repairs. The marking out and refreshing of the Apron and Runway ground signage will be a substantial part of the daily duties so experience in this type of activity would be beneficial. It is essential that you have experience of working in a similar capacity on a large commercial/industrial site where a similar range of multidiscipline engineering asset and facility maintenance is undertaken. A full UK Driving License is essential.