Ground Handler

/ Position: Ground Handler                      
/ Location: Jersey
/ Working Hours: 40 Hours per week, 4 days on, 2 days off (rostered basis)

Gama Aviation is currently recruiting for a Ground Handler to work at our business aviation facility at Jersey Airport. This facility offers our clients a variety of high-quality services from aircraft charter, FBO (Fixed Based Operations) services, aircraft management and easily accessible conference facilities. The role is responsible, on a shift basis, for meeting and greeting passengers, handling of passenger luggage, freight management (if applicable) and moving luggage as required. The successful candidate will join a long established and respected forward-thinking company that has a proven pedigree in career development within the organisation.

/ About us:
Gama Aviation is a hugely diverse business that offers much more than perhaps its name would suggest. Yes, we fly but we also save lives, provide mission critical intelligence, and build systems that deliver decisive advantage.

With operations in the UK, Jersey, Europe and the Middle East, a career with us can offer travel, personal growth opportunities and the ability for long-term progression in a fast paced and dynamic service industry.

/ Responsibilities:

• Meeting and greeting passengers prior to and post flight
• Handling of passenger luggage before boarding
• Security check of luggage (if required)
• Loading and unloading of luggage
• Report any issue related with the luggage to higher officials
• Move luggage properly to its allocated flight
• Clean the aircraft interior
• Ensure the aircraft is adequately stocked as per the provision list provided
• Ensure the aircraft is prepared for the departure in accordance with the check sheet
• Handle incoming and outgoing telephone and radio calls as required
• Enter data for flights onto the computer system as required

/ Security Responsibilities:

• Conducting physical searches of cabin/hold luggage, customers, staff and vehicles
• Conducting physical searches of in-flight supplies
• Body searching (pat-downs) of customers and staff
• Operating high-tech security equipment such as X-Ray machines and metal detectors
• Patrolling by foot or vehicle of premises and periphery
• Checking of staff and visitor passes to ensure authority to enter security areas.
• Greeting guests to ensure they receive the very best service

/ Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

• Physically fit as the job includes moving luggage on and off aircraft
• Possesses high levels of accuracy and efficiency
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate at all levels
• Well-presented and well-spoken individual, who is IT literate
• Clean driving licence
• Have good general health, reasonable strength and no physical incapacity which would prevent you from undertaking a range of aviation security duties;
• Be able to pass a colour blindness test (Ishihara test)
• With or without vision aids be able to read a UK car registration plate at 23 meters distance.
• With or without vision aids be able to read labels on bottles between 30 – 50 cm as selected by the candidate.
• With or without an aid, be able to hear radio and telephone communications, audio signals emitted by security equipment, and an average conversational human voice at a distance of 2.5 metres in a quiet room.
• Be free from dependence on alcohol or illegal substances.
• Ability to successfully pass the security background check

Advantageous

• Knowledge of general aviation would be an advantage

/ In addition to a Competitive Salary, we will offer you:

• Increased Salary after successful passing of probation
• Competitive Group Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive Life Assurance *
• Comprehensive Income Protection *
• Comprehensive Travel Insurance *
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (after successful passing of probation) *
• Investment in Training, Qualifications and Professional Development

*(Subject to insurance underwriting)

Due to the volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 20 working days then your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.