Leading Edge Aviation
Aviation Ramp Agent - Oxford
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Department: Operations
Location: Oxford Campus
Compensation: £25,397 / year
Description
Leading Edge Aviation is a leading commercial pilot training school with a reputation for producing exceptional pilots. We're a passionate and vibrant community, bustling with students and a dedicated training and support team. We use cutting-edge technology and training techniques to create an environment tailored to cultivate success for our students.
We are looking for a flexible and safety-conscious Ramp Assistant to assist our business in maintaining a smooth operation by ensuring our aircraft are flight-ready. This is a hands-on role based right at the heart of an exciting airport environment. A Ramp Assistant is a vital role within the Operations Team and ensures the aircraft, staff, and students have everything they need to safely take to the skies.
Are you interested in aviation? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you - join our team and see where it takes you!
This is a permanent, full-time role based in our Oxford Academy. Ramp Agents work 40 hours per week over 5 days, and the team cover a 7-day week operation.
Role Duties
- Ensure all aircraft are appropriately refuelled and oil levels at the required level
- Ensure all aircraft are cleaned and fit for flight, both internally and externally
- Move aircraft in and out hangar and around the apron as required
- Maintain hangar cleanliness
- Carry out de-icing duties as required
- Maintain a high standard of safety and presentation at all times when operating
- Undertake daily, weekly, and monthly vehicle and ground equipment and fuel checks
- Escort visitors airside as required
- Provide vital support to the Operations Team
- Demonstrate and uphold the company’s core values in all actions, decisions, and interactions
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OUR CULTURE
At Leading Edge Aviation, our Vision, Mission, and Values guide everything that we do. The Ramp Assistant is expected to maintain the highest levels of professionalism, compliance, and integrity. This role requires flexibility and a collaborative mindset to contribute to our vision of excellence in everything that we do.
Core Competencies
- An interest in Aviation
- Highly safety conscious
- Experience working to strict safety and operational regulations
- An independent and flexible work ethic
- Manual handling skills
- A full UK driving licence (essential)
- A pro-active manner, looking to resolve issues within approved boundaries
- A flexible approach to working hours; the team participate in a shift pattern to cover a 7-day week operation which covers weekend and evening working on a rotational basis
- Excellent communication skills with a positive and enthusiastic outlook
- Demonstrable alignment with the company’s core values in attitude, conduct, and work ethic
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We know a great team member is more than a checklist. If you have the skills, passion, and commitment to make a difference, we’d like to hear from you, even if you don’t meet every listed requirement.
What We Offer
- Salary up to £25,397 per annum, reviewed annually
- Commitment to your personal and professional development
- Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, increasing with service, plus bank holidays
- An Airspace Day for your wellbeing and what is important to you
- Enhanced sick pay and leave
- Pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions
- Life assurance scheme of 2x your annual salary
- Critical illness cover
- Access to our Individual Assistance Program and lifestyle discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site parking
- Employee referral scheme
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