Landside Operatives Cork Airport

Job Description

This role reports directly to the Asset Care – Supervisor and carries out both planned and reactive maintenance on a diverse range of airfield & landside infrastructural assets including runways, taxiways, aprons pavement, airfield paint markings, Terminal building, footpaths, roads, campus cleaning, grasslands, drainage infrastructure, security fence, boundary gates in Cork airport to always ensure safe and efficient operations.

In addition to the above, the team provides support during the winter season and is an integral part of the Cork Airport Winter Operations team responsible for ensuring the safe and timely clearance of contamination to pavements during winter operations. This is a critical part of the role.

All operatives are FAS safe pass workers and have a high level of accredited training in many areas such as Airfield driving (including airfield escorting), ATC Telephony, Manual handling, Operating of Snow and Ice Machinery, Operating Heavy Goods Vehicles, Operating Grass cutting equipment, Use of abrasive wheels, Use of power tools, Traffic Management Training, Airfield pavement maintenance rig training, Hot works training, Chemical handling, Underground service detection, Tractor driving and any further machinery required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining critical infrastructure in a dynamic live operational environment ensuring that works are conducted safely and efficiently.
• Conducting specialist semi-skilled maintenance and repairs of asphalt and concrete pavements on the airport’s runways, taxiways, aprons, and airside roads.
• Operating heavy equipment on the airfield to maintain grasslands and ensure visibility of airfield signs and lights, in compliance with wildlife management plans and health, safety, EASA regulation and security policies.
• Maintaining all airfield grasslands and hedgerows and carrying out all chemical spraying and trimming to ensure its continuous healthy condition.
• Providing snow and ice control through the application of specialized anti-icing/de-icing chemicals and operating heavy snow removal equipment during winter operations (20+ weeks of the year).
• Maintaining storm water drainage systems at Cork Airport through cleaning, maintenance and assisting specialized contractors.
• Maintaining perimeter/boundary fences, gates, and road safety equipment (barriers and other traffic control devices).
• Assisting with equipment maintenance, unique events and projects at Cork Airport.
  Assist and carry out airfield paint marking maintenance including refreshing and removal.
• Provide escort driving to external contractors when required throughout the Airfield.
• Assisting the management team with ad hoc duties within the scope of the team’s abilities as and when required.
• As required, carrying out ad hoc pavement repairs on the landside at Cork Airport.
  Maintaining the forecourt, carparks and campus through cleaning, road sweeping, rubbish removal and power washing.
• Promote a safety culture to always ensure safe working practices while conducting role and duties and ensuring the full adoption of all Health and safety documentation and procedure.
• Promote, embrace, and ensure the adoption of all new technology and assets, to support the Safe and efficient maintenance and/or operational requirements of the business.
• Provide flexibility to move with where the work is, and when it is required. Support and adapt to multiskilling roles and work practices to support a lean and dynamic working business model.
• Safety is everyone’s responsibility and individuals must actively promote, engage, adapt, and assist in taking ownership of relative actions.

Qualifications

• FAS Safe Pass Accreditation
• Experience in operating plant and machinery
• Full clean License Driver holder with C & C1 license desirable. Training will be provided if required.
• Experience working in a highly regulated safety critical environment.
• Experience or comparable experience in the provision of winter maintenance skills and operating heavy equipment in a live operational environment.
• Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with ATC in a safety critical operational environment.
• Ability to safely operate heavy equipment, power tools and hand tools – relevant construction site experience.
• Strong work ethic with a high level of initiative and enthusiasm, and an ability to excel in a fast- paced environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including communication and judgement ensuring that operational issues are addressed in a professional and efficient manner.
• A team player, capable of working both collaboratively and independently and highly flexible with a willingness to work in a changing environment
• A strong concern for the health and safety of self and others & can deal calmly with challenging situations.
• High attention to detail and quality of work
• Takes initiative and accepts ownership for delivery & results.
Committed to daa values.

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daa is an equal opportunities employer committed to celebrating diversity & inclusion and recognising the value that difference can bring, both for our business and for our people. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experience. We ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all and offer reasonable accommodations to applicants at all stages of the selection process.