The posting
Job Description
Be at the core of Heathrow’s Hold Baggage System (HBS), where you’ll play a vital role in maintaining and optimising the specialist screening equipment that keeps airport operations running smoothly.
In this hands-on position, you’ll apply a broad, multi-skilled approach across mechanical, electrical, electronic, and IT disciplines, including networks, computer systems and Linux systems. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring the reliability and performance of critical assets within a high-demand, fast-paced setting.
You’ll be responsible for delivering both planned and corrective maintenance, while also contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, project delivery, and asset replacement programmes that enhance operational efficiency and resilience.
Working within a forward-thinking and innovative environment, you’ll collaborate with a dedicated team focused on safety, performance, and excellence, supporting the seamless operation of one of the world’s busiest airports.
Salary: £46,345 plus £6,624 shift allowance. Shift pattern 4 on [2 days, 2 nights -12 hour shifts] and 4 days off. Please note this role requires CTC clearance which require candidates to have resided in the UK for the past 3 years.
Responsibilities
- Deliver an exceptional passenger experience by maintaining and optimising Heathrow’s Hold Baggage System assets.
- Carry out both planned and reactive maintenance to ensure assets operate safely and reliably.
- Diagnose faults and performance issues, identify improvement opportunities, and implement effective solutions that enhance operational performance.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, including asset maintenance histories, to drive efficiency and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Demonstrate a strong commitment to safety by proactively identifying hazards, mitigating risks, and fostering a safe working environment for all.
- Champion continuous improvement, promoting best practice and contributing to ongoing operational excellence.
Qualifications
- You must hold a recognised multi-skilled, module-based NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification, or a recognised indentured apprenticeship, in a relevant mechanical and electrical engineering discipline.
Examples include a Level 3 EAL or City & Guilds (C&G) NVQ in one of the following areas:
- Engineering Maintenance (Electrical and Mechanical modules)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electromechanical Engineering
- Mechatronic Engineering
- Controls Engineering
- Electrical Installation (including AM2)
- Rail maintenance (eg rolling stock, signalling)
Please note that standalone qualifications, such as BTECs or degrees, are not considered equivalent to a practically assessed NVQ. Therefore, they will not be accepted unless supported by a relevant NVQ qualification.
- Full UK driving licence including the ability to obtain and maintain airside licences and permits.
- Strong hands-on experience, gained within an engineering environment.
- Analytical thinking and sound problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritise in a complex and fast-paced setting.
About Us
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.
