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✈️ Rapid Response Team Assignment – Job Details

 

Step 1:​

🚨 Watch this video about your new role

 

Please note: This is different from the introduction video

Successful applicants will:

  • Receive full training

  • Enjoy excellent rates of pay for call-outs

  • Join a vital team helping to keep the airport moving at all times​

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✅ Essential Requirements

To join the Rapid Response Team, you must:

  • Be available for ad-hoc work throughout the year

  • Have no unspent criminal convictions

  • (Some roles) Hold a full UK Driving Licence and pass a driver medical (Hearing, Vision, etc.)

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🛠️ What Will I Be Doing?

As part of the Rapid Response Team, you could be called upon for a variety of essential tasks, including:

  • Baggage/Ramp Duties – Moving luggage between baggage halls and aircraft

  • Driving Baggage Equipment (tugs, dollies, belt loaders)

  • Operating De-Icing Rigs – Spraying aircraft with de-icing fluid

  • Winter Resilience Support – Operating specialist equipment to remove snow

  • Airside Escorting – Escorting temporary/visitor pass holders safely across airside areas

  • And much more!

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📋 The Role Summary​

Job Title: Rapid Response Team Member

Shift Times: Ad-hoc emergency cover – must be flexible for days, nights, weekdays, and weekends

Minimum Shift Length: 8 hours (Standby rates apply - Terms will be in your Contract for Services)

Pay Rate:

  • PAYE – From £22/hour (incl. WTR)

  • LTD Company – £25/hour (+ VAT if applicable)

Pay Frequency: Weekly (in arrears)

Parking: Provided free of charge​

📺 Step 2: Accept Your Assignment

To move forward complete your Assignment Confirmation Form below. This form will ask for a few basic details, confirmation of your experience and availability, and a few scenario-based questions to ensure you are fully prepared.​

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We look forward to reviewing your responses!

✈️ Assignment Confirmation

Which Airport Team have you chosen to join?
Please select which positions within our Team you are interested in (Select as many as you like)
You confirm that you understand this is not a full-time position and should not be relied upon for a regular source of income?
Yes
No

Please note: Work is offered on an as-needed basis and hours are not guaranteed. This role is intended to provide flexible, supplementary work only.

You confirm that you can commit to the ad-hoc nature of The Rapid Response Team?
Yes
No

Please note: The Rapid Response Team operates on an on-call, flexible basis. Shifts may be offered at short notice, including evenings, weekends, and public holidays.

Example: "I am currently a self-employed electrician with the ability to accept short-notice assignments around my existing workload."

Please select which licences you hold:
How do you plan on commuting to the Airport in adverse weather conditions?

Scenario-Based Questions

Tip: Consider mentioning your availability, communication approach, and how you would manage any existing commitments.

Tip: Think about staying calm, following protocol, immediate reporting, and ensuring minimal risk to yourself and those nearby.

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