Aerodrome Compliance Coordinator

There’s nothing quite like the buzz you’ll feel when you’re playing a crucial role at the heart of one of the busiest airports in the world. With more than 1,000 arriving and departing flights on a normal day, the Airside and Airspace Operations team works with customers and suppliers to ensure the safe, efficient and effective operation of the airfield and aircraft. Every day, you’ll discover a world of fresh possibilities, when every decision taken has a real impact on the way our whole airport operates.

You’ll join a high-performing team with a wide range of skills and a shared passion to make every journey better. You’ll be part of a team that not only delivers a safe and efficient operation every day but is also at the cutting edge of innovation, crafting and delivering new technology and infrastructure. Whether your role is to improve process efficiency, monitor aircraft movements or oversee safety measures, you’ll be vital to the continuing smooth running of our airport.

The Aerodrome Compliance Coordinator assumes a critical role in implementing the Airside Works Plan, contributing to the strategic management of work schedules. Collaborating with your team, you will all play a pivotal role in ensuring the execution of safety restrictions across the Airfield. The core duty of this role involves initiating technical and physical safeguarding of cranes and drones within Heathrow, ensuring unrestricted airside operations and optimal flight safety. You will control these activities through the administration of Airside Works Permits and the facilitation of meetings with both internal and external stakeholders.

Please be aware this is a Monday to Friday business hours role so will not attract shift allowance.

Your role will involve:

• Planning of Airside works to minimise conflicts with persons, vehicles, equipment and aircraft engaged in day to day operational activities.
• Chairing works programme meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Reviewing and approving Airside works permits, including method and risk, ensuring works are planned and conducted in a compliant and safe manner in line with current HAL/EASA policies and procedures.
• Reviewing and approval of applications for cranes and high-lifting equipment.
• Reviewing and approval of all drone flight applications.
• Auditing of internal and external contractors for quality and compliance to Heathrow policies & procedures and legal & statutory regulations.

These Skills Are Essential:

• Ability to communicate and build relationships with stakeholders to manage ambiguity & influencing skills.
• Current UK driving licence holder, capable of securing an Airfield driving permit.
• Excellent planning skillset, able to organise and prioritise complex and interlinked workload.
• Excellent English language skill and computer literacy to include Microsoft Word, Excel and Teams.

These skills are desirable:

• Understanding of aviation regulation to appreciate an understanding of airlines’ business models, their drivers, and challenges.
• Experience of working in an Airside Operations environment.

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.

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.

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.

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.