Maintenance Assistant

The role: Maintenance Assist

Join the Aircraft Services Workshop team, where you will assist in maintaining BA’s diverse fleet of A320, B777, B787, A350 and A380 aircraft as well as support external customers and suppliers. Your focus will involve general assistance to workshop colleagues, ensuring safety, airworthiness and customer standards are achieved in a quality and cost‑effective manner. With a mixed fleet of 270 aircraft, including A350s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners, your role will involve supporting all maintenance activities.

What you’ll do:

• Maintain a safe working environment through adherence to quality, health and safety and housekeeping standards.
• Ensure compliance with all appropriate company procedures, policies, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Drive and operate all vehicles appropriate to the area, including mechanical handling, lifting equipment and elevated work platforms to the limits of permits held.
• Load and unload aircraft components from delivery vehicles using forklift, and deliver/collect components to/from workshop work areas.
• Transport, position and deliver components, materials and equipment to support maintenance.
• Replenish oxygen carts in the Terminal and Maintenance Base area used for servicing aircraft oxygen systems.
• Perform and assist with maintenance tasks as directed, including cleaning and adverse weather duties.
• Replenish vehicles, storage facilities and equipment as necessary.
• Support the workshop with housekeeping duties to keep the production area clean and tidy.
• Support the development of a high‑performance team and culture, in line with the company Hallmarks.
• Support the delivery of departmental and directorate objectives.

What you’ll bring to British Airways:

• Self‑motivated and capable of working with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Prioritisation, planning and organisation skills.
• Problem solving and acting on own initiative.
• Capable of carrying out manual handling tasks.
• Working to deadlines and standards.
• IT literacy.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to comprehend procedures, technical documentation and demonstrate knowledge of airmanship and safety management systems.
• Knowledge of the airport and/or maintenance environment (desirable).
• Valid full UK driving licence (or equivalent).

Your experience:

• Valid full UK driving licence (or equivalent).

What we offer:

We’re committed to upskilling our engineers and providing professional development training so you can progress in your area of expertise. Training modules are offered through self‑study courses or structured learning programmes, delivered at our state‑of‑the‑art Learning Academy at London Heathrow. When you work in an engineering role at British Airways, you’ll be joining a high‑performance culture and you'll have the opportunity to work on projects that are unique to our organization. We also offer staff travel benefits.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work. Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

Please note we may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.