Technician

Description

As a Manufacturing Technician at Heathrow, you will join an established team of skilled craftspeople, providing a diverse range of restoration and improvement works across our airport. You will be actively involved in everything from manufacturing components and bespoke fixtures, to repairing and restoring structures, equipment, and signage. This is a truly exciting role, offering unique and challenging opportunities to utilise your craft skills, within an environment where no two days are the same. Your work will be varied and hands‑on, involving the manufacture of bespoke components and fixtures, as well as the repair and refurbishment of structures, equipment, and signage within a live, safety‑critical airport setting. From responding to reactive repairs that minimise asset downtime, to delivering planned improvement works, you will apply your craft skills to real‑world challenges where quality, safety, and precision matter.

Shift Pattern: Monday- Friday 0800-1600 hours.

Responsibilities

• Enabling Heathrow’s passengers to experience the best airport service in the world, through repairing, replacing, and manufacturing a broad range of assets, fittings, and fixtures.
• Working in a reactive environment, to reduce asset downtime quickly and efficiently.
• Investigating faulty or poor-performing assets, identifying improvements, and using a range of craft skills to improve performance.
• Keeping records up to date to create efficiency and meet Heathrow’s regulatory requirements.
• Showcasing your passion for ‘doing the right thing’, by proactively spotting hazards, reducing risks, and creating a safer environment for all.
• Carrying out all duties with consideration and a respect for best practice and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 in Fabrication, Welding and/or Sheetmetal work, or a fully indentured craft / technician apprenticeship.
• Strong practical skills and experience using a broad range of Hand and Power tools.
• Experience of fabrication, welding (Mig, Tig and MMA Welding), machining and metal work - Understanding of Pressbrakes, Guillotines, Band Saws. 
• Effective problem-solving ability and an inquisitive approach to finding solutions. 
• Ability to prioritise in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable skills

• Laser cutter.
• CNC CAD/CAM.
• Milling and Turning.