Airfield Operatives work in the Airside Management Department. The role reports directly to the Airfield Facilities Manager is a shift role with a requirement to work, Days/Nights/Weekdays/Weekends (12hr shift patterns).
Airfield Operatives carry out both planned and reactive maintenance on a diverse range of airfield & landside infrastructural assets including; runways, taxiways, aprons pavement, airfield paint markings, footpaths, roads, grasslands, drainage infrastructure, security fence, boundary gates at Ireland’s busiest airport to ensure safe and efficient operations at all times.
In addition to the above, the Airfield Operative Team provides support during the winter season and is an integral part of the Dublin Airport Winter Operations team responsible for ensuring the safe and timely clearance of contamination to pavements during winter operations.
The team is also the Dublin Airport aircraft recovery response team and has aided in the recovery of a number of disabled aircraft at Dublin Airport over the last 10 year as well as at both Cork and Shannon Airports.
All operatives are FAS safe pass workers and have significantly high level of accredited training in many areas such as Airfield driving (including airfield escorting), ATC Telephony, Manual handling, Operating of Snow and Ice Machinery, Operating Heavy Goods Vehicles, Operating Grass cutting equipment, Use of abrasive wheels, Use of power tools, Traffic Management Training, Airfield pavement maintenance rig training, Hot works training, Chemical handling, Underground service detection, Telescopic driving and more.
This role is a physical role requiring persons to be fit to carry out physical work activities in a highly regulated and safety critical environment.
