We are looking for a skilled Baggage Maintenance Engineer to help keep Birmingham Airport’s baggage handling systems safe, reliable, and efficient. From conveyors and carousels to x-ray machines and control systems, you’ll play a vital role in keeping operations running smoothly in a fast-paced, 24/7 airport environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out preventative, corrective, and reactive maintenance on baggage handling systems.
- Respond quickly to breakdowns, using fault-finding techniques to minimise disruption.
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety obligations when performing maintenance tasks.
- Use our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to record, track, and analyse activities.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute technical expertise to projects.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, contractors, and airport stakeholders to keep operations efficient.
Experience Required
- Recognised industry apprenticeship with electrical and mechanical qualifications (minimum NVQ Level 2/3).
- Experience maintaining conveyor or automated material handling systems.
- Strong knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation, with experience writing risk assessments and safe systems of work.
- Proven ability to diagnose and resolve breakdowns quickly under pressure.
- Experience working with CMMS, PLCs, and voltages from 24VDC to 415VAC.
- Ability to read and interpret schematic drawings and technical manuals.
Join us and contribute to making Birmingham Airport a safe, reliable, and world-class gateway for millions of passengers each year.
Birmingham Airport is the UK’s seventh‑largest, with 30 airlines connecting passengers to over 120 direct destinations and more than 400 worldwide. We are on a strong growth trajectory, with forecasts indicating we will serve over 18 million customers annually by 2033. By then, HS2 will link us to central London in just 37 minutes, and we are committed to achieving our ambition of becoming a net zero carbon airport.
Our purpose is: Proud of Every Journey. That means everyone at the airport and the 100 organisations operating on the airport site, taking pride in getting customers safely, punctually, and comfortably from A to B.
By creating a kind, values-driven environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their best to work, we will retain and develop our people – and deliver on our purpose. Our seven pillars, Growth, Customer, Neighbour, Efficiency, People, Safety & Security and Carbon, support the strategic output of the company.
Our values – Curious, Dedicated, Inclusive, Respectful & Supportive guide how our colleagues treat each other as we serve customers with safety and security as our top priority.
