With large and busy airports scattered across the UK, the demand for skilled ground staff to ensure the safe and smooth running of aircraft is huge. There are a variety of roles which come under the umbrella term for ground staff, which includes baggage and cargo handlers and cleaners of aircraft between flights.
Those seeking ground staff employment must recognise that each role is usually a physical one, with workers being expected to lift heavy goods to and from terminal buildings and aircraft, working with ropes and ramps, securing doors and manoeuvring heavy stairs. Therefore, candidates are expected to be physically fit and healthy and must be prepared to work outside in all weathers in a fast-paced environment.
Job seekers looking at ground staff job vacancies in recruitment agencies and adverts are expected to have skills in teamwork, communication and have an eye for detail. Those with limited academic qualifications need not be put off, as attitude and skillset counts for more when managers recruit ground staff.
This does mean that pay can be average or only meet minimum wage requirements, depending on responsibility within the role. Candidates may find that career progression can be a perk as opportunities may present themselves up to cabin crew or other better-paid positions within the airport.
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Thistle House, 21 - 23 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH2 1DF
Flow are a specialist multi discipline recruitment agency, with national and international reach. We specialise in sourcing the best Talent available on the market for our clients Travel Industry opportunities, across the UK and Internationally.
Blackfriars Foundry, 156 Blackfriars Rd, London, London, SE1 8EN
Travel Trade Recruitment delivers permanent and temporary staffing solutions from entry-stage to senior management roles within the Travel industry across the UK. They commenced operations in 2001 and have offices in London, Crawley, Birmingham, and Manchester.
4 Floor, Dawson House 5 Jewry Street, City of London, London, EC3N 2EX
Excellent Recruitment specialises in the provision of professionals within the Cruise industry. Since they began in 2000, they have catered to candidates across the UK, Europe, and beyond. Their remit covers a broad spectrum of Entertainment, Hotel Operations, Youth Department, Entertainment Technician, as well as Disney Cruise roles. They are an MLC2006-approved agency.
Eliot House 1469 High Road, Whetstone, London, N20 9RT
A privately-owned recruitment agency, Beautiful Recruitment specialises in the FMCG, Beauty, Customer Service, Finance, IT, Sales, Logistics, and Retail industries. They were established in 2010. They typically hire permanent and contract candidates to fill vacancies in various divisions of the FMCG sector, such as Food and Beverage, Hotel and Travel, Beauty, Fashion, Fragrance House, Manufacturers, Distributor, and Retailer.
4 Sceptre House Hornbeam Business Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8PB
Concilium Search has been making placements for interim, project-based, senior management and executive roles within the Life Sciences, IT, Industrials, and Management Consulting industries since 2015. With over 50 employees worldwide, and three offices in London, New York and Amsterdam, they are able to place candidates in more than 40 countries. CS takes pride in winning several accolades such as the Queens Award for Enterprise in 2021.
31 Bury Street, London, City of London, London, EC3A 5AR
Beauchamp Partners is a specialist recruitment agency that offers its expertise in placing staff into Private Household roles such as Housekeeper, Chef, Estate Manager, and Gardener. They have over 30 years of recruitment experience. Beauchamp Partners works with clients nationally and globally; these include clients looking for permanent and temporary staff for yachts, planes, private villas, and chalets.
14a Eccleston Street, Chelsea, London, SW1W 9LT
Seven Seas, based in London, delivers recruitment solutions in the niche Yacht market, sourcing for both Superyachts and Shore-based positions. They hire for all kinds of permanent, temporary and seasonal roles in Engineering, Interior, Deck, Management and Galley, and all types of yachts like sail and power. Example job openings they may have are Sole Engineer, Deckhand, Mate and Bosun. They are certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
71-75 Shelton Street, Soho, London, WC2H 9JQ
Positively Different Solutions is a multi-sector recruitment agency covering Digital, Professional areas like Finance, Business Development and Legal and Industrial verticals like Manufacturing, Production and Engineering. Their reach spans nationwide from their office in Middlewich, offering permanent, temporary and contract positions since 2018. They are also a certified Disability Confident Committed and Mental Health Committed Employer.
14 Seddon St, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 9DT
Established in 1998, C&M Travel Recruitment works within the Travel and Leisure sectors. They offer UK wide staffing solutions for temporary, permanent and control roles from their Manchester, Surrey and London offices.
Becket House, 36 Old Jewry, Marylebone, London, EC2R 8DD
Stansted Airport Employment and Skills Academy is a national talent sourcing company that places staff in a wide variety of roles at all levels. They also cater to various clients in the Aviation, Commercial, and Hospitality industries. With a team based in Stansted, they also offer training to selected candidates in partnership with Harlow College.
B045, Enterprise House, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex, CM24 1QW
Aviation Personnel is a recruitment agency dealing in the Aviation, Driving and Care industries. They help job seekers into freelance, full-time, part-time, temporary and internship opportunities. Founded in 2003, the agency is contactable 24/7 and serves clients in the UK.
8, Radius Park, Faggs Rd, Feltham, Middlesex, TW14 0NG
Trinity Bridge mainly performs executive search across the Hospitality, Travel and Leisure verticals. They are often on the lookout for Chief Executive Officers, Non Executive Directors and the like, recruiting them to empower functions like Commercial, Finance and Food & Beverages. Following their director's experience of over 12 years, they were founded in Bloomsbury to support private businesses, portfolio companies, hotels, restaurants and more.
16 Theobald's Road, Bloomsbury, London, WC1X 8SL
Hoxton Circle is a boutique staffing and senior search firm that recruits for Accounting and Transformation jobs. They also make senior placements. Their services include conventional retained and contingent search, assessment days, working interviews and knowledge partner visits.
Broughton House, Sackville Street, Mayfair, Soho, London, W1S 3DG
Hunter-Miller is a multi-sector executive search agency that specialises in supplying professional talents in the following sectors: B2B, Consumer Goods, Digital, Fintech, Private Equity, and Retail. Aside from Executive Search, they also offer other services such as interim, outplacement, assessment, and business intelligence. Hunter-Miller also supports Better Business Act.
146 Buckingham Palace Road, Chelsea, London, SW1W 9TR
Greycoat Lumleys provides Private Domestic staff globally. They have divisions for recruiting individuals in Private Estates, Childcare & Education, Catering & Hospitality, Corporate, and Skis & Yachts. They are also licensed to place permanent workers in Switzerland. They were founded in 1996 and have offices in Edinburgh, London, the North of England and Switzerland. They are a part of Empresaria Group which has locations in 19 countries.
1 Hill Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH2 3JP
Safe Hands Technical Recruitment is a niche agency that focuses on handling Aircraft Maintenance, Pilot, Instructor, Engineer, Designer, and Aviation Executive roles. They are equipped with an international network of clients and candidates, and they execute both contract and permanent placements. Their consultants offer 24/7 support. Safe Hands is based in Lancaster.
St Marys Gate, Priory Close, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1XB
DirectorBank, founded in 1998, delivers recruitment solutions for the Financial Services market, covering areas such as Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrials and Technology, Media & Telecom. Through teams situated in Holborn, Leeds and Germany, they have placed over 2,000 job seekers into over 100 private equity firms. They were ranked as one of the top private equity recruitment agencies in Germany by WirtschaftsWoche.
Park House, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2PW
Heathrow Personnel is an independent specialist that supplies Airfreight and Airline staff. The firm recruits in Heathrow, its surrounding areas, and throughout the Uk. They have been operating since 1988.
CO/ The Ferry Point Ferry Lane, Shepperton, Middlesex, TW17 9LQ
Mum, established in 2019, meets the staffing requirements of an array of employers in the Hospitality and Leisure verticals. With a team based in London, they also cover the Catering, Recreation, Sports, and Travel divisions. Mum operates nationwide and aids in meeting appointments across all levels. These include Commercial Director, Director of Operations, Executive Chef, Group Financial Controller, and Marketing Manager.
Pharmacy Chambers, High Street, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6AP
Hotel Recruitment Services Ltd extends its expertise across Hospitality, Leisure, and Travel markets nationwide and internationally. Headquartered in London, they find staff who seek either contract, permanent, or temporary positions at all levels. The entity leverages its more than 30 years of combined experience in sourcing the likes of Cluster Sales Managers, Directors of Sales, Key Account Managers, Reservations Managers, and Social Media Managers.
Suite 303, 7 Francis Grove, Wimbledon, London, SW19 4DW
Succeed Recruitment Solutions assigns candidates to the UK and Europe's Airline, Call Centre, Hotel & Hospitality, Leisure, Multilingual, and Travel sectors. For over 10 years, they have been hiring personnel on a permanent basis from their Birmingham, Dublin, London, and Manchester offices. They recruit for various positions at all levels, including Business Travel Consultants, Financial Controllers, and Operations Managers.
74 St Georges Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 2DD
Urbanberry Recruitment delivers Travel recruitment solutions with a focus on Corporate Travel and Travel Technology. Additionally they hire for positions in Customer Service, Sales, Account Management and Office Support. Incorporated in 2017, they source applicants for vacancies like Private Jet Broker, Group Flight Coordinator, Global Fares Specialist, Business Travel Consultant and Account Executive. Their main office can be found in Poplar.
35 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, Poplar, London, E14 9XL
A multi-disciplinary talent-sourcing partner, Recruitment Avenue operates for national employers in the Child Care, Finance, Sales, and Travel verticals. The company sources on a permanent and temporary basis for various placements across all levels. These include Administrators, Car Valeters, Insurance Managers, Luxury Travel Consultants, and Sales Managers. For over nine years, Recruitment Avenue has also been providing advertising services.
3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, City of London, London, EC2A 4NE
Calculus Recruitment specialises in the provision of Office and Commercial roles on a permanent or temporary basis. The agency caters to local clients and candidates based in Ware, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.
5 Nelson Court, Gladstone Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0AG
Fraser Giles Partnership is an executive search firm offering its services exclusively to the Hospitality, Leisure, Travel, and Retail industries. The company works with a lot of companies from start-ups and private equity firms to blue-chip multinationals. They help businesses appoint for C-Suite and Non-Executive Director job roles. They also make placements in areas such as IT, Procurement, Legal, Finance, Corporate Affairs, etc.
56 Sloane Square, Chelsea, London, SW1W 8AX
Pathfinder Personnel is a provider of skilled candidates in the Port Operations, Industrial, Commercial and Driving sectors across the UK. The agency offers temporary, fixed term and permanent recruitment, as well as day/night/weekend shifts, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They have a Gangmasters Licence and they search for roles such as Car Lasher, Valeter, Baggage Handlers, Meet and Greet Reception Staff, and Car Driver.
Pilgrim House, Canute Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3FJ
Lucam Consultancy is a multi-disciplined outsourcing firm with offices in St. Helens, Glasgow and Dubai that serve the Childcare, Education, Sales, Office, Health Care, and Medical Recruitment sectors. Established in 2004, the firm offers full-time vacancies and supports the Steve Prescott Foundation and James Bulger Memorial Trust.
Century House, Hardshaw St, Saint Helens, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 1QW
Founded in 1998, Dome Recruitment Group is an executive recruitment firm that specialises in recruiting for Digital, Travel, Cyber, Defence, Technology, Media and Telecommunications jobs throughout the UK and Europe. The agency offers contract staffing, permanent recruitment, and executive search services to its clients. Some roles they fill include Data Python Developer, Hardware Installation Engineer, and Software Architect.
Priory House, 35, Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3RX
Lawson Ware Limited is a recruitment company that specialises in headhunting and executive search and selection. They recruit for a variety of sectors such as FinTech, Insurance, PropTech, Telecommunications, Digital, Travel & Lifestyle, and Online Retail. The agency places talent in various disciplines including Project Management, Operations, Marketing & PR, HR, and Commercial & Strategy. They are based in Surrey.
Coveham House, Downside Bridge Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3EP
Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd is a multi-sector supplier of personnel to various permanent, temporary, and contract positions across the UK. They have been delivering candidates to a broad range of sectors, including Education, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Non-for-Profit, Retail, Hospitality, & Leisure, and Social Housing for over 12 years. Blue Octopus was recognsed as Best Online Candidate Experience by the Onrec Awards in 2019.
Octo House, 2 station Road, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 3HX
Anthony Gregg Partnership is an Executive Search firm that is located in London. They cover the Retail, Luxury, Travel, Hospitality, and Leisure sectors. Aside from Executive recruitment, they also offer a variety of coaching services, executive outplacement services & support, talent mapping, assessment services, and more solutions.
2 Allen Street, Kensington, London, W8 6BH
AB Consultancy delivers permanent and temporary recruitment solutions in Retail, Hospitality and Leisure, hiring for Operations and Head Office positions in Digital, HR, Supply Chain, Property, Health & Safety and more. Their portfolio has over 18,000 candidates and customers which include Disney Stores, Pizza Hut, Starbucks Coffee Company, Strada and The Body Shop. They are situated in Rugby and have been recruiting throughout the UK since 2011.
Ryefield, Halfway Lane, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 6RD
ARC Support Ltd is a recruitment firm established in 2021 in Luton. They mainly satisfy permanent and contract personnel requirements in Aviation, Security Administration and IT, utilising their experience in sectors like Construction, Food & Beverages, Engineering, Financial Services and Technology fields like Data Science and Quality Assurance. They have amassed a client portfolio that includes Aelia Duty Free, Ted Baker and TRG Concession.
ID Unit Building 72- 104 Frank lester way, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9NQ
CLD Recruitment specialises in filling vacancies within the Professional Office Services industry. They have been supplying staffing solutions to clients ranging from SMEs to blue-chip organisations since 2002. This Leeds-based agency offers roles such as Legal Secretary, Office Assistant, Sales / Telesales Executive, Administrator, Receptionist, Customer Service Advisor and Personal Assistant.
Unit 10 Pavilion Business Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2ES
Anderson Recruitment is a consultancy based in Gloucester. They recruit for a wide range of industries such as Finance, Administration, Construction, Customer Service, Legal, Retail, Travel, and more. Some of the roles they deal with are Customer Service Administrator, Commercial Coordinator, 2nd Line IT Support Engineer, Construction Site Operative, Digital Marketing Specialist, and Estate Agent.
Anderson House Business Centre, 9 School Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 4PJ
Launch Group Ltd is a specialist recruitment and training company offering its services within the Aviation, Defence, Rail, Engineering, CSR, Contact Centre, and Hospitality sectors. The agency recruits for a variety of roles like CAD Designer, Maintenance Project Manager, Tendering Engineer, Quantity Surveyor, Civils Works Manager, Electrical Estimator, and many others. The Launch Group is a part of the European Union.
Summerhill House, 9 Summerhill Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, NE4 6EB
PDR Group, taking pride in having over 30 years of recruitment knowledge, assists commercial and industrial institutions in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and London in their staffing requirements. They work on permanent and temporary assignments in accounting, construction, engineering, HR, IT, operations and other fields. They are located in Tunbridge Wells and have a client catalogue that includes Cuisine Studios, Re-Go Autoparts Ltd and Infor.
First Floor 33 Mount Pleasant Rd, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1PN
Pertemps is a recruitment consultancy that supplies permanent, contract and temporary staffing solutions to a wide variety of sectors. The firm is a part of the Pertemps Network Group, which has over 250 branches and offices serving the whole of the UK. The agency has an e-service called PAWS that allows clients to order staff using an electronic catalogue. Pertemps offers a 24/7 service.
Suite 2A, Tower House High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1SQ
Orchid House Solutions specializes in connecting exceptional talent with top-tier opportunities across various industries, Employers seeking skilled professionals and candidates looking for their next career move can rely on our personalized recruitment solutions to ensure the perfect fit every time.
84 Town Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 3AA
Willow Recruitment is an international multi-sector employment agency. Based in London, they recruit candidates of all levels on a temporary or permanent basis across the Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, IT & Telecoms, Education, Admin & Office, and Driving & Logistics industries.
27 Old Gloucester St, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3AX
Kemp is a specialist Bournemouth recruitment agency for the commercial vehicle market. They source mechanics and engineers for roles in agriculture, plant, and waste management. From their office on the South Coast, they fill full-time and part-time positions across the UK.
3 Trinity, 161 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 1JU