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TUI Group • Luton, United Kingdom

Base Maintenance Support Specialist

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

ABOUT OUR OFFER

  • Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, discretionary bonus schemes, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
  • Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
  • A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
  • Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams
  • Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.

As our Base Maintenance Support Specialist at Hangar 61 Luton, you'll be the operational backbone of our base maintenance activities, coordinating essential support functions from aircraft cleaning to equipment operation while delivering vital training that keeps our team performing at their best.

ABOUT THE JOB

• You'll operate company equipment including aircraft tugs, forklifts and cranes, ensuring safe and efficient movement of aircraft and materials to support base maintenance operations.

• You'll deliver internal training courses covering Health & Safety, induction, equipment operation and familiarisation, ensuring all team members meet industry requirements and maintain competency.

• You'll coordinate seat bay resources across all maintenance lines within the hangar, optimising allocation to meet check schedule targets and operational demands.

• You'll manage aircraft cleaning services through a subcontracted workforce, coordinating activities and maintaining records to ensure maintenance requirements and schedule targets are met.

• You'll oversee the cleaning bay operations, managing product inventory and equipment serviceability to maintain effectiveness and ensure materials are available when needed.

• You'll coordinate the MEWPS contract, ensuring regular maintenance and inspections are completed in accordance with contractual agreements while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

ABOUT YOU

• You have an apprenticeship or recognized national qualification in general engineering with proven experience in a general engineering environment.

• You possess good knowledge of Health & Safety regulations and requirements with the ability to apply them in a practical operational setting.

• You're proficient in MS Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, with good knowledge of engineering operating systems.

• You bring flexibility in your working hours to meet the demands of our group airlines and base maintenance schedules.

• You meet the requirements to hold an airside pass and possess a full driving licence for equipment operation.

• You're collaborative and constructive in your approach, maintaining excellent working relationships while actively contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please do let us know.

Security Clearance Statement

  • At TUI, safety is our top priority. We conduct thorough background checks on all employees who join our Airline. Rest assured; we’ll guide you on the necessary information you need to provide at each stage.
  • Please note that if you are applying for a role in the UK, you must ensure you can provide a full 5 years referencing, plus a criminal record check for all countries you’ve resided in for more than 6 months in the past 5 years (some costs may apply). #LI-GK1

Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Neurodiversity assessment – As part of our private medical cover (available to eligible colleagues), you'll get access to Neurodiversity Assessment and Support for you and eligible family members aged 7 and over
Bike parking
Buddy scheme
Buy or sell annual leave
Car allowance
Career and family coaching
Carer’s leave
Charity donation scheme
Chill out zone
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces – In Luton - Brand-new games area with a pool table which doubles as a ping pong table, a darts board, an air hockey table and sofa seats
Company car
Company freebies
Compassionate leave
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Dental coverage
Eldercare services
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Emergency leave
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced sick pay
Eye Care Support
Faith rooms
Financial advice
Financial coaching
Further education support
Gym membership
Hackathons
Health insurance
In house training
L&D budget
Language lessons
Learning platform
Legal consults
Life assurance – We provide a Life Assurance benefit which means that in the event of your death, while employed by TUI, a lump sum would be payable to your beneficiaries.
Life insurance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health days
Mental health pathway
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Neo-natal leave
On-site catering
On-site wellness room – In Luton - wellbeing room dedicated to physical and mind wellbeing which complements our existing male and female faith and reflection rooms
On-site wellness services – In Luton - Dedicated beauty room offering a calming space where colleagues can book some pamper time with a beauty therapist to keep nails, brows and lashes looking tip top
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Personal development budgets
Personal development days
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Pregnancy support
Private GP service
Professional subscriptions
Religious celebration leave
Restaurant discounts
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Shared parental leave
Study support
Surrogacy leave
Teambuilding days
Time off in-lieu
Travel credit
Travel insurance
Volunteer days
Will writing
Women’s health leave
Work from anywhere scheme – TUI WORKWIDE means colleagues can work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year

Working at TUI Group

Company employees:

66,845 globally

Gender diversity (m:f):

43:57

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Awards & Accreditations

1st – Career Progression

1st – Career Progression

Flexa awards 2025
2nd – Flexible

2nd – Flexible

Flexa awards 2025
WFA

WFA

Flexa awards 2025
Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion

Flexa awards 2025
Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024

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