BVB - Ramp Assistant

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Job Summary: The Ramp Assistant will perform ramp handling operations for aircraft safely, with quality and punctuality, ensuring efficiency in the process. Key Highlights: 1. Work for one of the largest companies specializing in aviation assistance. 2. Contribute to flight safety and punctuality. 3. Join a team recognized for its dedication and professionalism. Join one of the largest companies specializing in aviation assistance in the country! **dnata Brasil** operates at 30 airports, ensuring all flights receive the best service with maximum agility; our teams are recognized for their dedication, professionalism, ethics, quality, and expertise; we are 100% committed to fulfilling our responsibilities. Globally, **dnata** was founded in 1959 in Dubai, employs over 46\.000 people across 38 countries on six continents, operates at 136 airports, and serves more than 347 customers. The **Ramp Assistant** will perform ramp handling operations (sorting, loading, and unloading) for aircraft safely, with quality and punctuality, ensuring process efficiency and supporting the customer’s perception of the company’s services regarding baggage and cargo transportation, as well as flight punctuality. Assist with aircraft arrivals and departures, and perform aircraft cleaning when required. **This position is exclusively for the Boa Vista Airport (BVB)!** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- **Responsibilities and Duties** * Monitor aircraft during arrivals and departures; * Verify and monitor baggage and cargo labels; * Place and remove wheel chocks and cones on aircraft according to the Customer Manual or dnata’s MGO; * Through reading baggage and cargo identification labels (with or without technological assistance), sort items in airport sorting areas to load them onto appropriate storage devices (carts and/or ULDs) for correct flights; * Load baggage and cargo into aircraft holds following norms and procedures outlined in the MGO, in accordance with recommendations for identifying special situations (fragile, dangerous, live animals, perishable cargo); * Through reading volume identification labels, unload baggage and cargo, placing them at designated locations (baggage reclaim carousels); * Sort baggage and cargo during aircraft unloading to facilitate interline connections by reading volume identification labels; * Inspect and supervise baggage and cargo packaging, verifying suitability for transport to ensure flight and handler safety; * Correctly handle and appropriately place baggage and cargo into aircraft holds, observing internal restraint requirements and hold height safety limits; * Unload wheelchairs or baby strollers, placing them at designated locations; * Perform equipment marshalling during coupling procedures with aircraft to prevent fuselage collisions; * Service aircraft within established timeframes for each service type and airport classification; * Conduct pre-use checklists on non-motorized equipment to ensure operational safety and report equipment requiring repair to the GSE Technical Maintenance team; * Report any equipment malfunctions during operations to supervisors. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; * Strong interpersonal communication skills; * Analytical ability to assess situations; * Stress resilience; Physical requirements include broad and fine motor coordination, dexterity, upper and lower limb articulation, bipedal posture for performing duties, trunk rotation and flexion, physical effort, and walking throughout the entire operational area. Sensory requirements include visual acuity for moving baggage from carousels to transport equipment, chocking, aircraft loading/unloading with bags and cargo, flight-related signaling, and floor inspection/sweeping to collect fallen objects; auditory perception to identify audible signals from equipment and machinery on the tarmac. Neuropsychological requirements include attention, concentration, organizational skills, data interpretation, and initiative to resolve causal situations. **Additional Information** We are always seeking new talent — register your profile and join the dnata Brasil team! Join us and work for one of the largest companies specializing in aviation assistance in Brazil. **dnata** Brasil operates at 30 airports, serving major national and international airlines operating in the country, fully dedicated to fulfilling our responsibilities with ethics, quality, expertise, and excellence. Globally, **dnata** was founded in 1959, employs over 46\.000 professionals across 38 countries on six continents, serving over 347 customers at 136 airports. We are always looking for new talent to join our team!