BPS - Ramp Assistant

Description

Job Summary: A Ramp Assistant performs aircraft handling and cleaning operations, ensuring safety, quality, and punctuality in baggage and cargo transportation. Key Highlights: 1. Operate ramp handling with a focus on safety and punctuality. 2. Ensure efficiency in baggage and cargo transportation. 3. Monitor the aircraft during arrivals and departures. Join one of the largest aviation support companies in the country! **dnata Brasil** operates at 30 airports, guaranteeing that all flights receive the best possible 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 6 continents, serves 136 airports, and supports more than 347 clients. A **Ramp Assistant** will perform ramp handling operations (sorting, loading, and unloading) for aircraft safely, efficiently, and punctually, ensuring process efficiency and contributing to customers’ perception of the company’s services regarding baggage and cargo transportation and flight punctuality. Assist with aircraft arrivals and departures, and perform aircraft cleaning when necessary. **This position is exclusively for the Porto Seguro Airport (BPS)!** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Responsibilities and Duties** * Monitor the aircraft during arrivals and departures; * Inspect and monitor baggage and cargo labels; * Place and remove wheel chocks and cones on aircraft according to the Client Manual or dnata’s MGO; * Sort baggage and cargo volumes in airport sorting areas by reading identification labels (with or without technological assistance), aiming to load them onto appropriate storage devices (carts and/or ULDs) for correct flights; * Stow baggage and cargo in aircraft holds following norms and procedures outlined in the MGO, including recommendations for special situations (fragile, dangerous, live animals, perishable cargo); * Unload baggage and cargo by reading volume identification labels, placing them at designated locations (baggage reclaim carousels); * Sort baggage and cargo during aircraft unloading to facilitate flight connections by reading volume identification labels; * Inspect and supervise baggage and cargo packaging to verify compliance with transport requirements, ensuring flight and handler safety; * Correctly handle and allocate baggage and cargo into aircraft holds, observing internal restraint and hold height safety limits; * Unload wheelchairs or baby strollers, placing them at designated locations; * Guide ground equipment during coupling procedures with aircraft to prevent fuselage collisions; * Perform aircraft handling within established timeframes per handling type and airport classification; * Conduct pre-use checks on non-motorized equipment to ensure operational safety and report defective equipment to the GSE Technical Maintenance team; * Report any equipment anomalies occurring during operations to supervisors. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; * Strong interpersonal communication skills; * Analytical ability in assessing situations; * Stress resistance; Physical requirements include broad and fine motor coordination, dexterity, upper and lower limb articulation, bipedal standing posture for performing tasks, 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 and unloading with luggage and cargo, signaling around the flight being handled, floor inspection and scanning to collect fallen objects, and auditory perception to identify audible signals from equipment and machinery on the tarmac. Neuropsychological requirements include attention, concentration, organizational skills, data interpretation, and initiative in resolving causal situations. **Additional Information** We are constantly seeking new talent—register now and join the dnata Brasil team! Join us and work for one of the largest aviation support specialists in Brazil. **dnata Brasil** operates at 30 airports, serving major national and international airlines operating in the country, always 100% committed 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 6 continents, and serves over 347 clients at 136 airports. We are always looking for new talent to join our team!