Passenger Assistance Manager
About the role
This is a temporary contract from approx. April - September 2026 to cover a maternity leave Job Description Responsible for supervising all functions of the contracted airline operations, which include, but are not limited to auditing flight paperwork to ensure compliance, and complete personnel evaluations on leads and trainers. Coordinates proper handling of OJI's including the acquisition of medical attention and corporate reporting. Assigns vacant shifts to new hires, participates in employee disciplinary measures and ensures counseling is documented. Ensuring compliance with all safety policies and procedures and working conditions for the entire operation. Attend safety meetings, team meetings, etc., and other airport forums. Handle all location personnel functions, ensuring proper personnel coverage on a daily basis. Serve as the liaison with airline customers as well as local airport authorities.
Job Responsibilities
- Establishing shift assignments for both full-time and part-time employees;
- Monitoring and responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of all airline ground support equipment
- Reporting discrepancies that may exist both functional and mechanical on the ground support equipment;
- Coordinating between each assigned carrier to ensure that service for cargo and baggage meets the needs of the carrier to ensure on-time schedules are met
- Responsible for equipment and ensuring its safe and efficient operating status;
- Conferring with other supervisors and managers to coordinate activities with other departments;
- Determining manpower requirements; ensuring disciplinary procedures are conducted in a fair, timely, and consistent manner;
- Ability to comply with attendance/tardiness standards.
- Able to perform under pressure and within fixed time constraints
- Ensures necessary ground equipment is available in the ramp area and bag room for upcoming flights
- Read and interpret aircraft weight and balance loading instructions, hazardous materials identification labels, aircraft loading manifest, and baggage routing tags
- Follows and complies with all federal, state, municipal, airport authority, and carrier rules and regulations
- Ensure crews are being briefed before flights on positions to take and how the flight will work
- Other duties as assigned
About GAT Airline Ground Support
GAT Airline Ground Support earns our customers' preference by choosing team members who have a high degree of personal character. With a team of airport operations professionals who are committed to achieving outstanding performance, it's just as important to us HOW we get the job done. If you value character, we are the team for you whether as your business partner or your employer!
With a focus on delivering unsurpassed airline and passenger experience, GAT Airline Ground Support’s capable team of more than 4,000 team members and servicing 68 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada through the GAT family of companies: GAT, Strategic Aviation, and Sky Cafe
From landing to lift-off, GAT Airline Ground Support specializes in high touch, high technology ground handling, aircraft catering, cargo handling and warehousing, and a host of other transportation related services. Our strong tradition of a relentless focus on safety and a team atmosphere is supported by technology and performance-based execution.
During several years of explosive growth, we have secured the talent, tools, and financial resources needed to fuel the future and meet the needs our our airline business partners.
Similar jobs you might like
Passenger Assistance Manager
About the role
This is a temporary contract from approx. April - September 2026 to cover a maternity leave Job Description Responsible for supervising all functions of the contracted airline operations, which include, but are not limited to auditing flight paperwork to ensure compliance, and complete personnel evaluations on leads and trainers. Coordinates proper handling of OJI's including the acquisition of medical attention and corporate reporting. Assigns vacant shifts to new hires, participates in employee disciplinary measures and ensures counseling is documented. Ensuring compliance with all safety policies and procedures and working conditions for the entire operation. Attend safety meetings, team meetings, etc., and other airport forums. Handle all location personnel functions, ensuring proper personnel coverage on a daily basis. Serve as the liaison with airline customers as well as local airport authorities.
Job Responsibilities
- Establishing shift assignments for both full-time and part-time employees;
- Monitoring and responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of all airline ground support equipment
- Reporting discrepancies that may exist both functional and mechanical on the ground support equipment;
- Coordinating between each assigned carrier to ensure that service for cargo and baggage meets the needs of the carrier to ensure on-time schedules are met
- Responsible for equipment and ensuring its safe and efficient operating status;
- Conferring with other supervisors and managers to coordinate activities with other departments;
- Determining manpower requirements; ensuring disciplinary procedures are conducted in a fair, timely, and consistent manner;
- Ability to comply with attendance/tardiness standards.
- Able to perform under pressure and within fixed time constraints
- Ensures necessary ground equipment is available in the ramp area and bag room for upcoming flights
- Read and interpret aircraft weight and balance loading instructions, hazardous materials identification labels, aircraft loading manifest, and baggage routing tags
- Follows and complies with all federal, state, municipal, airport authority, and carrier rules and regulations
- Ensure crews are being briefed before flights on positions to take and how the flight will work
- Other duties as assigned
About GAT Airline Ground Support
GAT Airline Ground Support earns our customers' preference by choosing team members who have a high degree of personal character. With a team of airport operations professionals who are committed to achieving outstanding performance, it's just as important to us HOW we get the job done. If you value character, we are the team for you whether as your business partner or your employer!
With a focus on delivering unsurpassed airline and passenger experience, GAT Airline Ground Support’s capable team of more than 4,000 team members and servicing 68 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada through the GAT family of companies: GAT, Strategic Aviation, and Sky Cafe
From landing to lift-off, GAT Airline Ground Support specializes in high touch, high technology ground handling, aircraft catering, cargo handling and warehousing, and a host of other transportation related services. Our strong tradition of a relentless focus on safety and a team atmosphere is supported by technology and performance-based execution.
During several years of explosive growth, we have secured the talent, tools, and financial resources needed to fuel the future and meet the needs our our airline business partners.