Shift Manager

Gatwick Permanent £30,000 - £35,000 per year View Job Description
This role is to drive operational excellence in airport parking by leading teams, managing daily operations, and ensuring customer satisfaction, compliance, and site standards.
  • Competitive Salary
  • Annual Bonuses

About Our Client

A leading European parking service provider, offering high-quality, secure, and convenient parking facilities across major cities, with a focus on innovation and customer satisfaction.

Job Description

  • Lead and energise the site teams to deliver operational excellence across all areas of the operation. To maintain security, customer satisfaction, Team management, Fleet compliance and maintenance, and site standards.
  • Ensure timely fulfilment of operational requirements, including staffing, vehicle allocation, vehicle return, Transfer bus schedule and maintenance. Customer Journey.
  • Maximise productivity and cost through review of process and regular review of customer arrival and departure patterns.
  • Handle customer escalations both in-person and over the phone. Be confident in CCTV review and customer interaction.
  • Conduct thorough vehicle checks of our bus fleet at the start of each shift and report any issues to the Transport Manager.
  • Provide coaching, training, and development opportunities for the team to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and to support colleague growth and development ensuring a solid succession plan
  • Create and manage staff schedules, cover holiday requests, manage request across the team in a fair and practical manner.
  • Develop and uphold operational policies and procedures, ensuring staff adherence and training.
  • Oversee performance management, appraisals and disciplinary procedures. This includes having difficult conversations to support effective resolutions
  • Guiding returning staff through the completion of Return to Work processes, while actively supporting their well-being and providing essential resources and referrals to relevant support services. Lead by example and act quickly where measures are off track.
  • Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, making recommendations for continual improvement.
  • Take responsibility for site inspections, ensuring cleanliness and appropriate stock levels are maintained. Be visible across the whole site supporting every function on a daily basis. Work shoulder to shoulder with all teams to continually seek ways to support them and improve routines.
  • Ability to juggle a number of priorities whilst maintaining an excellent standard and working at pace.
  • Fulfil all duties in accordance with company policies, particularly the Health & Safety policy.
  • One of the requirements of this role is flexibility across all areas of the airport parking operations.

The Successful Applicant

  • Consistently exceeds goals, delivering high-quality results with attention to detail and minimal errors.
  • Anticipates challenges, proactively addressing them while finding efficient solutions to improve outcomes.
  • Inspires, motivates, and coaches teams to achieve top performance and focus on continuous improvement.
  • Collaborates effectively, building strong relationships, resolving conflicts, and contributing innovative ideas.
  • Plans ahead to address team challenges and implement effective solutions.
  • Delivers exceptional service, exceeding customer expectations and enhancing loyalty.
  • Serves as a role model in customer interactions, driving service excellence.
  • Continuously seeks opportunities to improve processes, quality, and performance standards.



What's on Offer



  • Attractive pay which is reviewed annually


  • Annual bonus scheme.


  • Parking pass.


  • Attractive pension scheme.


  • Generous life assurance scheme.


  • Educational support/sponsorship & development programmes.


  • Recommend a friend scheme.
Contact
Lauren Charker
Quote job ref
JN-012025-6630187
Phone number
+441932264086

Job summary

Job function
Business Support
Subsector
Office Manager
Sector
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Location
Gatwick
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Lauren Charker
Consultant phone
+441932264086
Job reference
JN-012025-6630187