Overview
Baggage Services Agent
Location: Edinburgh Airport
Pay: £14.12 per hour.
Contract: 37.5 hours per week, Fixed Term until 31st October 2026.
*There maybe an oppournity for it go perm.
You must be fully flexible and be able to work a varied shift pattern.
Every journey has an ending, but what if that ending was a missing or damaged bag? Swissport are looking for dedicated professionals to be the glimmer of hope for customers in their time of need, remaining calm and reassuring at all times.
As a Baggage Services Agent, you will be part of a dedicated team who work collaboratively with other department to unite passengers with their delayed baggage in line with Swissport's mission of being world class. You will rescue the customers experience by providing them with information, support and timely communications. Behind the scenes, you will use our best in-class systems to scout the world to locate their delayed baggage then arrange its delivery to the customer.
You will support our customers who have left their property onboard an aircraft, arrived at their destination without their baggage or assist them by organising a repair or replacement for any damaged baggage.
Responsibilities
• Delivering world class customer service, you will be the first point of contact for passenger(s) reporting lost property onboard, delayed or damaged baggage
• Deliver first class service in accordance with our airline partner's specific ways of working.
• Liaise with all departments within the station including other ground handlers and airlines in various locations worldwide.
• Enter, trace and manage files through the industry wide tracing software to locate missing baggage and record damaged baggage.
• Regularly communicate with customers throughout the process via phone and/or email.
• Support the local team to reroute bags which miss flights departing your station to help our departing customers down route.
• Safeguard passenger's property whilst in our care.
• Organise delivery of baggage to customers in line with airline agreements.
• Recording of Lost Property found onboard flights to ensure its documented clearly so the customer can trace it with ease.
Qualifications
To join our mission, you will:
• be passionate about delivering world class customer service.
• demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement.
• have earned at least three Standard Grades / GCSE's / O Level or a Leaving Certificate. o International equivalents also acceptable.
• need to be fluent in both spoken and written English.
o Additional language skills always a bonus.
• have a flexible approach to various shifts including; days, evening, nights, weekends, and Public Holidays.
o Free parking at the airport is provided but if you prefer to use public transport, please remember that early and late shifts will be needed where transport may not be accessible.
• be computer literate, and willing to learn Swissport and airline specific computer systems.
• have the ability and willingness to follow processes and procedures whilst applying a flexible approach when required.
• be self-motivated and able to work independently and as part of your wider team.
• be physically fit and able to carry up to 32kgs over short distances.
• ideally have worked with World Tracer previously, but this will be trained if not.