TUI Group is the world's number one integrated tourism business. Within TUI Group, TUI Airline groups all airline activities across UK, Nordics, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Morocco, France, and the Dutch Antilles.
As a Customer Controller within the TUI Operations Control Centre (TOCC), you will play a vital role in delivering exceptional customer experiences across both disruption and day-to-day operations. Working as part of a 24/7 shift team, you will be the voice of the customer in real-time, ensuring timely welfare, accurate communications, and seamless coordination with internal and external partners. This role is central to protecting the TUI brand, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting our ambition to be the most customer-centric airline in the industry.
These are shift based roles operating 12 hour shifts on a rotating pattern covering days and nights/7 days per week, ordinarily on a 4 on/4 off basis.
Applications close 16 March 2026
About Our Offer
Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, discretionary bonus schemes, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more
Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment
A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions
Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams
Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation
About The Job
As TOCC Customer Controller, you'll be responsible for:
Delivering real-time customer support during disruption and BAU, including welfare, accommodation, and transport arrangements
Managing customer communications via digital platforms (e.g., 15Below, SMS, app), ensuring clarity, empathy, and consistency
Monitoring the flying programme and proactively identifying customer impact, taking swift action to minimise disruption
Liaising with Ground Handling Agents, Tour Operators, Musement, and Market teams to ensure customers are kept fully informed
Making timely decisions on welfare provision, balancing customer needs with financial and regulatory considerations
Providing subject matter expertise on EU261, visa/passport requirements, and dangerous goods acceptance
Maintaining accurate records of disruption events for financial reconciliation and customer case resolution
Supporting incident response by escalating issues, attending calls, and following predefined processes
Coordinating with suppliers to secure services during disruption and ensuring timely updates to stakeholders
Managing out-of-hours onboard catering issues, escalating where necessary
Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying service gaps and sharing feedback with the wider team
Acting as a brand ambassador, ensuring the customer is at the heart of every operational decision
Coordinating unruly customer reports and actioning in accordance with security protocols
Managing immigration refusals and advising GHA on passport and visa requirements & irregularities
About You
Experience in a customer-facing or operational role, ideally within aviation or a similarly fast-paced, regulated environment
Strong decision-making skills under pressure, with the ability to balance customer experience, compliance, and cost
Excellent communication both written and verbal and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across diverse teams and cultures
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for delivering outstanding customer service
Familiarity with EU261 and other customer welfare regulations, and confidence in applying them in real-time scenarios
Comfortable using digital tools and airline systems (e.g., DCS, reservation platforms, Microsoft Office)
Commercial awareness and the ability to make financially responsible decisions
Resilience and adaptability in a 24/7 shift-based environment
A team player who thrives in a collaborative, high-performance culture
From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.
We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please do let us know.
Security Clearance Statement
At TUI, safety is our top priority. We conduct thorough background checks on all employees who join our Airline. Rest assured; we'll guide you on the necessary information you need to provide at each stage.
Please note that if you are applying for a role in the UK, you must ensure you can provide a full 5 years referencing, plus a criminal record check for all countries you've resided in for more than 6 months in the past 5 years (some costs may apply).