# Technician - Specialist Systems

**Company**: Heathrow Airport Limited
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £46,345–£49,584
**Category**: Engineering

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## Description

Join Heathrow's Specialist Systems Engineering team and support critical technologies enabling the safe and efficient movement of millions of passengers each year.

In this hands-on engineering role, you'll maintain and enhance Heathrow's critical operational systems, including cabin baggage screening equipment, CCTV, PLC control systems, and Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS).

Working across a diverse range of technologies, you'll support maintenance, fault diagnosis, technical upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives that drive asset reliability, operational performance, and the passenger experience.

This is an excellent opportunity for engineers who enjoy technical variety, problem-solving, and continuous learning in a highly collaborative environment.

**Salary:** £46,345–£49,584 (depending on experience), plus £6,624 shift allowance, with structured progression linked to technical competency development.

**Shift pattern:** 2 days, 2 nights, 4 days off.

**Requirement:** Minimum 3 years' UK residency to meet CTC security clearance requirements.

### Principal Accountabilities

- Maintaining and optimising Heathrow's specialist operational systems, including cabin baggage screening equipment, PLC control systems, CCTV, and FIDS platforms.

- Delivering preventative maintenance and responding to operational faults to ensure asset safety, reliability, and availability.

- Diagnosing complex hardware, electrical, and systems faults using analytical and data-driven approaches.

- Supporting advanced system configuration, upgrades, testing, commissioning, and asset replacement programmes.

- Maintaining accurate maintenance records and asset histories to support compliance and operational excellence.

- Promoting a strong safety culture and collaborating with operational teams, manufacturers, and engineering specialists to enhance system performance.

### Qualifications, Skills and Experience

- A recognised NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant mechanical and electrical engineering discipline, or a recognised indentured apprenticeship.

Relevant qualifications may include EAL or City & Guilds (C&G) Level 3 NVQs in:

- Engineering Maintenance (Electrical & Mechanical)

- Electrical & Electronic Engineering

- Electromechanical Engineering

- Mechatronic Engineering

- Controls Engineering

- Electrical Installation (including AM2)

- Full UK driving licence, with the ability to obtain and maintain airside permits and licences.

- Proven hands-on experience within a maintenance, operational, or technical engineering environment.

- Strong fault-finding, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to safety and compliance.

- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

- A proactive approach to continuous learning and technical development.

## Skills

### Required
- PLC control systems
- CCTV
- Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS)
- electrical engineering
- mechanical engineering
- fault diagnosis
- problem-solving

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