Ramp Supervisor - Airport Operations

Company: United Airlines
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 24, 2025

Job Description:

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.Come join us to create what's next. Let's define tomorrow, together.DescriptionFind your future at United! We're reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be - from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you're joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world's biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.Create what's next with us. Let's define tomorrow together.At United, we fly into airports around the entire world. And we need a whole team of people to keep things running in tip-top shape! From the exceptional service at the check-in counter to the departure gate, and even behind the scenes making sure your checked bags arrive with you, our Airport Operations team keeps operations at our airports running smoothly every single day.Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and oversight of a work area and front-line employees in an operational environment
• Serve as a subject matter expert on safety, service and procedures
• Focus on leading and developing the skills of front-line employees with the goal of delivering consistent and excellent customer service and delivering a quality product in accordance with Company guidelines
• Ensure consistency on operational service and product delivery
• Engage with front-line employees to review metrics and gain their commitment to act in accordance with Company guidelines and union agreements to help achieve goals
• Support standard work and continuous improvement processes
• Supervise the performance of a team and work area, taking action as vital to ensure daily operational goals are met
• Assess and delegate the appropriate work assignments to front-line employees
• Provide front-line employees with regular mentoring, feedback and recognition as appropriate
• Identify issues and engage in structured problem solving to assist front-line employees in accomplishing work
• Conduct investigations as appropriate into performance, safety, (damages and injuries), complaints and other work issues
• Provide technical guidance and interpret company guidelines and procedures and/or union agreements to assist front-line employees in performing functional tasks and ensure that safety, security, and service are delivered consistently
• Partner with vendor supervisor staff to define and address performance impacting shared goals and service delivery to United's customers
• Complete all required regulatory and Company required documentation of activities
• Participate in collateral projectsQualificationsWhat's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• High School Diploma, GED or education equivalent
• Strong sense of ownership, understands operations and how to translate knowledge to business goals
• Continuous improvement
• Customer Focus
• Conflict resolution, accountability, teamwork, engagement/motivation
• Safety orientation
• Planning/multi-tasking
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Decision making with an ability to lead
• Proficient in IT systems and common software appropriate to work group
• Experience leading and influencing a team and customer service experience
• Must be flexible and willing to work any shift in a 24/hour/7 day a week operation including weekends, nights, and holidays
• Must possess a valid state-issued driver's license, and acceptable driving record
• Must NOT have lived outside of the United States in the past 3 years for any period longer than six months, with the exception of military duty or government-approved exceptions
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the positionWhat will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):
  • Bachelor's Degree or relevant job experience will be equally considered
  • Computer skills including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
  • Experience leading Union personnel a plus
  • Experience working in Airport Operations, including Ramp ServiceUnited Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.The base pay range for this role is $75,971.00 to $92,853.00.The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact to request accommodation.
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