Exterior Cleaner

• A gross salary between € 2,740.79 and € 3,364.54 gross per month;
• Plenty of room for personal development and great growth opportunities;
• Shift allowance up to 30%;
• An excellent pension scheme;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• An end-of-year bonus of 8.33%;
• A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
• 25 vacation days and 5 extra days off;
• 7 extra days off if you work irregular shifts;
• Significant discount on flight tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months);
• A sustainable transport policy, including 100% free travel to work via Public Transport (within the Netherlands);
• If your position allows it: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean region);
• Discount on your health insurance;
• A budget for sustainable employability.

Job type: Regular
Location: Schiphol Oost
Hours per week: 32-40
Education level: MBO
Apply until: 11-11-2026

Step aboard your next job: exterior cleaner at KLM! Together with colleagues, you will clean the exterior, the undercarriage, and the cockpit of incoming aircraft. In this way, you contribute—directly or indirectly—to a well-oiled organization and unforgettable flights.

At Exterior Cleaning, we clean the exterior of aircraft and the cockpits. Additionally, in the various hangars, we perform technical washing tasks on the landing gear in preparation for a technical inspection. We work in rotating shifts from Monday to Sunday, currently in two shifts.

Together with your team, you will work on the day of execution under the guidance of the Lead to clean aircraft. The activities consist of cleaning the exterior, the landing gear, and the cockpits. These tasks alternate, depending on the planning and the aircraft that arrive. You will work both from the ground and at height, using man lifts and a telescopic boom lift.

It is physically demanding work for 'daredevils' without a fear of heights. At the end of your shift, you will look with pride at a shining KLM and/or customer aircraft and take pride in your work!

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Cleaning the aircraft exterior according to the Semi-Dry (manual) method.
• Pressure washing wheel wells.
• Cleaning the cockpits, including both visual and technical cleaning.
• Operating man lifts and boom lifts.
• Performing maintenance on tools and equipment.

You are someone with a healthy work ethic who feels at home in a diverse team. Additionally, you are physically capable of performing heavy work and want to contribute to keeping our aircraft clean; if so, we are looking for you!

• Ambition to grow within the organization.

We are looking for the following competencies:

• You are a team player;
• You have a positive and flexible attitude;
• You have your own opinion and can communicate well orally;
• You think along and act to contribute to improvement for the benefit of team development and the cleaning process.
• A challenging role at a unique Dutch company;

If you want to know more about the position, please contact the hiring manager. Call or email the recruiter for questions about the application procedure. In both cases, do not forget to mention the vacancy number: #23217. At KLM, we believe in the power of diversity. Do you want to read more about this topic? View our statement.

Michel Kaldenhoven: MICHEL.KALDENHOVEN@KLM.COM or 0651457088

Astrid Zoeten: ASTRID.ZOETEN@KLM.COM or +31638996094