Operations Optimisation Planning Analyst
We are easyJet – a FTSE listed, multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.
We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.
What makes us easyJet? Our Promise Behaviours - we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easyJet.)
READ ON IF YOU
> Have strategic analytical experience and a passion for understanding detail, extracting data, and enabling trade-off discussions
> Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where you can drive operational performance and continuous improvement
> Can be in our Luton head office 3 x per week
THE TEAM
The Operational Planning Optimisation team plays a pivotal role within our wider Operational Planning function, driving the intelligence and innovation that shape our future flight programme. As part of this team, you will collaborate closely with our Optimisation Manager to help design a commercial flight schedule that is not only commercially compelling, but also safe, resilient, and operationally exceptional.
Through advanced simulation, modelling, and cross‑functional collaboration, you’ll connect commercial ambition with operational reality—bringing together experts from across the business to create schedules that enable our people and aircraft to perform at their best.
In this role, you will be at the heart of future‑focused decision‑making, leading the coordination of upcoming schedule activities and ensuring we deliver a programme that is easy and reliable for our customers.
THE ROLE
As an Operational Planning Optimisation Analyst, you’ll use a variety of analytical tools to collate and verify future schedules against operational parameters. You’ll model and calibrate future performance to ensure operational resilience, working closely with operational and commercial stakeholders to achieve the right balance between performance and commerciality. You’ll conduct research and development on concepts and initiatives to drive continuous improvement.
> Model and calibrate future performance to ensure operational resilience, including identifying impactful trends, firebreak volumes, and standby aircraft volumes
> Monitor in-season performance to identify emerging trends and link to future operations schedule parameters
> Research and develop operational initiatives and activities to ensure continuous improvement
> Drive ad‑hoc sprints that identify opportunities, propose solutions, and challenge current working assumptions across operations Drive trade‑off discussions between Commercial and Operations to support balanced, data‑driven decision‑making
