Fleet Optimisation Officer

When it comes to innovation and achievement there are few organisations with a better track record. Join us and you’ll be able to play a big part in the success of our highly successful, fast-paced business that opens up Europe so people can exercise their get-up-and-go. With over 300 aircraft flying over 1000 routes to more than 30 countries, we’re the UK’s largest airline, the fourth largest in Europe and the tenth largest in the world. Flying over 80 million passengers a year, we employ over 13,000 people. Its big-scale stuff and we’re still growing.

The Fleet Optimisation team sits within the Fleet Operations team and part of the wider Operational Planning team, responsible for converting the current season schedule into an operable flying programme.

The Operational Planning teams collaborate to create a safe, cost-efficient, and resilient schedule that meets all operational teams' needs, ensuring both long-term and short-term feasibility. They also review post-operation window feeding back as learnings into future operations.

What You’ll Be Doing

We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team in supporting operational fleet issues and ensuring the delivery of operations to the highest standards of resilience, particularly concerning standby aircraft and the feasibility of the flying programme. This role plays a crucial part in optimising requirements across various stakeholders including Commercial (both Revenue and Network aspects), Customer (in terms of Service and Relationship), Sales (Corporate and Holiday), Public Relations, Investor Relations, Legal & Procurement, and all operational teams to maintain a robust flying programme. Key responsibilities include maintaining the Fleet Allocation Plan for the current season, overseeing standby aircraft levels, optimising flying schedules for enhanced resilience, strategy of aircraft allocation for maintenance, coordinating commercial requirements for revenue maximisation, planning crew training activities, managing event information such as holidays and runway closures, and supporting seasonal and aircraft-related route permit applications.

What You’ll Need To Do The Role

We are looking for a candidate with a minimum of one year's experience in Airline Operations or Ground Handling, demonstrating strong commercial awareness and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate should excel in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment, possess excellent interpersonal skills to interact and influence stakeholders at all levels, and exhibit a keen attention to detail. Robust problem-solving abilities, a proactive mindset towards process improvement, resilience under pressure, and a track record of driving operational efficiency are essential. If you thrive in a dynamic environment where operational excellence is paramount, we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Get In Return

> Competitive base salary

> Up to 20% bonus

> 25 days holiday

> BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

> 5% pension

> Life Assurance

> Flexible benefits package

> Excellent staff travel benefits

Location & Hours of Work

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend three days per week in the office.

About EasyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too,

Apply

Complete your application on our careers site.

We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates

Business Area

Performance & Planning

Primary Location

United Kingdom-London-London Luton Airport

Organisation

Operations Performance & Planning

Schedule

Full-time

Unposting Date

17/05/2024, 5:59:00 PM