Airport Capacity Planner

MAG (Airports Group); Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the airport sector is seeking an Airport Capacity Planner to support capacity management at Manchester Airport. The role involves analyzing operational requirements, developing capacity plans, and ensuring alignment with commercial forecasts. Successful candidates will have strong analytical skills and experience in transport planning or performance analysis. Flexible working options are available, along with a range of benefits including pension contributions, free parking, and a virtual GP service.

Benefits

Company pension contribution options up to 10%

Free parking

Subsidised public transport

Huge range of company discounts

2 volunteering days per year

Free Virtual GP service

Care Concierge service

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of operational capacity analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support Capacity Managers with technical advice on capacity and demand issues.
• Undertake research to understand aviation trends and provide benchmarking.
• Report and communicate results to inform stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Power BI

CAD

GIS

Job description

Summary

• Airport Capacity Planner
• Based at Manchester Airport
• Permanent role
• Flexible/ Hybrid working for a better work/ life balance.
  
  

Why MAG?

At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.

Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities. Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities.

Benefits

At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:

• Company pension contribution options up to 10%
• Free parking
• Subsidised public transport
• Huge range of company discounts
• 2 volunteering days per year
• Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Care Concierge service
  
  

The role

Requirements

As an Airport Capacity Planner, you will support the Capacity Managers in providing the airports with technical advice and strategic guidance on capacity and demand issues. You will support the development of short and long-term capacity plans that align to our commercial demand forecasts and operational improvement plans, reflect regulatory and process changes, and provide for customer needs. You will establish and collate internal and external data sources required to quantify and validate operational requirements, support the necessary capacity analysis, and inform any solutions. Other accountabilities include:

• Undertake research to understand and interpret aviation trends, provide external benchmarking, and identify new and innovative solutions and approaches.
• Interpret commercial forecasts and business strategy into operational demand forecasts.
• Work closely with Operations to understand their current process capability and future targets to plan against.
• Undertake internal capacity planning studies and appraisals to understand and analyse constraints and identify mitigating actions, drawing on analytical skills and planning tools such as spread sheet analysis, simulation, CAD and GIS.
• Report and communicate results across the Group in an efficient, effective and consistent way, to inform stakeholders of outcomes and opportunities.
  
  

What will make you successful in the role?

You will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role, a transport planning, operational research or performance analysis role would be desirable. You will have strong analytical skills and knowledge of appropriate tools to undertake operational capacity analysis and develop capacity planning models. Proficiency to an advanced level with Microsoft Office Tools, principally Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI is essential and experience with CAST Terminal and/or CAST Stand Allocation is desirable. You will also have strong communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate data and information in a manner that is readily understood by a wide audience of varied experience.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing [e-mail]

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace - Race & Ethnicity Group, Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities including neurodiversity