Works Analyst

Meridian Business Support; West of England; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Meridian Business Support Ltd is recruiting a Works Analysis Officer for our Aircraft Operations team on a temporary basis. The role focuses on data-driven analysis to monitor production performance, identify variances, and drive improvements in productivity and waste reduction.

You will collaborate with production teams and management, prepare weekly/monthly reports, and ensure data integrity across systems. Strong numerical skills, organisation, and stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong numerical and analytical skills with data handling ability.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to track multiple tasks.
• Good attention to detail when entering information into systems.
• Experience supporting production or manufacturing environments is beneficial.
• Confident communicating findings to teams and stakeholders.
• Good IT skills; experience with MES is advantageous.
• Proactive approach to identifying problems and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and monitor production performance, labour hours, costs and efficiency.
• Track tasks, investigate overspend and deviations from budgets.
• Produce and present weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Ensure production data is accurately recorded in systems.
• Collaborate with production teams to monitor progress and issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and performance.
• Present findings to stakeholders and management with recommendations.
• Support continuous improvement and promote efficient working practices.

Skills

Numerical skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Production experience

Communication

MES

Proactive problem solving

Tools

MES

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Works Analysis Officer to join our client's Aircraft Operations team on a temporary basis. This is an analytical, data-focused role supporting production performance, monitoring operational efficiency and identifying opportunities for improvement. You will work closely with production teams, management and other stakeholders to analyse performance data, investigate variances and produce reports that help improve productivity and reduce waste.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and monitor production performance, labour hours, costs and operational efficiency.
• Track tasks, investigate overspend and identify reasons for deviations against planned budgets and targets.
• Produce and present weekly and monthly performance reports using numerical and operational data.
• Ensure production data is accurately recorded and maintained within business systems.
• Work closely with production teams to monitor progress, identify issues and support day-to-day operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, productivity and overall performance.
• Liaise with stakeholders and management, presenting findings and recommending improvements.
• Support continuous improvement activities and promote efficient working practices.

What We're Looking For

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with confidence working with data and figures.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage and track multiple tasks.
• Good attention to detail, particularly when checking and entering information into systems.
• Experience supporting production or manufacturing environments would be beneficial.
• Confident communicating with different teams and stakeholders, including presenting information and findings.
• Good IT skills, with experience using systems such as MES being advantageous.
• A proactive approach with the ability to identify problems and suggest improvements.

Pay: £19.40 per hour PAYE.

Contract: Temporary position.