Inflight Crew Planner

Ryanair Group Holdings; Swords; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted travel

Defined contribution pension

Death in service benefit

Annual leave 20–25 days

Job summary

Ryanair Group Holdings in Ireland is seeking a skilled Crew Planner to join Europe’s largest airline group in Swords. You will help roster about 15,000 cabin crew across base networks, ensuring schedules maximize efficiency while meeting all safety and regulatory requirements.

You will work within a team, using rostering software and reports to optimize patterns, manage base transfers and contract changes, and coordinate with other departments to maintain seamless operations.

Qualifications

• Proven numeric and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong organizational skills and teamwork.
• Excellent communication across levels.

Responsibilities

• Plan and optimize Ryanair cabin crew rosters for efficiency and coverage.
• Maintain and deliver roster patterns that are balanced.
• Ensure crew rosters comply with flight time limitations and procedures.
• Manage crew base transfers, rank changes, and contract changes in rostering systems.
• Oversee roster management for multiple bases.
• Plan annual and unpaid leave considering seasonal capacity.
• Coordinate cabin crew training to keep qualifications current.
• Collaborate with other departments and generate regular reports.

Skills

Ability to meet deadlines

Multi-tasking

Teamwork

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Ryanair, over our 40 year history has grown to become Europe's largest airline group connecting more guests across more routes than any other European carrier. We are a fast-paced, ambitious and innovative company, offering exciting career opportunities across aviation, technology, operations and support functions. Now is a fantastic time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years.

Job Description

Ryanair are curently recruiting for aCrew Plannerto join Europe's Largest Airline Group.

This is an excellent time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 10 years.

The successfull candidate will be part of a large team based at our Swords, HQ ensuring the rosters are planned in an effective and efficent manner for over 15,000 crew members across our European base network.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Planning / Optimization of Ryanair cabin crew rosters to ensure efficiency and flight coverage is maintained
• Maintain and deliver industry leading roster patterns to ensure that rosters are balanced
• Ensuring that all crew are planned in accordance with flight time limitations and company procedures
• Process and manage crew base transfers, rank changes, contract changes in crew management systems
• Responsibility of roster management for a number of bases
• Ensuring all annual and unpaid leave is planned in an efficient manner taking seasonal capacity into account
• Planning certain aspects of cabin crew training to ensure that crew members remain qualified to conduct their duties
• Working within a team of crew planners and interacting with other key departments within Ryanair
• Using a suite of reports to generate daily / weekly / monthly / annual reports

Qualifications

• Proven numeric, analytical, administrative and computer skills – Excel, Word and Outlook
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, multi task and work calmly under pressure
• Strong work ethic and enthusiasm with a can do attitude
• Organised and motivated individual who is able to work as part of a team and on own initiative with excellent problem solving ability
• Ability to prioritise a heavy workload in a fast paced and changing environment
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Strong attention to detail
• Previous experience of working with an airline crew planning / rostering system would be desirable

Additional Information

• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Death in Service Benefit - Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• 20 Days Annual Leave - Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Unrivalled career progression