Capacity Planning Analyst

Capacity Planning Analyst

Permanent contract

Salary from £50,247 + £1,100 flex allowance + up to 15% bonus + benefits

Great journeys happen at London Gatwick. Where will your career take you?

The buzz, the energy, the sheer magic of travel… you can feel it in the air all around you. Here, you'll be part of an energetic team and a vibrant community. We can help you thrive in a career that's a world away from the everyday.  

This role takes an office first hybrid approach here at London Gatwick, with three days a week in the office, two days remote, managed around the needs of the business.

What is the role?

The Capacity Planning Analyst plays a critical role in shaping the airport's long‑term capacity planning by delivering high‑quality analytical insight and modelling. This role drives continuous improvement across airfield and terminal operations, ensuring that infrastructure, resources, and processes are optimised to meet current and future demand.

Using advanced mathematical, statistical and simulation‑based modelling techniques, the Capacity Planning Analyst provides evidence‑based recommendations that support key strategic decisions. The role works collaboratively with operational and commercial teams to deepen the maturity of capacity tools, enhance data accuracy and identify opportunities for improved productivity, resilience and passenger experience.

Ultimately, this role ensures that the airport has a clear, analytically robust understanding of its growth potential, infrastructure constraints and operational risks, enabling leaders to plan confidently for the future.

What will you do?

• Responsible for designing and building analytical airfield & terminal models that influence the airport's strategic decision making.
• Drive continuous productivity improvement across infrastructure
• Leverage use of tools to automate reporting
• Helping to support optimisation of resource and infrastructure and strategic decision making through mathematical, simulation and optimisation modelling.
• Consolidate data to enable critical analysis.
• Provide insight on future growth potential and impact 
• Using statistical analysis to drive performance
• Provide insight on future growth potential and impact

Do you have what we're looking for?

• Background in programming, e.g. VBA / Python
• A high aptitude for problem solving.
• Experience in building mathematical models of real-world scenarios
• Possessing strong IT skills particularly using Excel and Tableau, with the ability to find new ways to present and visualise data.
• Proven track record in extracting key insights from data and making meaningful recommendations.
• Strong communication skills to effectively communicate technical results to key stakeholders.
• With a methodical mindset, you will have a strong awareness of the operational and commercial impacts of decision making.
• Experience in OR and optimization tools is desirable. 
• Airport modelling experience such as CAST/ ArcPORT/ AirTOp is essential.

What's in it for you?

We value our people and reward every employee fairly with a highly competitive package, enhanced by a discretionary annual bonus, free staff parking, discounted rail travel to work, share matching scheme and more. We offer a rewarding world of flexible benefits you can tailor to the things that matter to you most.

There's also plenty of opportunities for career progression, as well as training to support your personal and professional development. 

At London Gatwick we're also very well connected, just 30 minutes from central London and directly linked to over 100 towns and cities. Whether you prefer to travel by cycle, electric car, or train, we aim to make your journey to work as convenient and cost-effective as possible. 

What's it like to work at London Gatwick?

At London Gatwick, our people are our biggest asset. We want our people to thrive and have the best experience while working with us. We know we are all at our best when we feel comfortable and included.

We are an organisation that places diversity, equity and inclusion at its heart. Our aim: to create a place where everyone belongs and has a voice, and we recognise we all play an important role in our success.

London Gatwick supports an inclusive recruitment process, enabling you to perform at your best. Please make us aware as part of your application should you require any reasonable adjustments. We welcome disabled applicants.

Click apply now to start your career journey with London Gatwick.

You can find out more about what it's like to work at London Gatwick, visit our careers site Careers at London Gatwick