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Description

Find your future at United!

We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a broad spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward.

Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to help your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups.

Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together.

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team comprises aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that ensure they’re well-equipped and ready to transport our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re prepared to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Key Responsibilities:

As a **Senior Analyst – Strategic Planning** , you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of work focused on aircraft maintenance decision modeling, analytics, reporting, and data management. In this role, you will serve as the fleet portfolio owner, leading projects from concept through execution. This includes assessing internal and external capacity environments, performing both quantitative and qualitative analyses, and delivering actionable recommendations to senior leadership.

You will play a key role in optimizing and scheduling aircraft maintenance visits, balancing core maintenance needs with special modification projects, scheduled checks, and additional requirements such as paint and landing gear changes. The Senior Analyst will also perform impact assessments, cost-benefit analyses, evaluate change readiness, and engage with key stakeholders to support both short- and long-term maintenance strategies.

Core Responsibilities Include:

+ Develop, maintain, and execute long-term airframe maintenance plans.

+ Apply strong business acumen to understand total cost of ownership, identify risks, and highlight opportunities.

+ Conduct data mining and scenario modeling to forecast maintenance visit needs, building and refining models to optimize costs and maximize aircraft availability.

+ Monitor and report on key performance metrics, creating a feedback loop to drive continuous improvement in maintenance planning.

NOTE: This position is based at the CSC-Willis Tower, located in Chicago, IL, and is considered a hybrid work schedule, with three days in the office.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

+ Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Supply Chain/Logistics, Business, or a related field

+ Two years of experience in using data analysis and quantitative modeling techniques (e.g., statistical, optimization, simulation, spreadsheet)

+ One year of experience in a planning or strategy role

+ Able to think creatively and strategically with the skills for analysis and problem-solving

+ Proficient at recognizing and prioritizing opportunities as well as leading multiple challenging deadlines.

+ Sophisticated Excel experience

+ Strong oral and written communication skills, with a passion for delivering results

+ Operate within a team environment, across departments, and with all levels of management.

+ Data mining, aircraft maintenance visit scenario forecasting, and modeling

+ Build and maintain models to minimize cost and increase aircraft utilization.

+ Successful completion of the interview is required to meet the job qualifications

+ Reliable, punctual attendance is a crucial function of the position

+ Ability to travel 10%

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

+ Master's Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics, or equivalent experience

+ Experience in Airline planning and analysis functions

+ Data Visualization (Spotfire, Tableau, etc.)

+ Basic SQL or other programming language

+ Project Management or Lean Six Sigma certification

The base pay range for this role is $87,780.00 to $114,376.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.