Engineering & Maintenance Strategy Analyst

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.

It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.

This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we’re re-imagining the way we fly the skies.

The role: Engineering & Maintenance Strategy Analyst

*** Help shape the future of British Airways Engineering & Maintenance ***

Are you naturally curious, analytical and excited by solving complex business problems?

British Airways Engineering & Maintenance is creating a new strategy team to help shape the future direction of one of the most important engineering organisations in aviation. As part of this exciting new team, we're looking for an Engineering & Maintenance Strategy Analyst to support strategic decision-making, deliver high-quality insight, and help translate data into meaningful business action.

Working closely with the E&M Strategy Manager, Head of Strategy, CTO and senior leaders across Engineering & Maintenance, you will play a key role in developing analysis, identifying opportunities, learning from best practice and supporting strategic projects that influence the future of the business.

Why this role is exciting - 

This is far more than a traditional analyst role.  You'll have the opportunity to:

• Join a newly established Strategy team and help shape its future direction and ways of working.
• Work on some of the most important strategic questions facing Engineering & Maintenance.
• Support senior leaders in making informed decisions that improve operational performance and long-term competitiveness.
• Influence strategic projects from concept through to recommendations.
• Bring external best practice into the organisation and help turn insight into action.
• Build relationships across British Airways, Engineering & Maintenance and IAG.

This role offers an exceptional platform for somebody looking to develop a career in strategy, consulting, business analysis or transformation within a complex and highly visible operational environment.

What you’ll do:

Supporting the E&M Strategy Manager, you will:

• Produce strategic analysis to inform major decisions and support the development of E&M's long-term strategy.
• Undertake benchmarking, market analysis and external research to understand how BA Engineering & Maintenance compares with industry best practice.
• Develop insights and recommendations that help improve performance and support strategic objectives.
• Support strategic projects for the CTO and E&M Directors, helping develop recommendations for leadership audiences.
• Build analytical models, forecasts and business cases to evaluate future options and scenarios.
• Analyse operational, financial and market data to identify opportunities, risks and emerging trends.
• Create clear, engaging materials and presentations that communicate complex findings to senior stakeholders.
• Support the annual strategic planning process and contribute to the ongoing evolution of E&M's strategy.

What we're looking for:

We're looking for someone who combines strong analytical capability with commercial awareness and a genuine interest in strategy.

Your experience:

• Numerate degree or proven aptitude in a similar role (Preferred)
• Relevant experience in an analytical role (Preferred)
• Experience from consulting roles, relevant industries (e.g. transport, aviation, utilities, engineering and other big technical, operational or infrastructure companies is advantageous (Preferred)
• Previous experience of market analysis, or similar roles (Preferred)
• Understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes (Preferred)
• Experienced in scoping, planning and building insights to drive improved decision-making (Essential)
• Expert user of Excel functionality and ability to build and run bespoke models as required (Essential)
• Expert user of PowerPoint and constructing presentations for Senior Management (Essential)
• Previous experience of benchmarking and best practice, or similar roles (Preferred)

About you

You are naturally curious and enjoy understanding how businesses operate and how they can improve. You enjoy combining data, insight and critical thinking to solve problems and influence better decisions.

You'll be someone who:

• Is highly numerate and analytical.
• Enjoys researching industry trends and best practice.
• Can quickly get to grips with new subject matter.
• Thrives in a collaborative environment.
• Delivers high-quality work with attention to detail.
• Is comfortable working at pace on multiple priorities.

Why join us?

This is a unique opportunity to join a new and growing strategy function at an exciting stage of its development. Working directly in support of the E&M Strategy Manager, you'll gain exposure to senior leaders, strategic decision-making and high-profile business challenges while helping shape the future direction of Engineering & Maintenance.

If you're excited by strategy, motivated by problem-solving and want to be part of building something new, we'd love to hear from you.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.