AddressWe’re looking for a Graduate Analyst to join the team at Edinburgh Airport. This unique role within Edinburgh Airport consists of three placements over a period of 2.5 years, including:
- Business Analytics – the successful candidate will start off with 12 months in Business Analytics where you will develop operational forecasts and models to drive the efficient running and growth plans of the airport.
- Aero – you will support the route development function, constructing data driven business cases, monitoring airline and route performance and contributing to the development of Edinburgh Airport’s route network.
- Commercial – you will contribute to the development and evolution of Edinburgh Airport’s Retail, Property and Car Parking estates, appraising potential new deals, evaluating business partner performance and supporting the team in maximising commercial revenues.
- Finance – you will develop models and contribute to the forecasting process of the revenue, analysing data and trends, developing dynamic reports and dashboards. You will also have the chance to support the decarbonisation strategy of the airport through analysis of the carbon emissions of the airport.
Edinburgh Airport is a unique environment, and our Analysts get the opportunity to solve real-world problems. You’ll gain insight into how an airport runs behind the scenes, from the operational day-to-day to the long-term strategy route development. At the end of your placement, we will work with you to find a role at the airport that best fits you and your unique experience.
One of our current Graduate Analysts, Christina, sums it up perfectly, “I was keen to join a company where I could see the impact of the work I was doing, but also one where my days work is diverse and varied. This is very much true of the airport, and one of the things I love most about my role”. You can read more about our at Edinburgh Airport here.
You’ll work closely with our team of analysts and teams from across the airport campus to understand the breadth of business needs and then build robust solutions that span entire systems. Your aim is to equip decision makers with accurate information as effectively and efficiently as possible, positioning the business to deliver excellent customer service driven, operational efficiency, and revenue maximisation.
- Derive long and short-term forecasts, flight schedules, and predictive analytics, leveraging techniques such as machine learning, regression, and simulation.
- Source, identify, test, tidy, and optimise datasets for straightforward use across platforms. Investigate data discrepancies to improve data quality. Transform large datasets into accessible insights that simplify business decision making.
- Develop effective data visualizations, dashboards, and reporting (in Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools). Troubleshoot and resolve any reporting and dashboarding issues.
- Conduct exploratory data analysis, establish KPIs, and provide descriptive analytics of past trends.
- Simply and concisely present results and recommendations to internal and external business stakeholders (both written and verbal).
- Support commercial teams in analysing prospective new deals, ensuring these deliver the best possible returns for Edinburgh Airport.
- Support the business with ad-hoc and bespoke analysis.
- Share insight, skills, and experience with analysts and colleagues throughout the business.
We are looking for someone with a passion for data analytics and supporting the continuous improvement of our airport.
Key skills:
- Problem solving: you enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems and deploying practical solutions.
- Curiosity: you have a desire to understand how things work and how we can make them better.
- Precise: you enjoy manipulating large and numerous datasets and have excellent attention to detail.
- Team player: you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
- Savvy: Ability to learn quickly, use and/or develop the latest capacity modelling software, reporting tools, and statistical techniques.
- Self-starter: Ability to work independently, run with tasks on your own, and confident to make decisions.
- Recently graduated (in the past 18 months) from a degree program with a strong quantitative and analytical focus.
- Highly numeric with proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience with a programming language such as R, Python, and SQL, or desire to learn.
- Understanding or interest in learning a range of statistical techniques such as queueing theory, simulation, or optimisation.
- Experience or interest in learning dashboarding software such as Tableau or PowerBI.
- Knowledge of or interest in the aviation industry.
If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.
- Career development – opportunity to attend Edinburgh Airport’s Talent Academy and First Steps to Management training programs, a designated mentor throughout your placement, and attendance to 1 professional conference per year
- Full training in tableau, dashboard creation, excel, data wrangling, analytical techniques, reporting, and modelling
- Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
- Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
- We offer a range of other benefits
Why EDI?
We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.
Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. Find out about our policies on our WORK180 employer page.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.
