Head Of Operational Planning And Development

Published on 12/04/2024

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Type of contract
Spoken languages
FR , EN
Professional experience
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Your next professional destination: lux-Airport - Findel - Luxembourg


Do you know the airport as a passenger?

How about working there?


The Société de l'Aéroport de Luxembourg (lux-Airport) is the aerodrome operator responsible for the operation of the airport infrastructure. Our platform provides, among other things, direct flight services to more than 100 destinations via 16 airlines.

We have more than 350 employees, with different backgrounds and 19 nationalities.


Together we work daily to ensure the efficient operation of the airport and to provide a quality service to our passengers.

Thanks to everyone's commitment, we live up to our motto of being the best-in-class airport. Our reputation is also reflected in a few key figures: by the end of 2022, for example, we reached 4.05 million passengers and 975,000 tonnes of cargo.


In order to continue to meet our commitments and to develop other projects, we are currently recruiting : a Head Of Operational Planning And Development.


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Responsibilities

What you will be doing :


·     Developing the department as a key service unit to support the various business units to support a strategic approach to the team

·     Developing and coordinating a team of experts in different operational areas, including winter operations, operational systems and project managers.

·     Establishing and managing the department's budget while developing the department's activities

·     Ensuring compliance of operations with the EASA and Luxembourg Airport certification basis, taking into account current regulations and future developments, and ensuring that key plans (emergency plan, terminal evacuation plan, BCP, ...) remain up to date, are known and tested

·     Further develop the operations control role to include short and long term forecasting but also the development of an information based decision culture (including data capture, simulation,) and the resulting short term capability development. Particular attention is paid to the airport's slot allocation.

·     Being responsible for the preparation of operational forecasts for daily, weekly and seasonal planning and operational statistics

·     Leading the short-term (seasonal and five-year) capacity planning of the operational infrastructure, creating optimization plans and linking them to the airport and terminal master planning.

·     Supervising/coordinating/align the various operational projects, projects with operational impact as well as lead/participate in projects that are more complex.

·     Managing and developing the various contracts and service level agreements with key commercial and government partners.



Must-have requirements

What you will need :


Education / training :

- Postgraduate degree (Master) or equivalent experience


Experience :

- 10 years of relevant experience in the airport or aviation field


Languages :

- French: fluent in speaking and writing

- English and/or German : fluent in speaking


Nice-to-have requirements

Knowledge of all aspects of airport operations, relevant international and national ICAO, EASA standards and recommendations, their interpretation and industry best practices


We offer

What we offer :


- A full-time contract, with an attractive salary, based on your profile and experience, including fringe benefits ;

- A chance to work for an internationally-known and fast-growing Luxembourgish company ;

- A professional opportunity in the field of aviation, a high-tech sector ;

- A pleasant, dynamic and motivating work environment, allowing you to flourish in your career.


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NB: the whole application process is managed by Skeeled. Thank you in advance for your understanding.


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