Analyst, Airport Planning (Hybrid)

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is a unique and dynamic place to work. Approximately 1,400 GTAA employees work non-stop with our partners and agencies to deliver a safe and welcoming airport experience at Canada’s leading global hub airport, Toronto Pearson. The impacts of the pandemic have been significant to our industry, yet we remain Pearson Strong and are realizing the opportunity to accelerate our Healthy Airport commitment. Join us on our accelerated journey in creating the airport of the future in a smart, healthy and profitable way.

What's in it for you!

We offer our GTAA members amazing benefits, including retirement planning, group health benefits, employee assistance programs (EAP), paid leave, education and training, as well as recognition and rewards programs.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Manager, Airport Planning this position is responsible for produces analytical reports for terminal, airside and/or groundside systems, identifying related capacity development options and implementing and maintaining simulation models for present and future demand profiles. The successful candidate is required to collaborate with other departments to ensure operational requirements are considered in simulation and planning projects.

Key Accountabilities:

• Proactive liaise and collaborate across various departments to narrow and define project requests to support operational teams
• Assess and declare capacity for specific groundside, terminal and airside infrastructure
• Interpret and validate results of analysis, reach conclusions, and make recommendations relevant to the assessment being undertaken
• Provide outputs on initiatives for future demand vs. capacity assessments for operational departments
• Develop, update the simulation models to ensure they continue to reflect the complexity of the airport operation for existing and future demand
• Produce analytical outputs for all aspects of airport planning and operations
• Develop programs to enable early identification of changes in demand on terminal, airside and groundside systems, and to permit assessment of the systems impact caused by these variations
• Identify options available for meeting demand and/or increasing capacity alongside service and facility requirements
• Provide research, insight and analysis, and propose solutions to potential service failures and bottlenecks
• Analyze high volumes of data and concisely summarize the outcomes

This is a unionized position with an hourly wage of $46.46, based on a 37.5 hour work week. The successful candidate must be available to commence the duties of the position once a selection decision has been made. A practical test will be administered as a part of the competitive process.

Qualifications:

• Experience in analyzing large data and the interpretation of data
• Experience in airport process mapping would be considered as an asset
• 1-3 years’ experience with industry simulation software would be considered as asset (i.e. CAST, ARCPort, SIMIO, VISSIM, Synchro or similar)
• Experience using and developing custom tools for ad-hoc analysis i.e. spreadsheet-based, VBA, Power BI, etc
• Able to obtain and retain Transportation Security Clearance at the designated level for the position
• University degree in the field of airport planning/capacity planning, air transport management, aerospace or engineering (industrial, data or similar)
• 5+ years’ experience in aviation and/or airport planning/capacity planning
• Experience working in a customer centric environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of computerized data collection, editing, storage and analysis techniques (e.g. Power BI)
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office tools, especially in working with large data in Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of airport planning, capacity planning, airport operations and Key Performance Indicators
• Ability to prepare professional and relevant presentations to support management in communicating key relevant study outcomes
• Knowledge in the fields of airport simulation and data analysis
• Able to handle complex studies involving statistical analysis
• Knowledge of fundamental project management principles and methods
• Knowledge of planning and modelling principles and methodologies
• Knowledge of survey techniques, statistical analysis and airport operations research
• Effective communication via email, technical reports, meetings, working groups, and presentation

The GTAA is a federally regulated private sector. The Government of Canada has suspended mandatory vaccination requirement for federally regulated transportation sector workers. The GTAA continues to monitor government and health developments relating to COVID -19 and may re-introduce the Vaccination and proof of Vaccination requirements in the Policy at any time.