• Job Description

  Req#: R-2024-43485

  Department:

  Network Planning

  Our Company Promise

  
  We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

  Job Description:

  Job Summary

  All of Southwest’s People come together to deliver on our Purpose; Connecting People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Senior Network Planning Analyst delivers on our Purpose by performing complex and highly visible route and frequency planning studies. This role is responsible for organizing and analyzing large and diverse sets of internal and external industry data to recommend actions that inform route and frequency planning decisions. The Senior Network Planning Analyst is a strong communicator and strategic thinker who is ready to drive the future of Southwest’s Network Plan ning.

  Additional details:

  • The culture of Southwest Airlines means we embrace a flexible workplace and value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. This role is a hybrid position based out of our Corporate Campus in Dallas, TX, which requires Employees to work onsite on our Corporate Campus at least three days a week. The Department designates the specific three days of the week Employees must work on-site.

  • U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available .

  Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.

  Responsibilities

  • Executes the revisions of the Southwest flight schedule through the production of high-quality inputs, managing constraints, identifying obstacles and recommending solutions, and ensures that all schedule initiatives are met
  • Executes the process of gathering schedule change requests/inputs/constraints from other departments, such as Network Planning, Crew Planning, Ground Operations, Operational Performance and Revenue Management
  • Executes the advanced execution of complex schedule changes including Demand Shaping, Available Fleet deployment, ASM adjustments, slot changes, etc.
  • Ensures that all schedule parameters are met, including market frequencies, physical gates, staffed gates, connecting bank structures, minimum turn times, block times, tow times, gate assignments, etc.
  • Evaluates commercial requests to determine the best way to achieve them without violating operational requirements and minimize the impact on already booked Customers
  • Performs complex, highly visible flight schedule revisions with guidance
  • Performs the highly visible and complex post-publication capacity changes including but not limited to demand shaping, available fleet deployment, ASM adjustments, international and domestic extra sections
  • Functions at an advanced level in schedule editing
  • Creates the checklist for each bi-weekly schedule revision to ensure that all revisions are documented and executed into all published schedules with zero defects
  • Creates the final schedules in preparation for schedule publication
  • Creates complex, highly visible flight schedule reporting in support of schedule revisions
  • Evaluates commercial requests to determine the best way to achieve them without violating operational requirements and minimize the impact on already booked Customers
  • Implements initiatives, improves processes and creates efficiencies to allow for quick turn schedule modifications
  • May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
  • Ability to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
  • Ability to understand and apply information to contribute to the organizations strategic plan
  • Ability to identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
  • Ability to listen, understand, and communicate ideas presented in writing and/or in speaking with others
  • Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
  • Ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem
  • Ability to execute a high level of attention to detail

  Education

  • Required: High School Diploma or GED

  Experience

  Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:

  • Airline network planning including flight schedule alignment with commercial and operational impact, industry-leading capabilities, and aircraft scheduling techniques
  • Network Planning software systems and data
  • Impact of Network Planning systems/processes on downline internal/external systems/processes/Customers
  • Commercial and Operational performance metrics and targets
  • Airline industry including an understanding of competitors operational and commercial tactics and recent performance
  • Preferred: Experience in Alteryx, relational databases, Microsoft products, and/or coding

  Licensing/Certification

  • N/A

  Physical Abilities

  • Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
  • Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
  • Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

  Other Qualifications

  • Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
  • Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information

  Pay & Benefits:

  Competitive market salary from $88,550 - $98,400 per year * depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the Company.

  Benefits you’ll love:

  • Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

  • Up to a 9.3% 401(k) Company match, dollar for dollar, of your eligible pay, per paycheck**

  • Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution toward retirement - when Southwest profits, you profit***

  • Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

  *Pay amount doesn’t guarantee employment for any particular period of time

  **401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan’s vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

  ***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan’s vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company

  *401(k) match contributions are subject to the plan’s vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

  **ProfitSharing contributions are subject to plan’s vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company

  Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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• About the company

  Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier.

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