Associate Analyst - Data Analytics

United Airlines•Chicago, IL

5d•$53,960 - $70,334

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape. The Technical Operations Analytics team is looking for a passionate Analyst to turn data into information and information into insights to drive business decisions. The group strives to get the right work done on the right aircraft at the right location at the right time. To do this, we partner with business experts to pursue analytical opportunities within maintenance planning, supply chain, aircraft engineering, maintenance execution, and maintenance programs, among other areas. We are seeking creative, driven, and detail-oriented individuals who enjoy tackling complex problems quantitatively. Individuals who have a desire to improve the performance of United's fleet and maintenance operation are encouraged to apply. High-level responsibilities of the role include: Extract data from a variety of sources for use in analysis and models Complete ad-hoc reporting and data analysis Identify relevant data, analyze, and interpret patterns in complex data sets Analyze and generate useful insights from structured and unstructured data and optimally communicate findings and solutions with various groups Partner with peers to develop statistical models to improve forecasts, labor efficiency, operational metrics, financial performance, etc Prepare and share findings with our stakeholders

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field like Math, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field
At least 1 year of work experience which may include completion of at least one internship in an airline-related field or work experience in an analytical role
Understanding of data visualization standard processes
Intellectual curiosity for working with data
Query, transform and model data in a quantitative analysis software package or language (SQL, Python, R, SAS, etc)
Visualize data relevantly to tell a story
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is a crucial function of the position

Nice To Haves

Experience with PowerBI or other data visualization tools
Work autonomously to learn from subject matter authorities, identify gaps in data, and generate quantitative solutions to problems
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Comfort with ambiguity

Responsibilities

Extract data from a variety of sources for use in analysis and models
Complete ad-hoc reporting and data analysis
Identify relevant data, analyze, and interpret patterns in complex data sets
Analyze and generate useful insights from structured and unstructured data and optimally communicate findings and solutions with various groups
Partner with peers to develop statistical models to improve forecasts, labor efficiency, operational metrics, financial performance, etc
Prepare and share findings with our stakeholders