Airport Planning Manager - Auckland

Kia ora! 

At Air New Zealand, we’re on a mission to shape the future of aviation and redefine what excellence looks like in airport operations. We’re looking for a strategic and analytical leader to join our team as an Airport Planning Manager, a role that sits at the heart of our operational performance and future growth. 

About the role 

As an Airport Planning Manager, you’ll lead the development of workforce strategies and capacity planning to ensure our airport operations are safe, efficient, and future-ready. You’ll work and collaborate across short, medium, and long-term horizons to forecast demand, optimise resource allocation, and deliver insights that drive productivity and cost efficiency. 

You’ll also play a key role in shaping our people strategy, from ensuring compliance with fatigue and training standards to embedding wellbeing and safety into every aspect of our planning. 

What you’ll be doing 

• Lead a team +10 people responsible for day-of-operations execution and tactical resources management 
• Adopt and promote evolving ways of working at the airport to align to best practice operations and technology 
• Contribute and lead the execution of a 5-year workforce plan aligned with fleet, schedule, and transformation roadmaps 
• Run scenario modelling to assess headcount, skill, and cost impacts 
• Identify and implement cost optimisation initiatives 
• Lead compliance with fatigue guidelines, training standards, and collective agreements 

What you’ll bring 

• Experience in workforce management, analytics, or quality management 
• Experience in unionised environments and managing budgets over NZD $10 million 
• Strong background in aviation, supply chain, or transportation industries 
• Proven project or programme management experience 
• Proficiency in data tools such as SQL, Python, Tableau or Power BI 
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations or logistics (Master’s preferred) 

What’s in it for you

At Air New Zealand, we believe in looking after our people. Some of the benefits you could enjoy include 

• Exclusive flight deals for you and your whānau across our global network
• Opportunities to lead and grow in a high-impact, future-focused role
• Smart tools and data at your fingertips to support bold thinking and better decisions
• Work with purpose - What you do every day will help ensure our operations are safer, smarter, and more sustainable.
• Heaps of perks from hotel discounts to health cover add-ons

Ready for take-off?

If this sounds like you, apply today and help shape the future of airport operations at Air New Zealand.

Applications close 16th August 2025.

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."