Technical Specialist Flight Fuel Optimisation

Role Overview The Airline Operations Technology department is accountable for the delivery of resilient, scalable, and operationally supportable technology services that underpin safe and on-time airline operations. This role sits within the Connected Crew & Optimised Flying Mission, specifically within the Flight & Fuel Optimisation Product Group — focused on giving pilots real-time insight to drive fuel efficiency and consistent adoption of optimisation initiatives.

Pilots currently operate with fragmented data, limited end-to-end visibility, and inconsistent adoption of efficiency initiatives, resulting in unnecessary fuel burn, higher costs, and missed opportunities to scale proven savings. Note on scope: flight planning and dispatch systems are owned and operated by the Platform team, not by this product group. This role focuses on the fuel and performance optimisation layer — consuming flight and fuel data (including from Platform-owned flight planning systems where relevant) to drive insight, adoption, and measurable efficiency and emissions improvements, rather than owning flight planning/dispatch capability itself.

This spans fuel and performance analytics tooling, in-flight and post-flight data capture, sustainability/emissions reporting, and the integration capability needed to turn flight data into consistent, actionable insight for crew. These capabilities underpin: Fuel and flight-performance analytics and reporting capability In-flight and post-flight data capture, integration, and interoperability with adjacent systems (including Platform-owned flight planning data, consumed rather than owned) Operational observability, telemetry, monitoring, and alerting across fuel and performance optimisation tooling Third-party system orchestration across fuel analytics, performance monitoring, and sustainability/emissions reporting suppliers Operational resilience and scalable support models across the fuel optimisation estate Over the next 2–3 years, this domain will evolve significantly, with a focus on: End-to-end flight lifecycle data that improves accuracy, resilience, and crew confidence Measurable reduction in fuel cost and emissions through consistent adoption of optimisation initiatives Enhanced observability and proactive operational support capability (AIOps) Improved interoperability between fuel/performance tooling and Platform-owned flight planning and enterprise systems Rationalisation of fragmented fuel and performance technology and supplier landscapes Scalable deployment and operational support models across the fleet and network Job Purpose The Technical Specialist – Flight & Fuel Optimisation contributes to the seamless delivery, operational supportability, and technical evolution of fuel and flight-performance technology across a highly distributed and third-party -integrated environment.

The role is responsible for designing, implementing, configuring, and evolving fuel and performance analytics capability that gives pilots real-time, end-to-end insight, and that drives consistent adoption of proven fuel-efficiency initiatives. This role works closely with Product Managers, Domain Architecture, Infrastructure & Operations (I&O), Regional Delivery Managers, Security, suppliers, the Platform team (for flight planning/dispatch data), and flight operations stakeholders to ensure fuel and performance technology capability remains reliable, observable, supportable, and aligned to enterprise and operational standards.

A critical accountability of the role is the operational integration and supportability of third-party fuel analytics, performance monitoring, and sustainability reporting systems within easyJet's monitoring, observability, and operational support landscape — including well-defined integration with Platform-owned flight planning data — ensuring operational issues can be identified, diagnosed, and resolved effectively across a complex multi-supplier environment.

The Technical Specialist drives the standardisation and scalability of fuel optimisation technology capability through consistent operational tooling, observability patterns, support models, and integration implementations across the fleet and network. The role balances short-term operational delivery and support needs with long-term maintainability, resilience, and operational efficiency, ensuring operational technology capability supports measurable improvements in: Operational resilience Fuel efficiency and emissions reduction Consistent adoption of optimisation initiatives Service reliability and supportability Estate standardisation and scalability across fuel and performance tooling The Technical Specialist collaborates actively within agile delivery frameworks (e.g.

Scrum) and supports the delivery of operational technology capability within live operational environments. Job Accountabilities Lifecycle Management Understand stakeholder and operational requirements across fuel and performance systems and define technical solutions that support operational and business outcomes Ensure integration of third-party fuel analytics, performance monitoring, and sustainability reporting systems into a cohesive, observable, and operationally supportable ecosystem — including clean integration with Platform-owned flight planning data Contribute to lifecycle planning of fuel and performance technologies, including upgrades, decommissioning, standardisation, and operational improvement activities Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards for connectivity, hosting, monitoring, resilience, and operational supportability Quality Assurance Ensure all deliverables are documented, reusable, supportable, tested, and aligned to operational performance standards Validate that observability, monitoring, logging, and alerting are embedded into fuel and performance solutions by design Ensure consistency of implementation across fuel analytics platforms, operational environments, and suppliers Release Engineering & Configuration Define and maintain scalable and repeatable operational configurations across fuel and performance optimisation environments Drive standardisation of operational tooling, integration implementations, and monitoring configurations across the fuel optimisation estate Ensure compliance with enterprise standards across connectivity, hosting, observability, and operational support capability Maintenance, Support & Troubleshooting Provide technical expertise for complex operational incident resolution across integrated fuel and performance systems Support Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) teams in diagnosing cross-system and cross-supplier operational issues affecting fuel or performance data Contribute to reducing operational recovery times through improved tooling, observability, and operational insight Reliability Engineering & Performance Drive improvements in operational reliability through proactive monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling enhancements Ensure fuel and performance integration points — including those with Platform-owned flight planning systems — are observable, measurable, and supportable Support achievement of uptime, resilience, and operational detection targets across the fuel optimisation estate Task & Process Automation Design and implement automation that improves fuel and performance data orchestration and adoption tracking Reduce manual operational intervention through scalable tooling and operational process improvements Support scalable operational support models across distributed fuel and performance optimisation environments Competencies Core Technical Competencies Fuel & Performance Technology Knowledge – Understanding of fuel analytics, flight-performance data, sustainability reporting, and distributed operational infrastructure Integration Awareness – Knowledge of third-party systems, interoperability, and operational integration approaches, including consuming data from Platform-owned systems without owning them Observability & Supportability – Understanding of monitoring, alerting, operational tooling, and supportability principles Problem-Solving & Troubleshooting – Ability to diagnose issues across complex, distributed, and multi-vendor operational environments Collaboration Competencies Decision-Making – Balances operational risk, technical constraints, cost, and delivery priorities Cross-Functional Collaboration – Works effectively across Product, Delivery, Domain Architecture, I&O, Security, Suppliers, and Operational teams Delivery Competencies Operational Execution – Strong coordination and delivery capability within live operational environments Stakeholder Collaboration – Ability to work across Product, Platform, Operational, Supplier, and cross-mission stakeholder groups Risk & Impact Awareness – Ability to assess and manage operational and technical risk within critical operational environments Communication – Clear and effective communication across technical and operational stakeholders Key Skills Required Experience supporting technology or infrastructure capability within distributed or operational environments Experience working with third-party suppliers, fuel/performance analytics vendors, and multi-supplier ecosystems Strong troubleshooting and operational problem-solving skills Experience with incident, change, and operational service management processes Understanding of fuel efficiency, flight performance, or sustainability/emissions reporting systems desirable Experience integrating with or consuming data from flight planning/dispatch systems (without owning them) desirable Understanding of observability, monitoring, alerting, and operational support tooling desirable Experience working within Agile delivery environments (e.g.

Scrum/ SAFe , DevSecOps ) desirable Familiarity with tools such as Jira and Confluence desirable Experience working within operationally critical or distributed environments such as airlines, transport, logistics, or infrastructure-intensive operations preferred