Senior analyst - industrial engineering

United Airlines
Chicago, IL

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.

Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

Key Responsibilities

Sr. Analysts demonstrate these skills to support value-added projects across many of United’s departments

  • Working on or leading workstreams within projects in conjunction with business teams to identify opportunities for improvement, gather and analyze information and data, develop improvements and innovations
  • Gathering and analyzing data of United’s various operations to make fact-based, data-driven recommendations
  • Utilizing technical skills and software (simulation in SIMO/ARENA, Excel, VBA, etc.) to analyze and improve business processes and to create tools for use by other departments
  • Performing measurement and analysis (time and motion studies) in different environments, including airports, maintenance bases, customer contact centers, etc.


Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Business Administration or other relevant degrees.
  • 2 years of experience in analytics, engineering, continuous improvement, or consulting
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • High proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft products and in statistical software such as Minitab or JMP
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Engineering, Technology or Business Administration
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification from a recognized institution
  • Experience with SIMIO/ARENA, SQL, Minitab, Visual Basic (VBA), and other programming tools


The base pay range for this role is $87,780.00 to $114,376.00.

The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.
Posted 2025-11-08

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