Airport Capacity Planning Data Scientist

Job Title

Airport Capacity Planning Data Scientist

Reports to: Process Information Manager

Location: London – Heathrow (All Terminals)

Contract Type: Permanent

Introduction

We are seeking an experienced Capacity Planning Data Scientist to join the Airport Capacity & Planning team at Vanderlande, embedded within Heathrow Airport’s baggage handling operations. This is a technically demanding role at the intersection of data science, operations research, and airport systems engineering.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain machine learning models, simulation tools, and analytical frameworks that directly inform capacity planning decisions across one of the world’s busiest airport baggage systems—processing in excess of 80 million bags annually across four terminals.
• Design, build, and validate machine learning models (e.g. XGBoost, GBM, random forests) for forecasting baggage vo...