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Mott MacDonald
We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.
About The Business Unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe.
Overview Of Role
We are a global engineering, management and development consultancy focused on guiding our clients through many of the planet’s most intricate challenges.
We are looking for a Principal Airfield Planner with a relevant qualification and professional aviation industry experience to join our aviation team, based in the UK.
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team, actively participating in the delivery of airport planning assignments across the world and for a large variety of airports and clients.
Responsibilities
* Be a technical specialist with expertise in airfield planning and operations, having experience of all airfield facilities and types from multi-runway systems to small regional airports.
* Be able to train others in this specialist field, nurturing junior members of the team and helping them to develop their airfield planning expertise.
* Be responsible for the management and delivery of a variety of projects including airport masterplans, airport facility planning, capacity and demand analysis and simulation modelling.
* Coordinate, manage and deliver airport planning & capacity tasks in all aspects of airports including airfield and apron, terminals and satellite buildings, landside transport, ancillary/support facilities and utilities.
* Be responsible as the Project Manager for medium to large-sized projects and significant technical airport planning workstreams.
* Continue to learn and practice new people management skills including managing larger planning project teams and nurturing and developing junior members of staff as a line manager.
* Nurture relationships with clients and key project stakeholders on the projects you manage, to ensure successful delivery and satisfied customers, while seeking to identify new opportunities.
* Be responsible for the co-ordination, management, production and submission of quality proposals, winning work for the team.
* Collaborate with and learn from other disciplines in our aviation team, including airfield engineering, transaction advisory, forecasting, project & asset management, and business planning.
Candidate Specification
We are looking for a flexible and motivated person with a genuine passion for the aviation industry and a desire to make a difference in the world, with an appreciation for sustainability.
* A degree in aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, air transport management, or airport planning.
* Significant experience in the aviation industry, with a chartership qualification or the ability to demonstrate equivalent transferrable skills from another relevant industry.
* Demonstrable professional experience in multiple technical fields within airport planning (airfield & apron, operations, terminal, landside, utilities, airspace, etc.) is expected and required.
* Chartership is not essential to apply for this role but is expected of a candidate who has qualifications aligned with a professional institution.
What We Offer
* Pension matched up to 7%
* Life insurance
* An annual professional institution subscription
* Continuous development opportunities
* Agile/flexible working
* Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies
* Annual bonus scheme
* Flexible benefits that suit you
* Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
* Access to our Advanced Employee Networks
* The opportunity to make a difference
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.
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