Engineering Design Director - Aviation

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Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. One of the largest employee-owned companies of its type in the world, we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through the connected thinking of our 20,000 employees across the globe. 

We are one of the world’s most experienced aviation consultancies providing aviation advisory services to governments, civil aviation authorities, airport companies, equity investors and providers of debt finance.

We provide planning, engineering and analytical services for all sizes of airports, ranging from small regional facilities to some of the biggest and best airports in the world. Landmark projects include London Heathrow; Hong Kong International Airport; Singapore Changi and New York JFK.

To date we have provided project finance, technical, business and transaction advice for over $75 billion of airport assets globally. Our aviation consultants have undertaken projects for over 260 airports in 120 countries – hence we have a deep understanding of the aviation industry from all viewpoints.

Your Opportunity

As the Engineering Design Director - Aviation , you will provide technical oversight for our aviation project commitments as well as strategic direction to pursue, win and deliver aviation projects. You will be a visible leader of Mott MacDonald’s aviation expertise in Queensland, reinforcing existing relationships with key clients and collaborators.

You will act as the subject matter expert on key aviation projects, leading detailed design work with a hands-on approach, supporting teams to create solutions that deliver ambitious design outcomes.

Key accountabilities of the role include:

• Lead the technical delivery of multidisciplinary design services across the project lifecycle, with a focus on terminal design.
• Provide technical oversight and strategic direction for major aviation capital or change programmes.
• Drive solution development within major bids and act as project principal on strategically significant projects to deliver successful outcomes for our clients.
• Support client engagement plans for key aviation clients in partnership with the respective regional and local leadership team.
• Engage with your global aviation leadership cohort, sharing knowledge and resources with the wider practice community.

About you

To bring the necessary credibility and technical expertise to this role, you will need to have substantial experience working on major aviation infrastructure programs. You will have led coordinated, multidisciplinary design development of international terminals and related infrastructure, accountable for designs with a capital value in excess of AUD 500m.

You’re a positive and proactive person who can understand and appreciate the overarching vision and knows how to continuously work towards it. Your collegiate approach will leverage and share experience across Asia Pacific, New Zealand & Australia (APNA) and as part of the global aviation practice.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have the following:

• Substantial experience planning and delivering major aviation capital or change programmes, with exposure to Australian airport projects being highly regarded
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as aviation planning, engineering, architecture, finance, environmental science, or project management.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts with ease, leaning on your exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills to drive results and build client relationships.
• Enthusiastic approach to engineering design, inspiring people as a collaborative effort with a team mentality
• Commercial awareness and experience balancing delivery of exceptional work with a proactive approach to winning work from prospects and existing relationships

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Our values, culture and benefits

Our purpose is clear and ambitious. We are here to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do. We can only achieve this if we are able to build and retain diverse, innovative and productive teams that share our values and vision.
 

We celebrate the rich diversity of our team and are dedicated to nurturing an inclusive work environment that encourages everyone to embrace their unique selves. Working at Mott MacDonald gives you access to various lifestyle and support programme benefits to help you in your role and with everyday life, such as:

• A flexible and agile work atmosphere that caters to your professional journey and life's special moments.
• A competitive salary complemented by group bonus incentives, recognising the dedication you invest.
• Comprehensive coverage including life, personal accident, and salary continuance insurance, providing peace of mind during uncertain times.
• Opportunities to enhance your work-life balance through the option to purchase extra annual leave.

Keen to find out more?

Join a team who enjoys helping clients navigate uncertainty, solve complex problems and optimise outcomes through collaboration, diversity of thought and fresh perspectives.