Principal Airfield Planner

Location/s: Croydon
Relocation supported: Not supported
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Phillips

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. From preparing the business case and​ advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

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. One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, Mott MacDonald integrates over 16,000 people helping our clients to deliver sustainable solutions.

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. Ideally the candidate will also have a chartership with a relevant institution.

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.

The aviation team takes great pride in its diverse workforce – in fact we feel that cultural and personal diversity is one of the key strengths of our team.

Our aviation team consists of planners, engineers, project managers and analysts with over 20 different nationalities, working together to deliver world-class airport consultancy services to our clients. 

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

As one of the world's most experienced aviation consultancies, our client portfolio includes airports, governments, civil aviation authorities, airport companies, equity investors and providers of debt finance. 

Our mission is to always connect globally, seek and open opportunities for clients and continue supporting the sustainable growth of our aviation sector. As such, it is not uncommon that during your time with Mott MacDonald you may have the opportunity to travel overseas or be seconded to another office for project related work.

As part of your role, you will get involved with the following tasks:

• 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. 

We are recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

To apply for this position, you must have the following: 

• A degree in aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, air transport management, or airport planning. Candidates with other relevant qualifications may be considered.
• 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.

We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:

• Proactive and with a learning mindset.
• Foster teamwork and collaboration in others as part of a multi-disciplinary team and a diverse range of projects.
• Methodical problem solver with critical thinking and the ability to find and prove the best solutions.
• Ability to organise, manage and supervise medium projects to large workstreams, including resources across various disciplines.
• Expertise in project and programme management with contractual knowledge and the ability deliver commercially successful projects.
• Ability to manage and supervise project teams, including the ability to train junior staff in developing new skills.
• Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills, which allow you to present work to clients at all levels.
• Ability to build and nurture client relationships, to identify and secure opportunities for follow-on work and win new prospects.
• Excellent written communication and attention to detail, being able to produce accurate technical drawings and professional reports. 
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Power BI desirable).
• Ability to manage others to work efficiently in drawings platforms, such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, AviPlan, Infraworks, Navisworks, Revit, etc. to produce airfield and terminal spatial planning outputs.
• Knowledge of simulation & modelling tools for airfield and the ability to manage others to use them.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

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. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• 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 which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.