Job Description

Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Start here. Grow here.
Aviation is one of the key focus sectors at AECOM, a business sector which sits within our number one rated global transportation engineering consultancy. Whilst we are already the number one aviation engineering consultancy by revenue globally, we see significant future growth potential as the sector recovers from the downturn induced by the Covid 19 outbreak. Our clients are now re-investing in their assets, to ensure they are in the right condition, but also to ensure their capacity needs of the future.
To support this growth, we are currently seeking a Principal Airport Planner to join the team. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver aviation services to airport owners/operators, airlines and transportation agencies. Our team of aviation specialists provide a fully integrated service and have the technical skills and experience to address a wide range of aviation developments.
As a Principal Airport Planner, you will help support the planning, design and management of airport projects. We can provide you with the opportunity to work on client projects, and significant multi-disciplinary exposure.
The Aviation team deals with a range of different projects across the globe working with funding agencies, national and local governments, aviation authorities and private organisations. You will work on projects from initial concept through to construction and operation on several high-profile projects with a variety of clients. Our current portfolio of works comprises a diverse mix of local, national and international projects.
We are open to locations across Manchester, Basingstoke or Croydon, working on a hybrid working pattern
Current & Upcoming Projects:

• Delhi Airport Master Plan
• Brussels Airport Master Plan
• London Luton Airport Limit (LLAL) Masterplanning and design development for Development Consent Order Application
• Southend Airport Feasibility Planning
• Leeds Bradford Airport Planning
• Guernsey Masterplan
• Alderney Airport - Design consultant for the development programme
• India - Masterplanning for 3 Indian Airports
• Extensive work for the UK Military covering regular Inspections and reporting, project definition and feasibility studies and detailed design for major development and rehabilitation schemes.

Here's what you'll do:

• Reporting to the Aviation Advisory Team leader you will also interface directly with other team members, from graduate to Directors and with other internal design teams
• Carry out preparation of airport master plans incorporating analysis of all key facilities such as passenger terminals, cargo, airfield and ancillary facilities
• Ability to work collaboratively and iteratively within a multi-disciplinary design team.

Come grow with us.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what's possible?
Here's what we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree. Membership of an appropriately recognized professional institution.
• Experience in airport planning dealing with the assessment of capacities of airport facilities (airside, terminal and landside) and their development needs and have a good understanding of ICAO and IATA ADRM standards
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at .
At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Additional Information
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.