Senior/principal Airport Planner

Atkins are looking for an experienced Senior/Principal Airport Planner with minimum 10 years of relevant experience. This includes individuals who are looking to take a step-up into a Senior position with the opportunity to grow into the role. The role will suit an ambitious and enthusiastic individual who is looking to progress their career within an exciting and successful consultancy environment. The Atkins Airport team based in the Middle East is founded on experience and dynamism, armed with a ‘can do’ attitude and underpinned by exemplary technical, engineering, operational and leadership backgrounds from across the aviation sector.

You will join a group of passionate industry experts within an already well-established team. For those individuals that are capable and motivated, we aim to provide an environment offering opportunities for your development and growth into future technical director roles as well as providing you with support in formulating your career ambitions.

**Responsibilities**:
Within this Senior or Principal position, you will be responsible for the leadership of projects, engagement with clients, and provide direction to junior airport planners in the team. Building on your knowledge of current aviation industry initiatives and passion for airport development, you will proactively drive innovation and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

As part of the role you will also work with other senior colleagues in developing the airport planning capability in terms of staff, tools and training, and support the team to grow the project and client portfolio for airport planning commissions.

You will be responsible for undertaking a variety of airport-related planning studies and assessments. These may include:

- Development of airport masterplans
- Scoping and undertaking studies on airfield layout, apron configuration and passenger terminal planning and surface access planning
- Data analysis, demand and capacity assessment and interpretation thereof
- Taking responsibility for the delivery of technical reports and presentations
- Leadership of design meetings, site meetings and all other project related meetings
- Providing support to the market team in business development activities including leading and contributing to tender submissions
- Actively engaging with Atkins / SNCL’s global network of aviation and infrastructure planning professionals.
- Providing guidance and leadership to more junior members of the team

**Requirements**:

- Hands on experience in airport planning, with understanding of airfield planning, terminal planning, surface access planning, facilities planning and CAA, EASA, ICAO and IATA standards.
- A relevant first degree or equivalent qualification with preference for an air transport related post graduate qualification and Professional membership to a relevant body.
- Extensive understanding of the market economics and key drivers of Airport Planning and Development, including the interactions between aviation and airport operations, people and baggage movement, development, design concept, retail, advertising, and surface access.
- Understanding and experience of recognised software used in airport master planning
- A high sense of accountability with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with a drive to deliver high quality work.
- Proven track record in coordinating and delivering technically excellent studies and projects on time and to budget.
- The ability to work with a range of project stakeholders, contractors and clients
- Understanding of project contractual and commercial requirements
- Ability to lead on business development activities and able to demonstrate successful role in bids/tenders
- A willingness to travel to undertake short-term assignments

**Although not essential the following would be an advantage**:

- Experience of geometric design using AutoCad.
- Excellent numerical skills including experience of using complex spreadsheets and databases
- Experience in Airport Modelling and Simulation tools (e.g. CAST, bespoke tools)
- Experience in airfield and/or terminal operations
- Language skills

SNC Lavalin's Atkins business is one of the largest multidisciplinary, multi sector engineering design consultancies in the world and is part of the SNC Lavalin Group.

As one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies with a leading track record in the defence sector, Atkins are ideally placed to respond to this market. We have a broad establishment and proud, 50 year history throughout the Middle East region.

We provide a full range of design, engineering and project management services for buildings, transportation and other infrastructure programmes.

Atkins in the Middle East now employs around 2,000 staff serving Gulf clients across all market sectors from offices in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh, a