Technical Director (Gateway Infrastructure Planner) NEW

Job description

We are a global engineering, management and development consultancy working across all built environment sectors. We are one of the largest employee-owned companies in the world.

Our specialist Gateway Infrastructure team is based in London, UK, and delivers major transport planning and development projects globally, working collaboratively with our regional offices.

We are seeking a Technical Director who is a specialist in Landside Airport Planning (Development Planning). The successful candidate will be recognised in the industry as a technical expert in their specialist field.

The candidate will be part of a globally respected and diverse team of airport planners, airfield engineers and forecast, capacity and business analysts.

Key responsibilities include: 

Technical Excellence 

• Lead development planning workstreams on major airport development, port and coastal development programmes, for owners and operators.

• Support scheme development and consenting approvals for port (air and water) related schemes

• Be recognised by our clients and within the aviation industry as a technical specialist with world-class landside planning expertise.

• Train others in this specialist field, nurturing junior members of the team and helping support them to develop their landside planning capabilities.

• Develop our planning expertise across all port (air and water) landside facilities include those for surface transport, airport cities, cargo and logistics, ancillary and support facilities, and port adjacent land uses.

• Optimise landside planning at ports (Air and water) for land-use and operational efficiency.

• Understand surface access numerical capacity analysis and simulation modelling to be able to work closely and collaboratively with transport planners and modellers who specialise in this work.

Business Development 

• Seek and pursue new business opportunities to grow our airport landside planning services.

• Build and maintain robust relationships with new and existing airport operator clients, influencing key directors to become their preferred consultant.

• Plan and positioning for upcoming opportunities and prospects, converting them into projects, producing high-quality proposals that are both technically and commercially sound.

Project Delivery: 

• Technical leadership of landside planning workstreams of major airport masterplan and development projects.

• Communicate effectively with client organisations and key stakeholders, to give them confidence in the landside planning principles of their development programmes.

• Perform the role of Technical Director/Principal, accountable for achieving successful project outcomes, coaching and mentoring Project Managers.

• As Technical Director/Principal be accountable for the successful completion of all projects under your oversight.

Candidate specification:

Essential experience: