Airport Planner

Overview

Join a multidisciplinary Airport Planning & Advisory team to shape sustainable airport solutions. You will contribute through the project lifecycle, from masterplanning to handover, collaborating with architects, engineers, and clients across the UK and Europe. You’ll analyze capacity and asset conditions, support design reviews, and help deliver innovative infrastructure that connects cities and drives growth. This role offers clear development paths, hybrid work, and involvement in high-impact aviation projects.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• flexible benefits
• global reach and impact

Responsibilities

• Design airport engineering elements across runways, taxiways, terminals, and related infrastructure
• Produce drawings, reports, calculations, simulations, and presentations
• Perform asset condition inspections and report findings for strategic capital planning
• Own tasks and align delivery with project programmes and budgets
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the UK and Europe
• Contribute to client meetings and communicate design concepts
• Support self-checking and participate in QA/design reviews

Key requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Air Transport Management or Airport Planning
• Solution-oriented mindset and willingness to challenge status quo
• Proactive learner with readiness to grow in the role
• Experience in airport master planning, terminal or airside spatial planning, capacity analysis or terminal facilities planning
• Knowledge of Civil Aviation regulatory standards (ICAO, EASA, CAA, FAA, IATA)
• Good knowledge/experience of AutoCAD and AviPlan; Civil 3D or similar desirable
• Knowledge of airfield and terminal facility simulation and modelling

• Proactive and collaborative
• Strong communication for client meetings
• Detail-oriented and quality-focused
• AutoCAD
• AviPlan
• Civil 3D (desirable)

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