Senior Aviation Planner

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter and more connected. As part of our continuous support to many strategic and world class clients around the Middle East, we provide technical and managerial support on major aviation development and strategic studies. Our team includes innovators and the best in the industry working proactively with our clients to shape new strategies and to find out-of-the-box solutions every day.

Are you interested in supporting our aviation growth story and making a contribution to our clients?

Our aviation team in the Middle East is experiencing exciting growth and we have a need for a strong Senior Aviation Planner to support regionally in the pursuit and management of airport and landside related design projects. In addition, your duties will be as followed

• Lead the development and implementation of airport master plans and layout plans.
• Reviewing the airport master plan and working with the client to ensure the document supports the short term and long-range aviation requirements.
• Conduct aviation system planning studies and analyses
• Participating in the review of project definition documents for the Terminal Area, Airside, Landside packages.
• Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments for aviation projects.
• Develop and implement comprehensive aviation plans and strategies.
• Maintain the airport master plan requirements, reviewing design submittals as part of the design review efforts.
• Engage in reviewing proposed design and master plan changes to assess the impacts of the changes.
• Support business strategy development and preparation of marketing plans.
• Review work produced by those assigned to ensure that all applicable policies, procedures, and regulations are followed, that current techniques are utilized, and that quality is acceptable.
  
  
  

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

As a successful candidate you will have a degree in Civil Engineering or Architecture or equivalent. Registration as a Professional/Chartered Engineer is preferred and you will have a proven experience as a technical professional on projects. You will also possess the following-

• At least 10 years’ experience with aviation planning projects.
• Experience working on large aviation (or similar) projects is required.
• Must demonstrate experience with terminal and airfield planning issues.
• Knowledge of airside and landside design, planning aspects and facilities (terminals) is preferred.
• Experience working in, and leading multi-disciplinary teams is required.
  
  
  

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