Airport Planner
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Are you ready to join a team of talented planners and engineers and shape the future of airports?
Our Airport Planning & Advisory team is based in our AECOM Basingstoke and London offices and are passionate about creating innovative, resilient, and sustainable solutions for airports of all sizes - including major commercial hubs and greenfield airports to general aviation airfields and military installations.
Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical solutions throughout the whole project lifecycle from masterplanning, feasibility, preliminary and detailed stage designs, to construction and handover. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include airport investors, airport operators and major contractors.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Design: contribute to airport engineering projects including runways, taxiways, aprons, terminals, vehicle service roads, aeronautical ground lighting and signage installation, navigational aids, drainage improvements, utility relocation and protection, and pavement rehabilitation on a wide variety of civil and military multi-disciplinary aviation projects
Produce: drawings, reports, calculations, simulations and presentations
Investigate: undertake asset condition inspections on site, reporting on the condition to asset owners, that enable strategic decisions to be made on capital project planning
Organise: Take ownership and demonstrate responsibility for delivery of assigned tasks in alignment with project programme and budgets
Collaborate: with multi-disciplinary design teams consisting of architects, engineers and technicians across the UK and Europe. Attend client meetings and contribute to discussions with project stakeholders around designs that you have developed
Assure: Undertake self-checking of deliverables and participate in the design review processes. Demonstrate a commitment to AECOMs Quality Assurance processes and procedures.
If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just design airports, we connect cities, regions and counties to drive economic growth, and build legacies for future generations. Why not give our AECOM Transportation page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!
Come grow with us.
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project
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
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Degree in Civil Engineering, Air Transport Management or Airport Planning
A solution-oriented mindset, unafraid to challenge the status quo or suggest innovative ideas
A proactive attitude towards learning and professional development, showing readiness to take on new challenges and grow within the role.
Experience in airport master planning, terminal or airside spatial planning, capacity analysis or terminal facilities planning
Knowledge of Civil Aviation regulatory and industry standards and recommended practices (ICAO, EASA, CAA, FAA, IATA)
Good knowledge/experience of AutoCAD and AviPlan, experience of Civil 3D, or similar is desirable but not essential.
Knowledge of airfield and terminal facility simulation and modelling
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 [email protected].
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!
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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
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