Airport Planner
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026.
The Opportunity
RS&H is currently seeking an Airport Planner for our Aviation Practice in Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale or Jacksonville!
RS&H is seeking a highly motivated candidate with excellent analytical and communication skills and a passion for aviation to help deliver solutions to our airport clients. You will have an opportunity to undertake challenging technical assignments and be intimately involved in discrete planning tasks as well as major master plan and on-call planning assignments across the United States. If you are creative, self-motivated, and collegial, this position is right for you. You will have an opportunity to further your career and development as an industry-recognized aviation planner with this assignment. This is a unique opportunity to join a team that will embrace your ideas to even better serve our great clients.
In this role, you will serve as part of our Aviation Planning Service Group which provides support and consulting expertise to aviation clients on a national level. You will be responsible for assisting aviation planning staff on master plans, terminal and site plans, ALP development, support on environmental assessments and other aviation-specific technical assignments. In this role you will work under direct supervision of others.
Qualifications:.
- Bachelor or Masters of Planning, Management, Business, Engineering, Architecture or other professionally recognized equivalent disciplines from an accredited university
- 5 years or more of related experience
- Strong verbal, writing, and presentation communication skills needed. Ability to interact with employees, other consultants, clients and others with respect and professionalism.
- Ability to work in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), AutoCAD, and GIS software essential for use in completing assignments, documentation and exhibits.
- Ability to work in a collaborative, team environment responsive to deadlines
- Demonstrated understanding of airport planning issues/solutions and ability to undertake technical assignments
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of an airport/airfield environment
- Graphic layout capability (Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD and/or GIS)
- Proven knowledge and application of aviation skills including understanding of FAA guidelines and requirements for airport planning and geometry
If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to join an amazing team, please apply.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Please note: no agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Candidates should apply directly to this role to be considered. It is the responsibility of all third-party recruiting and employment agencies to know and adhere to our recruiting policy.
The Team
Joining our Aviation team means an opportunity to explore your potential and apply your diverse skills to serve the large and small airports of the aviation industry as a trusted advisor. You can do this in a collaborative and team-oriented environment among other driven professionals. Service areas include airfields, environmental planning, and environmental stewardship & resiliency. Join RS&H to define and master challenges, advance professionally, and build strong and lasting relationships.
The Company
Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms, with associates who work hard every day to create tomorrow together. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to our unwavering commitment to our core values: integrity, accountability, curiosity, and teamwork.