Senior Manager - Airfield Design

Dubai Airports; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Airports seeks a Senior Manager - Airfield Design to lead planning and design of runways, taxiways, aircraft stands, and airside roads. You will oversee engineering across concept, preliminary, and detailed design stages while ensuring ICAO and GCAA compliance.

The role requires strong analytical skills and clear stakeholder communication. You will drive risk identification and mitigation, apply innovative solutions, and translate complex requirements into actionable plans for airfield

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil or airport/transportation engineering.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience and 7–10 years overall.
• Postgraduate qualification in Airport Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and design of runways, taxiways, aircraft stands, and airside roads.
• Provide engineering oversight across concept to detailed design stages.
• Ensure ICAO and GCAA standards compliance across airfield projects.
• Identify and mitigate engineering and operational risks in airfield development.
• Communicate technical requirements to stakeholders.

Skills

Airfield design principles

Regulatory compliance (GCAA/ICAO)

Master planning

Aircraft compatibility assessments

Engineering judgement

Transoft AviPLAN

AutoCAD

Bentley MicroStation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Airport Engineering

Postgraduate qualification in Airport Engineering

Tools

Transoft Avi PLAN Airside Pro

Bentley MicroStation

AutoCAD

Job description

STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT

Senior Manager - Airfield Design

The strategy group maps out where we’re going, what that means, and what it looks like. Our research team analyses the industry so that we’re never playing catch-up. Design translates strategies into award winning products and experiences. In program management, it’s more about the delivery of our strategies into realized benefits. And our corporate planning team creates strategy so that we’re agile enough to respond in a fast-evolving industry.

What You’ll Deliver

You'll lead the planning and design of runways, taxiways, aircraft stands, GSE roads, and associated airside infrastructure, applying innovative thinking and challenging conventional approaches to achieve safe, efficient, and future‑ready airfield solutions within the applicable regulatory framework. You'll lead technical direction and engineering oversight throughout the concept, preliminary, and detailed design stages of runways, taxiways, aircraft stands, GSE roads, and associated airside infrastructure, promoting innovative solutions to optimize operational performance and design excellence. You'll ensure proactive identification, evaluation and mitigation of engineering and operational risks that may impact Airfield Design Development projects You'll lead engineering design reviews and ensure compliance with ICAO and GCAA standards, regulations, and requirements across all airfield infrastructure projects. You'll advise, manage, and communicate technical requirements to the stakeholders

What You Bring

You should be educated to a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Airport Engineering, Transportation Engineering or closely related discipline acquired 5 – 7 years of relevant experience and 7 – 10 years of overall. You’ll have post graduate qualification in Airport Engineering You’ll have strong expertise in airfield engineering design principles, ensuring operational safety, regulatory compliance (GCAA/ICAO), and airport capacity optimisation You’ll possess strong technical knowledge in airport master planning and the design of runways, taxiways, aircraft stands, and GSE roads, with proven experience in engineering design reviews, design assurance, aircraft compatibility assessments, and compliance with airfield safeguarding requirements. You’ll have good technical knowledge of evaluating complex engineering solutions using strong analytical, problem‑solving and engineering judgement skills You’ll have good technical knowledge of airfield design, simulation and drafting tools such as Transoft Avi PLAN Airside Pro and Bentley Micro Station / Auto CAD You’ll have knowledge of translating complex technical, operational and safety risks into clear reports, executive briefings and stakeholder presentations

Life at Dubai Airports

Fast-moving and fast-growing, Dubai Airports is a business that’s all about delivering great airport experiences, 24 hours a day. Life here means always pushing – and being pushed – to work better and smarter. With you, you’ll be encouraged to be the best you can be. You’ll be ...???