Senior Aviation Consultant

Hawkrose Strategy LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

25 days holiday per year

Flexible working locations

Paid time off for charity work

Job summary

Hawkrose Strategy LLP invites applications for a Senior Consultant to drive customer engagement and professional services delivery across Aviation and Defence projects, with a focus on Civil Aviation. You will work with the Director of Technology and Insight to expand existing customer engagement and deliver technically robust consultancy work packages.

The role combines home and onsite work (initially at Heathrow), with the flexibility to manage your time and location to best serve clients.

Qualifications

• Aviation knowledge of Airport/Air Traffic Management operations and related concepts.
• Demonstrated experience delivering technical consulting in aviation roles.
• Degree with substantial numeracy skills; in-role experience acceptable.
• Strong numerical/analytical mindset with ability to adapt tools to problems (not limited to MS Excel).
• Ability to mentor and supervise junior consultants and manage team performance.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Hawkrose customers and deliver technical consultancy across Aviation and Defence sectors.
• Lead and manage delivery teams, ensuring timely, value-driven outcomes.
• Expand engagement with existing customers and develop new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Director of Technology and Insight to shape solutions and proposals.

Skills

Aviation knowledge

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Mentoring

Planning & prioritisation

Industry experience

Business development

Technical delivery

Team leadership

Education

Numerate degree

Job description

Hawkrose is delighted to announce we are hiring for the role of Senior Consultant. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for customer engagement and the professional services delivery of exciting projects across our Aviation and Defence sectors, with a focus on Civil Aviation.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Technology and Insight and the Hawkrose customer account teams to expand engagement with existing customers, deliver technical consultancy work packages and provide team leadership.

The role requires a mixture of home and onsite working (initially at Heathrow Airport) with the expectation that the successful candidate will manage their own time and location to best deliver for our customers.

Required Skills

Although the role requires a deeply rooted knowledge of Airport and Airline business drivers, the successful candidate will also be data literate, preferably with some demonstrable experience in data analysis, aviation operational concepts and airspace change.

As this is a customer facing role, excellent communication skills are needed and the ability to present the outcomes of complex analysis in a compelling and concise manner. Building and maintaining relationships across our client base and within the Hawkrose team is also vital.

Specifically, to be successful in this role, a candidate must possess the following attributes:

• Aviation Knowledge – must have an understanding (and preferably first-hand experience) of Airport and / or Air Traffic Management operations. We are particularly interested in working with those that have worked on the development and implementation of operational concepts such as Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) and Total Airport Management.
• Experience – Demonstrable experience in the delivery of technical consulting assignments in previous aviation related roles – this does not need to include other consultancies. We would be delighted to hear from those currently working in the industry who may wish to transition into a consultancy role.
• Numerate Degree Qualification – You should possess a technical degree with a large component of computer numeracy. Relevant in-role experience is acceptable in the absence of a formal qualification.
• Analytical thinker – Creative analytical thinking is key to producing robust, value-added solutions to business problems. You are a someone who endeavours to match analytical techniques to the specific problem and will not confine the solutions to business problems to the limitations of any one specific toolset (i.e., MS Excel)
• Mentoring and Technical Supervision – As a senior member of the team, you will be prepared to mentor and supervise junior consultants. This includes identifying performance gaps and establishing development objectives that meet personal and professional objectives.
• Planning & Prioritisation – You will be highly organised and able to work to (sometimes challenging) deadlines agreed with our clients. To that end, supporting the business with the development of work proposals and their associated cost and timescales is an important element of the role.
• Industry Experience: Experience in Airport, Airline or Air Traffic Management Operations – either in a previous operational role or consultancy position.
• Business Development: Previous experience of developing and maintaining client relationships.
• Technical Delivery: Demonstrable experience of leading and delivering technical and strategic consulting work packages.
• Data Analysis: Competency in the curation and analysis of complex datasets to deliver insights.
• Team: Previous experience of team leadership at project/programme level.

Highly Desirable Attributes

• Degree Qualification: A 2:1 or above in any numerate degree.
• Operational Concepts: Advanced knowledge and experience in ATM concepts such as A-CDM, Total Airport Management and AOP.
• Messaging Infrastructure: Knowledge of the digital message exchange formats between European Airports, EUROCONTROL and Air Navigation Service Providers.
• Technology: A passion for the application of technology solutions (including Artificial Intelligence) in service of a safer, more efficient Aviation industry.
• Airspace Change: Previous experience in working with the CAP1616 Airspace Change process.

Package

As a small dynamic company, Hawkrose looks for employees who value autonomy and flexibility over hierarchy and processes.

We offer:

• Competitive remuneration based on experience
• Company pension scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• Flexible working locations (home, customer site or office)
• Paid time off for charity work

Most importantly we offer the opportunity to work with a highly motivated team and be part of building a business, launching new products, engaging new customers, learning new skills and achieving success.