Technical Director - Aviation Advisory

AECOM; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Greater London seeks an experienced professional to lead their aviation advisory projects. This role involves developing client relationships, managing a skilled team, and delivering high-quality consultancy services across various aviation disciplines. Ideal candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree and have extensive experience in airport planning and project management. The company advocates equal opportunity and assists in career advancement.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification: Bachelor's degree and membership in a recognized professional institution.
• Experience in airport planning, design, engineering, and construction.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary project teams and deliver projects successfully.
• Experience developing and maintaining client relationships.
• International experience working with companies in an international setting.

Responsibilities

• Utilise existing networks to grow advisory projects.
• Lead a team to deliver complex projects on time.
• Write strategy for the advisory business.
• Deliver consultancy services including airport master planning.
• Provide expert technical advice to clients.

Skills

Client relationship management

Project management

Team leadership

Business development

Quality control

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Grow: Utilising your existing network, you will seek opportunities with current and new clients to build a pipeline of advisory projects. You will develop your relationships with key clients to the level of trusted advisor status. You will build AECOM’s profile in this sector as we position ourselves as complex integrators, representing the aviation advisory business through conference participation and presenting, thought leadership and social media.
• Lead: You will lead and manage a team of up to 5 people with a range of skills and seniority to deliver complex projects with demanding deadlines to a high level of quality.
• Shape: You will write the strategy for the advisory business, identifying target markets and clients, building our service portfolio, setting annual P&L targets and identifying strategic recruitment requirements.
• Deliver: Consultancy services across a range of disciplines including airport master planning, capacity analysis, terminal and support facility planning, airfield planning and phasing, airside and terminal simulation modelling, and environmental and sustainability advice.
• Advise: Provide expert technical and business advice and analysis to our clients through the management and delivery of projects, working alongside other aviation technical teams, including technical due diligence and technical advisor roles. As a subject matter expert, you will support major bids and programmes where specialist knowledge, insight and advice is required.
• Ensure Quality: You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our deliverables before they are presented to our clients.
• Collaborate: You will be part of our wider Europe and India Aviation team, a multi‑cultural/multi‑disciplinary team based across the UK, Europe and India. It includes junior and senior members with a range of consulting backgrounds, all passionate about what we do in the aviation sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree. Membership of an appropriately recognised professional institution.
• Technical Experience: Within the airport planning, airport design, airport engineering and airport construction sector.
• Project Management and Delivery: Previous experience in leading multi‑disciplinary project teams and delivering projects to required quality standards, on time and within budget. Experience and understanding of project quality control, programming and budgeting.
• Business Development: Previous experience of developing and maintaining client relationships and work backlog with new and existing clients. Experience with consultancy contracts.
• International experience: Experience with international companies and /or working in an international setting.
• Team Management: Previous experience of team management and team building.
• Advisory Experience: Able to demonstrate a strong client and stakeholder network within the aviation industry which will translate into winning and delivering airport projects in the advisory sector.

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