Senior Airport Terminal Planner — Lead Terminal Masterplans

HNTB Corporation; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks a Senior Aviation Terminal Planner to lead analytical and spatial planning at major U.S. airports, overseeing scope, budgets, and schedules from concept through project delivery.

Proficiency with Revit for terminal concepts is required, and you’ll support business development and client relations. The role manages project teams across one or more strategic programs, with opportunities at multiple U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering, Geology, Biology, Environmental Science, Anthropology, Archaeology, or related field and 10 years relevant experience
• 2 years of successful management of projects
• Extensive terminal planning experience at busy, complex airports
• Ability to assess analytical demand and spatial requirements leveraging simulation modeling or spreadsheet analysis
• Expertise using Revit to create terminal schematic plans

Responsibilities

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction.
• Leads or actively participates in client contract scoping and negotiations.
• Leads and prepares design documents, technical plans, written reports on projects Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project.
• Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan.
• Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, hiring, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships and pursuit efforts for mini-mega and mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA).
• Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials.
• Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic, mini-mega and mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Typically responsible for management of project team(s) for one or more strategic (<$1M) or mini-mega ($1M to < $5M) projects, or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mega ($5M to < $25M) project management team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Terminal planning

Project management

Aviation industry knowledge

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Planning or related field

Tools

Revit

Spreadsheets

Job description

HNTB Corporation seeks a Senior Aviation Terminal Planner to lead analytical and spatial planning at major U.S. airports, overseeing scope, budgets, and schedules from concept through project delivery.

Proficiency with Revit for terminal concepts is required, and you’ll support business development and client relations. The role manages project teams across one or more strategic programs, with opportunities at multiple U.S.