Senior Aviation Planner

hntb; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a Senior Aviation Planner to join our National Aviation Planning + Environmental Planning Practice. The role involves leading complex aviation planning, environmental, and urban design tasks across multiple hubs, with opportunities to guide budgets, scopes, and client interactions.

You will oversee major deliverables, mentor staff, and coordinate with clients and sub-consultants to produce plans, environmental documents, and visual graphics using tools like AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field with 9–10 years related experience.
• Proven track record delivering aviation planning projects with quality, on time and on budget.
• Strong client relationships and industry advocacy involvement.

Responsibilities

• Under minimal direction, performs highly complex professional planning and environmental tasks and leads technical workstreams.
• Writes, reviews, and coordinates sections of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents.
• Leads production of budgets, fee proposals, scopes of work, and responses to RFPs.
• Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents to the community.
• Mentors staff and coordinates with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house teams.
• Recommends process improvements to increase efficiency and service delivery.
• Supports department leadership with strategic planning and staffing.

Skills

Aviation planning

Public engagement

Project leadership

Critical thinking

Mentoring

AutoCAD

Rhino

Revit

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Python

R

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field

Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Rhino

Revit

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Python

R

Job description

What We’re Looking For

HNTB’s National Aviation Planning + Environmental Planning Practice is currently seeking exceptionally qualified candidates for a Senior Aviation Planner position. Successful candidate(s) will demonstrate a record of achievement in aviation planning consulting services, an enthusiasm for aviation, solid critical thinking skills, and a desire to explore the multi-disciplinary workstreams that shape the airports of tomorrow. Positions are available in any of our nationwide HNTB offices.

What is aviation planning to us? We are critical-thinking problem-solvers who tackle any question that comes our way and continually build trust through our exceptional client service. On our team, we serve airport owners and airline clients to carry out a wide variety of analyses spanning multiple disciplines: landside, terminal, airside, airspace, environmental, land use, and financial/advisory. On any given day, we’re delivering on master plans, environmental permitting, gate layouts, curbside studies, terminal modernizations, and so much more. This team is comprised of doers of the highest order, and we’re excited for you to bring your abilities to join the team.

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

What You’ll Do:

• Under minimal direction, performs a variety of more highly complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design project responsibilities, and leads technical tasks.
• Writes and/or reviews major sections of and leads production of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents for projects. Coordinates and synthesizes the contributions of others.
• Leads, prepares, and reviews graphics, technical reports, work plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, and responses to Request for Proposals for projects. Prepares and reviews budgets, invoicing, and billing.
• Leads public and stakeholder engagement and presents information to the community.
• Provides guidance and mentors staff.
• Leads coordination with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis to complete assigned tasks.
• Recommends process and system improvements that result in greater efficiencies, enhanced capacities, and improved service delivery.
• Supports department managers and office leadership with strategic planning, staffing/training, and other special projects.
• May serve as project manager or task lead.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 10 years related experience, or
• Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field and 9 yrs of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong track record of delivering aviation planning services with quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction (4for4).
• Industry relationships with clients and consultant partners.
• Active participation in one or more of the aviation industry advocacy organizations.
• Desire to innovate and bring a critical eye to solving the industry’s most complex problems.
• Interest in mentoring the next generation of aviation talent.

What We Prefer:

• Prior experience as a project manager or task manager on complex large- and medium-hub airport planning studies.
• Expert level knowledge of one or more of the aviation planning disciplines.
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
• Strong preference for competency with AutoCAD, design programs such as Rhinoceros, Revit, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, or data analysis languages such as Python or R.
• Please include a compelling cover letter.

Additional Information

HNTB Total Rewards

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

#NF #Aviation

Locations:

• Bellevue, WA (Seattle)
• Boston, MA
• Chicago, IL
• Denver, CO
• Houston, TX (Fannin)
• Los Angeles, CA (LA International Airport)
• New York, NY
• San Francisco, CA

The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $145,993.46 - $228,348.77. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for the California San Francisco Bay Area is $158,688.55 - $248,205.18. Plea