Senior Aviation Planning Lead

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

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks a Senior Aviation Planner to lead complex planning and environmental studies for major airports across the United States. The role emphasizes aviation planning consulting, multi-disciplinary analyses, stakeholder engagement, and project leadership, with opportunities to mentor staff and coordinate with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house teams.

Ideal candidates bring a strong track record in aviation planning, familiarity with landscape architecture or urban design

Qualifications

• 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 with 9 yrs of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated track record delivering aviation planning services with quality work, on time and within budget.
• Industry relationships with clients and consultant partners.
• Active participation in aviation industry advocacy organizations.
• Desire to innovate and mentor the next generation of aviation talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design tasks.
• Prepare and review major sections of plans, studies, reports and environmental documents.
• Lead budgets, invoicing and responses to proposals; coordinate with clients and sub-consultants.
• Lead public and stakeholder engagement and present information to communities.
• Mentor staff and support strategic planning and staffing.
• May serve as project manager or task lead and drive process improvements.

Skills

Aviation planning

Environmental planning

Public engagement

Mentoring

Leadership

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

Rhinoceros

Revit

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Python

R

Job description

HNTB Corporation seeks a Senior Aviation Planner to lead complex planning and environmental studies for major airports across the United States. The role emphasizes aviation planning consulting, multi-disciplinary analyses, stakeholder engagement, and project leadership, with opportunities to mentor staff and coordinate with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house teams.

Ideal candidates bring a strong track record in aviation planning, familiarity with landscape architecture or urban design