Technical Director (Airport Capacity)

Description

• Build and maintain robust relationships with new and existing airport operator clients, influencing key directors to become their preferred consultant.
• Progress our capacity expertise across all airport facilities and systems including operational research, data analysis, capacity planning and simulation modelling.
• Perform the role of Project Director/Principal, accountable for achieving successful project outcomes, coaching and mentoring Project Managers.
• As Project Director/Principal be accountable for the successful completion of all projects under your oversight. Success means sound governance, commercial, financial, technical, health, safety and welfare, and realisation of client benefits agreed in the proposal phase.
• Plan and positioning for upcoming opportunities and prospects, converting them into projects, producing high-quality proposals that are both technically and commercially sound.
• Technical leadership of capacity and simulation modelling work of major airport planning and development projects.
• Lead capacity work on major airport development programmes, for significant airport owners and operators.
• Communicate effectively with client organisations and key stakeholders, to give them confidence in the capacity principles of their development programmes.
• Train others in this specialist field, nurturing junior members of the team and helping support them to develop their airport capacity capabilities.
• With clients that commission our capacity services, also take on the role of an Account Leader / Client Manager.
• Direct airport capacity projects to achieve quality deliverables on time and on budget to maintain customer satisfaction without compromising target profit.
• Optimise capacity at airports by understanding and making use of new technologies.

Requirements

• Numerically fluent, able to understand complex systems and able to direct and train junior staff in how to analyse and optimise them.
• A person who is naturally curious and analytical, who is willing to adopt new techniques and software and strive for continuous improvement in our ways of working.
• Proficient in Microsoft software.
• To deliver this role you will be required to travel regularly to visit domestic and international clients. Being willing to work overseas on major aviation programmes would be valued as an advantage.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a learning mindset.
• An ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients, winning new work and becoming their preferred consultant.
• Strong project leadership skills with an ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively at all client and stakeholder levels from board level directors to graduates as well as capacity managers.
• A degree in mathematics, operational research, air transport management, aeronautical engineering, airport planning, or civil engineering. Candidates with other relevant qualifications may be considered.
• Fluency in English – knowledge of other languages will be valued as an advantage.
• An understanding of simulation modelling tools and techniques to train junior simulation modellers and optimise airport facilities and operations.
• Experience of using simulation modelling software tools and the ability to manage others to use them to deliver capacity and demand analysis outputs
• Extensive experience in airport capacity, including work on large scale airport development programmes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, which allow you to confidently liaise with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Be recognised by our clients and within the aviation industry as a technical specialist with world class capacity expertise.

Benefits

• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.

Training + Development

Interview process

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