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.
• With clients that commission our capacity services, also take on the role of an Account Leader / Client Manager.
• Plan and positioning for upcoming opportunities and prospects, converting them into projects, producing high-quality proposals that are both technically and commercially sound.
• 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.
• Direct airport capacity projects to achieve quality deliverables on time and on budget to maintain customer satisfaction without compromising target profit.
• Train others in this specialist field, nurturing junior members of the team and helping support them to develop their airport capacity capabilities.
• Optimise capacity at airports by understanding and making use of new technologies.
• Technical leadership of capacity and simulation modelling work of major airport planning and development projects.
• 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.

Requirements

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

Benefits

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

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