Senior Airport Terminal Planner

What We’re Looking For

HNTB’s National Aviation Planning + Environmental Practice is recruiting for one or more Senior Aviation Terminal Planners. The position entails leading both analytical and spatial analyses at large- and medium-hub airports across the United States. Projects will range from high-level space programming to master planning, to advanced planning and conceptual design. The successful candidate(s) will have extensive airport terminal planning experience and a strong depth of understanding of the interrelation of terminal buildings with landside and airside functions.

Expertise using Revit to develop concepts is a requirement for this position. We are also seeking candidates that are highly passionate about the aviation industry and are keen to significantly improve customer experience through innovation and design. This position will support business development through relationship building, industry visibility, and proposal development.

This opportunity entails being responsible for managing assigned project(s) throughout their full lifecycle including developing the scope, technical sections of proposal and procurement documents, participating in contract negotiations, and overseeing the delivery of the project plan to accomplish HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project. The Project Manager II – Planning is typically responsible for managing the project team(s) for one or more strategic or mini‑mega projects, or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mega project management 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.

This position can be located at a variety of HNTB office locations.

• 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.
• 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, and written reports on projects.
• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB’s Sophisticated Delivery Approach on each project, leads the development and execution of the project management plan, and supervises and mentors the team to overall project objectives.
• Responsible for project staffing, including recruitment, hiring, development, retention, succession, and performance 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. Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials, and 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 performance and compensation reviews, and succession planning.
• Typically responsible for management of project team(s) for one or more strategic or mini‑mega projects, or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mega project management team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 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 using simulation modeling or…