Senior Aviation Planner

Overview

What We’re Looking For:

An aviation planning professional with excellent analytical, communication skills and a passion for aviation. The role focuses on delivering and growing aviation planning projects at the nation’s largest airports, within multiple HNTB locations.

• Perform complex professional planning, environmental planning, landscape architecture and urban design duties, leading technical tasks.
• Write and review major sections of plans, studies, reports, and environmental documents, coordinating contributions from team members.
• Lead the preparation and review of graphics, technical reports, work plans, scopes of work, fee proposals, and RFP responses, including budgets, invoicing, and billing.
• Lead public and stakeholder engagement and present findings to the community.
• Provide guidance and mentor staff.
• Coordinate with clients, sub‑consultants and in‑house personnel to complete assigned tasks.
• Recommend process and system improvements for greater efficiencies and improved service delivery.
• Support department managers and office leadership with strategic planning, staffing/training, and special projects.
• Serve as project manager or task lead as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Geography, or related field with 10 years of related experience.
• Master’s Degree in any of the aforementioned fields with 9 years of relevant experience.

• Direct and oversee technical work for multidisciplinary airport planning and preliminary design projects.
• Lead capacity analyses for airport facilities.
• Develop concepts and alternative drawings using AutoCAD, Revit, and ArcGIS.
• Prepare technical reports for airport planning studies.
• Interpret and oversee airport simulation models.
• Respond quickly to client requests.
• Prepare stakeholder and public presentations.
• Build client relationships.
• Assist with business development activities including proposal preparation and interviews.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level staff.
• Be an expert in one or more key aviation planning disciplines (e.g., Landside, Terminal, Airside, Land Use, Airspace).

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Aviation Management, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Architecture or related field with 10 years of experience.
• Extensive airport planning experience at large hub airports.
• Project management experience focused on profitability.
• Strong understanding of the aviation industry.
• Excellent written, verbal, and graphical communication skills.
• Commitment to delivering extraordinary client service.
• Experience serving multiple clients simultaneously across several time zones.

• Arlington, VA (Alexandria)
• Boston, MA
• Chicago, IL
• Dallas, TX
• Denver, CO
• Houston, TX (Fannin)
• Kansas City, MO
• Los Angeles, CA (LA International Airport)
• New York, NY
• Oakland, CA