Technical Director - Airport Capacity

Location

Croydon, London, Birmingham, Cambridge or Southampton

Recruiter contact:
Ainsley Anstess

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Our specialist aviation team is based in London, UK, and delivers major airport planning and development projects globally, working collaboratively with our regional offices. We are seeking a Technical Director who is a specialist in Airport Capacity Analysis. The successful candidate will be recognised in the industry as a technical expert in their specialist field and will be part of a globally respected and diverse team of airport planners, airfield engineers, and forecast, capacity and business analysts.

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

• Extensive experience in airport capacity, including work on large‑scale airport development programmes.
• Numerically fluent, able to understand complex systems and direct and train junior staff in their analysis and optimisation.
• 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…