Remote Technical Director Aviation Advisory in Sunderland

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Aviation is one of the key focus sectors at AECOM, a business sector which sits within our number one rated global transportation engineering consultancy. Our clients are now re-investing in their assets, to ensure they are in the right condition, but also to ensure their capacity needs of the future. Our future growth strategy is focusing around four key pillars:

• Strengthening existing and building new relationships across our UK customer base.
• Creating new client relationships and activity across Europe.
• Building our aviation advisory business globally.
• Creating a new service offering targeting future flight and ESG.

To support this growth, we are currently seeking a Technical Director to lead the development of our Aviation Advisory business in the UK, Europe and India to help grow the project pipeline and expand the team. In this role, you will develop winning proposals and work on a range of aviation advisory projects across the UK and internationally. This role can be based in any of our UK AECOM offices.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Grow: Utilising your existing network, you will seek opportunities with current and new clients to build a pipeline of advisory projects.
• Lead: You will lead and manage a team of up to 5 people with a range of skills and seniority to deliver complex projects with demanding deadlines to a high level of quality.
• Shape: You will write the strategy for the advisory business, identifying target markets and clients, building our service portfolio, setting annual P&L targets and identifying strategic recruitment requirements.
• Deliver: Consultancy services across a range of disciplines including airport master planning, capacity analysis, terminal and support facility planning, airfield planning and phasing, airside and terminal simulation modelling, and environmental and sustainability advice.
• Advise: Provide expert technical and business advice and analysis to our clients through the management and delivery of projects.
• Ensure Quality: You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our deliverables before they are presented to our clients.
• Collaborate: You will be part of our wider Europe and India Aviation team, a multi-cultural/multi-disciplinary team based across the UK, Europe and India.

Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree. Membership of an appropriately recognized professional institution.

Technical Experience: Within the airport planning, airport design, airport engineering and airport construction sector.

Project Management and Delivery: Previous experience in leading multi-disciplinary project teams and delivering projects to required quality standards, on time and within budget.

Business Development: Previous experience of developing and maintaining client relationships and work backlog with new and existing clients.

International experience: Experience with international companies and/or working in an international setting.

Team Management: Previous experience of team management and team building.

Advisory Experience: Able to demonstrate a strong client and stakeholder network within the aviation industry which will translate into winning and delivering airport projects in the advisory sector.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.