Technical Director – Aviation Advisory

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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. While we are already the number one aviation engineering consultancy by revenue globally, we see significant future growth potential as the sector recovers from the downturn induced by the Covid‑19 outbreak. Our clients are now re‑investing in their assets to ensure they are in the right condition and to meet their future capacity needs.

Traditionally the UK Aviation business has been UK centric, focused on supporting our clients with airfield and civil infrastructure engineering services. Our future growth strategy is moving away from this, 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, and creating a new service offering targeting future flight and ESG.

To support this growth, we are seeking a Technical Director to lead the development of our Aviation Advisory business in the UK, Europe and India, 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.

We are looking for a strategic business thinker with a large network of industry contacts who will drive the development of the advisory business and seek project opportunities that make a real impact in the aviation sector. You will understand our business and its services to develop a portfolio of advisory services to bring to market, embodying disciplines from across our four key business lines.

If you have expertise in ORAT or any other specialist advisory skills, this will be an advantage. Our clients include airport owners, contractors, governments and regulatory bodies, through which we pursue a diverse range of opportunities and projects across the aviation advisory sector.

• Grow: Utilising your existing network, you will seek opportunities with current and new clients to build a pipeline of advisory projects. You will develop your relationships with key clients to the level of trusted advisor status. You will build AECOM's profile in this sector as we position ourselves as complex integrators, representing the aviation advisory business through conference participation and presenting, thought leadership and social media.
• Lead: You will lead and manage a team of up to five 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…