Senior Aviation AAM Planner

The Senior Aviation / AAM Planner serves as a technical and strategic leader for both traditional airport planning and emerging aviation initiatives. This individual leads complex aviation planning projects while supporting the firm's Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) planning initiatives, helping airports, public agencies, and private-sector partners prepare for the integration of eVTOL aircraft, vertiports, autonomous systems, and other next-generation aviation technologies. The individual will be expected to maintain a strong foundation in conventional aviation planning while helping expand the firm's AAM services through technical leadership, client engagement, thought leadership, and business development.  

The Impact You Will Make:
• Provide strategic direction, technical leadership, and subject matter expertise for AAM.  
• Support the planning and integration of AAM infrastructure, including vertiport feasibility studies, airport compatibility assessments, infrastructure planning, airspace considerations, and implementation strategies.  
• Monitor emerging AAM technologies, FAA guidance, regulator developments, and industry trends, translating new information into actionable planning strategies for clients and internal teams.  
• Represent the firm at industry conferences, technical committees, and client workshops while serving as a recognized thought leader in AAM planning.  
• Develop airport master plans, facility planning and programming, management of capital improvement program, and revisions to airport layout plans and environmental documents to support airport system development.  
• Participates in preparation of Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) participates in interviews and building the planning practice.  
• Plans and directs the work of subconsultants; establishes project schedules; assists with cost estimates; and submits progress and summary reports.  
• Reviews and evaluates the work performed by planners; and monitors adherence to program requirements and the Airport Master Plan.  
• Plans, supervises, coordinates, and reviews the work of a small unit engaged in professional airport and related facility planning and analysis; evaluates comprehensive studies for orderly airport development, construction, and environment enhancement.  
• Responds to telephone and written inquiries from, and interacts with airport tenants, local, state and federal agencies, private and public officials, and community interest representatives on airport planning and design issues, activities, projects, studies, and related matters.  
• Supervises or personally performs the management of all facility spatial data including: as-built project drawings, airport layout plans, signage and marking plans, utility data, and planning studies.  
• Assists with project review of NEPA related documents reviewing potential environmental affects and ensuring sufficient information and analyses have been submitted.  
• Analyzes airport sites and facilities on planning for future needs and how to accommodate future airport growth.  
• Develop airport documents using expert knowledge of airport design and construction, including associated federal regulations of FAA policy related to airport planning capacity issues, airport grant compliance, environmental activities and wildlife hazard management at airports.  
• Conducts studies relating to airport access, runways, terminal design, surrounding land uses and environmental factors.  
• Prepares comprehensive reports and presentations on airport planning issues.  
• Prepares planning exhibits, analyzing airspace surfaces and obstructions for impacts, and airport layout plans using AutoCAD, GIS, and other programs.   
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing and future clients.  
• Collaborates with business development team to support project capture planning activities.