Senior Planning Officer

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy. Our specialist aviation team is based in London, UK and Madrid, Spain and delivers major airport planning and development projects globally, working collaboratively with our regional offices. We are seeking a Airport Planner with a relevant qualification and professional aviation industry experience to join our aviation team, based in the Madird, Spain. The candidate will be part of a globally respected and diverse team of airport planners, airfield engineers and forecast, capacity and business analysts. Be responsible for the management and delivery of a variety of projects including airport masterplans, airport facility planning, capacity and demand analysis and simulation modelling Deliver, coordinate and manage airport planning & capacity tasks in all aspects of airports including airfield and apron, terminals and satellite buildings, landside transport, ancillary/support facilities and utilities Take on responsibilities of a Project Manager for small to medium‑size projects and/or workstreams involving airport planning activities Have the opportunity to learn new technical, project management and people management skills from experienced project principals and technical principals with extensive experience Be able to pass on your technical knowledge to new graduates, training them up on projects that you are managing Report to and liaise with clients and key project stakeholders on the small projects you manage or larger projects that you are working on Collaborate with and learn from other disciplines in our aviation team, including airfield engineering, transaction advisory, forecasting, project & asset management, and business planning A degree in aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, air transport management, or airport planning. Fluency in English – knowledge of other languages will be valued Demonstrable professional experience in more than one technical field within airport planning (airfield & apron, operations, terminal, landside, utilities, airspace, etc.) Embrace and support teamwork and collaboration in others as part of a multi‑disciplinary team and a diverse range of projects Ability to organise yourself and others on small projects and workstreams, including resources across various disciplines Demonstrable capabilities in project management, programme management and commercial acumen Ability to manage and supervise more junior staff members, including the ability to train them in developing new skills Proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Power BI desirable) Competent in the use of drawings platforms, such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, AviPlan, Infraworks, Navisworks, Revit, etc. to produce airfield and terminal spatial planning outputs We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well‑being, flexibility, and trust. Private medical insurance Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9‑5 Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities