Aviation Planner – Team Lead

🕒 August 14

🌵 Arizona, California, +4 more states – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote ⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🥔 Idaho – Remote ⛷️ Utah – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $160k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Ardurra

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

🚗 Transport

🏛️ Government

Construction • Transport • Government

<Ardurra> is a multidisciplinary engineering services firm specializing in infrastructure planning, design, and construction management for public and private clients. They focus on markets such as water/wastewater, transportation, aviation, public works, environmental, and transit, and provide services including surveying, structural engineering, geospatial, landscape architecture, community relations, and emergency management. Ardurra emphasizes collaborative, responsive, and innovative solutions to deliver practical, people-centric infrastructure projects that transform communities and respect the environment.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage aviation planning teams in delivering airport planning projects • Serve as project manager and technical lead for airport master plans, aviation system plans, airport layout plans, airfield development studies, and capital improvement programs • Direct planning for runways, taxiways, aprons, safety areas, terminal area development, and airport support facilities • Oversee airfield geometry analyses, aircraft accommodation studies, capacity evaluations, operational assessments, and FAA design standard compliance reviews • Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing, quality assurance, and client communications • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of planners, engineers, environmental specialists, GIS professionals, and subconsultants • Develop and review technical reports, planning documents, presentations, exhibits, and FAA coordination materials • Lead stakeholder engagement through workshops, public meetings, advisory committees, and agency coordination • Mentor and develop junior aviation planners and support staff • Support business development, proposal preparation, client relationship management, strategic planning initiatives, and pursuit efforts • Monitor aviation trends, FAA policy updates, airport funding opportunities, and industry best practices

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aviation Planning, Urban and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering, Airport Management, or a related technical field • 8+ years of relevant aviation planning experience, including commercial airport planning and airfield development projects • 5+ years of project management, task management, or supervisory experience leading aviation planning teams • Demonstrated experience preparing and managing FAA-funded airport planning projects, airport master plans, ALPs, and airfield development studies • Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered • AICP certification or ability to obtain certification preferred • Accredited Airport Executive (AAE), CM, or other aviation industry credentials preferred • Experience with commercial service airport master plans, ALPs, environmental planning studies, and airfield development programs preferred • Established relationships with FAA personnel, airport sponsors, and aviation industry stakeholders preferred • Proven business development, client growth, and proposal pursuit success preferred • Knowledge of AutoCAD/Civil 3D, AviPLAN, AeroTURN, FAA-approved planning tools, ArcGIS/QGIS, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, project management software, FAA Airport GIS, and airport planning databases

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities through mentoring and staff development • Technical guidance, coaching, and professional development opportunities • Remote work arrangement