Associate Aviation Consultant

Company Description

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**Job Description**:
Aviation is one of the key focus sectors at AECOM, a business sector which sits within our number one rated global transportation engineering consultancy. Whilst we are already the number one aviation engineering consultancy by revenue globally, we see significant future growth potential as the sector continues to recover from the downturn induced by the Covid 19 outbreak. Our clients are beginning to re-invest in their assets, ensuring their capacity needs for the future as well as investing in acquiring or operating new assets.

Our Europe and India Aviation business, which encompasses the UK and Ireland, has a strategy focused around four key pillars:
1. Strengthening existing and building new relationships across our UK customer base.

2. Creating new client relationships and activity across Europe.

3. Building our aviation advisory business globally.

4. Creating a new service offering targeting Future Flight and ESG.

To support our strategy, we are seeking an Associate Aviation Consultant to join our team and specifically take up a senior position within our growing and increasingly busy advisory team.

We are looking for someone with a passion for providing clients with consistent quality airport master planning and advisory services. You must have demonstratable experience in leading deliverables whilst understanding the power and importance of client relationship management in order that AECOM becomes a long-term trusted advisor to our clients.

In addition, you will be someone who will inspire our clients and our team alike to exceed and outperform in our sector. Experience of managing, mentoring and developing junior members of staff will be key to the role as well as showing the attributes to be part of a high performing team.

**Responsibilities**:
Be part of our aviation advisory team leadership supporting and contributing to the growth of airport master planning and advisory services across Europe. You will work closely with the Aviation Master Planning and Advisory Services Director for Europe and India. Specific responsibilities will include:
+ Lead both master planning and advisory project delivery

+ Support the growth and order portfolio with existing and new clients.

+ Develop and maintain existing client relationships looking to build trusted advisor status with key clients.

+ Take an active role in developing our service proposition, especially across our advisory services including due diligence, business transformation, Future Flight and ESG.

+ Lead bids and proposals.

+ Leverage the wider AECOM aviation network and other business lines to enhance capability and work winning strategies.

+ Implement and maintain AECOM international standards of project delivery, quality, program and budget.

+ Support the growth and development of the airport master planning and advisory team both at project and line management level.

+ Possibility for international travel in support of both project deliver