Airport Planner

If you are passionate about airports, like to analyse, plan and design in complex projects, and enjoy working in an internationally oriented dynamic world where no two days are the same, then this opportunity is made for you! We are looking to reinforce our team with a creative airport planner.

What will you do as an Airport Planner

As an Airport Planner, you will play a pivotal role in the strategic long term and sustainable expansion, optimization, and development of airports and airport facilities. Your responsibilities include translating traffic demand into functional requirements for facilities and infrastructure, both airside and landside. You will be creating flexible and robust development plans that serve as strategic guidelines for airport expansion, ensuring alignment with traffic requirements on a no-regret basis. Your expertise will ensure that airport infrastructure evolves seamlessly in response to growing traffic demands, enhancing the efficiency and functionality of airport operations.

In the preparation of an airport master plan you:

• Directly interact with our clients such as airports operators, airlines, investors, and governments.
• Work in an integrated multidisciplinary team of analysts, specialists, planners, engineers and architects.
• Present projects and concepts in a clear and visual way during workshops with the clients and relevant stakeholders.
• Document key findings, methodologies applied, and assumptions taken in reports.
• Prepare (digital) sketches and layouts to find the preferred configuration and conceptual drawings to deliver the master plan.

Experienced planners will also serve as mentor and coach to junior staff or newcomers, playing a key role in shaping and building our airport planning team.

Where you will work

As Airport Planner you will become part of our Business Unit Aviation. This is one of the smaller and more boutique units of Royal HaskoningDHV that operates worldwide as the renowned consultancy brand NACO Netherlands Airport Consultants. NACO is a world-leading airport consultancy and engineering firm with 75 years of experience working in the aviation and air transport industry – from major international hubs to smaller regional airports. As an Airport Planner, you will become a part of the Advisory Group Airport Strategy & Planning and will work with our clients located all over the world.

Our team collaborates closely with other Business Units of Royal HaskoningDHV, enabling us to deliver the full spectrum of airport planning, engineering, architecture design and logistics management. We act as a one-stop shop for aviation for our clients. We run our aviation business from our office located in The Hague, The Netherlands. The airport strategy & planning department, of which you become part, consists of around 60 colleagues ranging from architects, planners, airport engineers and aviation consultants to special systems experts, security specialists and simulation experts.

What you bring

We are looking for a devoted, enthusiastic colleague who can work in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment and has a passion for the world of airports and aviation. Besides that, you have:

• A Master's degree in urban planning, civil engineering or transport, infrastructure & logistics.
• Persuasive communication and presentation skills; you can present your work in a structured clear and graphical way during workshops and sessions with clients and external parties.
• Proficiency in the English language. Second language is a bonus.
• The flexibility to travel abroad regularly to intercontinental and/or European destinations.
• Familiarity with graphic design software such as AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop or GIS and in software such as MS Office.
• The ability to form ideas and you have strong analytical skills; you can address complex problem situations in a clear and structured manner.

Prior experience in airport planning through past education, knowledge of industry & international standards, guidelines, laws, and regulations is a plus.

Research shows that female candidates only apply when they meet 100% of the requirements, while male candidates do so as early as 60%. Do you recognise yourself in this challenge, but hesitate whether you meet all the requirements? Then we look forward to receiving your CV.

What we offer you

We offer you a stimulating environment where we put people first and where you are empowered to craft your own career path while working with and learning from the smartest people in our field. We prioritise our well-being by offering flexibility, support and a strong sense of community, all to ensure work and personal life go hand in hand. To make this concrete, we offer you:

• A competitive primary salary.
• Annual profit sharing, where one-third of our profit is distributed among employees and the opportunity to purchase company shares.
• Pension accrual through our own pension fund with an employer contribution of 18.3%.
• 2.15% personal budget that you can tailor to your preference - cash it out monthly or turn it into extra vacation time for those well-deserved breaks.
• 28 vacation days per year based on a 40-hour workweek and the option to buy 16.5 additional days.
• Many opportunities to develop yourself, such as our learning weeks, various development programs and access to a range of online courses on LinkedIn Learning.
• A conveniently located workplace at our office in Den Haag(relocated to Dutch) and travel expense reimbursement or an NS-Business Card including a 40% discount on private travel.

The full overview of our employee benefits in the Netherlands can be found here.