Senior Project Designer - Aviation

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a creative, highly talented Senior Project Designer with extensive aviation experience to join our practice and help grow our Aviation market sector. We're looking for a team leader who is client-facing and is experienced in project management with design & technical excellence. The successful candidate is driven by a passion for identifying project opportunities and delivering quality work. This role is focused on growing our successful aviation architecture practice.

Job Summary/Responsibilities

As a Senior Project Designer with recognized technical expertise and experience in demanding, design driven projects, you will lead interdisciplinary teams. Leveraging your industry experience and technical acumen, you will drive a wide range of aviation projects including terminal renovations, hold room design, security checkpoint improvements, and airside facilities, through all phases of design, documentation, and construction.

The successful candidate will be a designer who approaches aviation architecture with a passion, who works well with clients and stakeholders, and who understands the requirements of CBP, TSA, airlines and Terminal Managers.

What you will do:

In partnership with the Project Director and Project Manager, you will lead a team, or multiple teams, in the design and technical documentation and delivery of a wide range of projects

Support the pursuit of excellence in new aviation projects

Develop solutions to a wide range of complex technical problems

Oversee and mentor the development of more junior designers and architects

Support communication between project team, clients, vendors, contractors, consultants, and building and permitting officials

AECOM?s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture. With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable, and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions. Our teams have worked on signature projects such as the London 2012 Olympic Park and Legacy Framework, to the new plan for the LA2028 Olympics, to industrial facilities for GE and Rolls-Royce, to headquarters and workplaces for NASA, Unilever, Sony Music, DirecTV, Box, Inc., and many Fortune 500 companies.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in Architecture plus a minimum of eight (8) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Five (5) years of direct, Architectural process involvement in aviation projects

Licensed Architect and NCARB Certified

Preferred Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Architecture (BArch) or Bachelor of Science in Architecture + Master?s degree in Architecture w

Ten (10) years of relevant experience in Architectural design, resolving technical issues, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Professional experience using Revit and BIM as well as experience in Photoshop, Microsoft Office, InDesign, and software such as Rhino, SketchUp, or other visualization tools

Experience with principles of Lean Design and Construction a plus

Solid knowledge of building codes, standards, building construction, and building structures pertinent to aviation projects

Affinity with developing details and experience in construction documents

Ability to lead integrated design teams of varying sizes to accomplish project delivery from concept through construction document completion and may perform construction administration

Ability to be client facing and lead client discussions, presentations, and charrettes

Additional Information

Relocation is not available for this position

Sponsorship is available for this position

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $120,000.00 - $170,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle ? from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together ? your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm ? access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person?s potential, and we?ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10122616

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Design

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc