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Transportation

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

You’re a natural leader with a passion for aviation and a track record of delivering complex airport planning projects. You bring:

• Strong delivery performance and project leadership skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to team success
• Creative problem-solving skills and a drive for innovation
• Deep knowledge of current aviation industry initiatives
• A passion for sustainable airport development

You foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing, and you’re adaptable, proactive, and supportive in helping others deliver high-quality outcomes.

About the opportunity

As a Senior Associate Director within our Transportation – Aviation business, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of airport planning. Working alongside a team of talented planning experts and specialists, you’ll lead high-impact tasks, projects, and programmes, providing strategic direction and mentorship to fellow airport planners.

In collaboration with the Capability Director and Team Leads, you’ll help grow our airport planning capability—developing our people, tools, and training—and expanding our portfolio of airport planning commissions across the UK and internationally.

Why Join Us?

Jacobs Transportation is a recognised leader in Highways, Rail, and Aviation. Our Aviation team is active at all major UK airports—including Heathrow, Gatwick, and Manchester—and is expanding globally with a growing portfolio of international commissions.

We’re proud of our dynamic, diverse, and international team. We work flexibly and collaboratively, united by our shared passion for aircraft and airports. Join us and be part of a business that’s shaping the future of aviation.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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