
Head of Aviation – Architecture & Planning
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Develop and oversee long-term airport master plans, ensuring capacity, functionality, and sustainability.
- Lead the architectural and planning vision for terminal, airside, and landside development projects.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on capital investment planning and prioritization.
- Lead the Planning & Engineering team, including internal staff and external partners, to deliver cohesive and integrated outcomes
- Oversee planning analysis, forecasting, and simulation to inform capital development strategies
- Develop and maintain Airport Development Plans aligned with strategic capital investment priorities.
- Evaluate existing infrastructure for condition, compliance, and suitability; provide direction on new capital project designs.
- Provide subject matter expertise and assurance on design deliverables for major capital programs
- Manage internal and external stakeholder relationships in collaboration with stakeholder engagement teams
- Establish and monitor governance frameworks and execution plans for planning and engineering functions
- Represent Planning & Engineering at executive leadership forums, preparing briefings and updates on key initiatives
- Ensure contractor compliance with planning, engineering, and architectural requirements.
- Collaborate with program delivery and technical services leaders to ensure integrated program execution
- Mentor and support the professional development of staff within the planning and engineering team
- Demonstrated success in leading major aviation infrastructure programs at large international airports.
- Strong knowledge of aviation industry standards, capacity modeling, terminal planning, and infrastructure design
- Experience working with international airport operators, regulatory bodies, and consultants.
- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder capital programs
- Significant senior level Program Management experience, typically leading complex programs in aviation
- Recognized expertise in planning and developing successful complex programs with a proven ability to identify and manage priorities, integrate and leverage resources, processes and tools to set and achieve strategic objectives
- Actively champions effective assurance and risk management elements of complex programs, drives positive risk cultures and is a trusted manager in mitigating company and client risks.
- Professional accreditation (e.g., RIBA, AIA, RTPI) preferred.