Career and Education

As an Airport-Airspace Planner, you will serve as a technical expert and project manager on the Airports Authority’s airports master plans, airspace planning and analysis, and navigational airspace and surfaces (such as FAR Part 77, Terminal Instrument Procedures (TERPS), One-Engine Inoperative (OEI), and other critical navigational surfaces).

Contributes to the Planning Department of the Office of Engineering at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Washington Dulles International Airports (IAD).

Provides technical expertise and direction on capital facilities planning and programming for the near-, mid-, and long-term development of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Dulles Toll Road, and Dulles International Airport Access Highway.

Provides technical analysis and advice regarding airfield issues such as: FAA airfield planning and design standards, Aircraft Design Group, runway/taxiway/taxilane design standards, apron layouts, and airfield geometry. Subject matter expert regarding A/C 150/5300- Airport Design.

• Seven years of progressively responsible experience in planning and designing facilities for commercial, general aviation, or military airports. 
• Three of the seven years of experience must be in airport master planning including conceiving, planning, and organizing the planning and design work for engineering and construction projects.
• Must have demonstrated success as a project manager or deputy project manager on at least two large public sector projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practices of airport planning, a good understanding of urban planning, and the ability to apply them to plan state-of-the art airport facilities and infrastructure and ensure airport plans complement regional plans.
• Knowledge of transportation management, air traffic rules and procedures, airport operations, aircraft characteristics, airport facilities, parking, utilities, and infrastructure and skill in applying it to plan and evaluate feasibility of improvements for airport facilities and air- and landside transportation.
• Knowledge of government laws, regulations, and standards involving airport facilities and transportation and ability to ensure compliance with those requirements.  
• Knowledge of principles and practices of engineering (civil, mechanical, traffic, and environmental) and architecture and the ability to plan state-of-the art airport facilities and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of municipal systems, such as utilities, roads, and public safety, and ability to apply it to plan airport facilities and infrastructure.

About Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority operates a two-airport system that provides domestic and international air service for the mid-Atlantic region. The organization consists of more than 1,750 employees in a structure that includes central administration, airports management and operations, and police and fire departments. The Airports Authority is not taxpayer-funded but is self-supporting, using aircraft landing fees, rents and revenues from concessions to fund operating expenses at both Airports. The Dulles Development Program is funded by bonds issued by the Authority, Federal and State Airport Improvement Program funds, and Passenger Facility Charges. The Airports Authority is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Dulles Toll Road, and the construction and funding of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. All revenues collected from the Dulles Toll Road are used to maintain the road, make improvements to the Dulles Corridor and help fund the Dulles Rail project. No Dulles Toll Road revenues are used to fund activities at either Reagan National or Dulles International. Dulles Rail is a 23-mile extension of the Metrorail system to Dulles... International Airport and beyond to Loudoun County. Construction is underway on Phase 1 of the project from the existing East Falls Church Metro station to Wiehle Avenue in Reston with four stops in the Tysons Corner area. Phase 2 will continue the line along the median of the Dulles Access Road through Reston and Herndon to the Main Terminal at Dulles International, and finally, to Route 772 in Loudoun County.

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