We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Airfield Planning Manager to join our Planning team at Melbourne Airport.

As Melbourne Airport continues to grow, long-term airfield planning is essential to ensuring our infrastructure can support future aviation demand.

In this role, you'll help shape our airfield development strategy, maintaining and reviewing long-term infrastructure plans and future capacity requirements over a 5-20-year planning horizon.

Working closely with Aviation Operations, airport planners and major project teams, you'll provide specialist planning advice, assess development options and ensure infrastructure decisions made today support the airport's future growth.

You'll also contribute to major capital developments, including the Third Runway and International Terminal Expansion, providing technical planning input from early concept development through to design and delivery.

This is an opportunity to influence Melbourne Airport's long-term infrastructure strategy and play a key role in shaping the future of one of Australia's most important aviation gateways.

Explore how we are thinking big with exciting projects like the Third Runway, state-of-the-art terminals, and thriving business park developments. You can also learn more about life at Melbourne Airport – our culture, values, and what makes us unique at https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/corporate/our-culture-and-values. Join us in shaping the future of aviation as we propel Melbourne Airport towards becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination.

Key responsibilities:

The role's duties and accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

- Lead airfield planning activities to support future aviation growth,



capacity requirements and infrastructure development.
- Develop and maintain planning assumptions, demand forecasts, capacity assessments and staged development strategies.
- Provide specialist airfield planning input into the Airport Master Plan, Major Development Plans, precinct plans and business cases.
- Prepare and review strategic briefs, functional requirements, feasibility studies and development options to support investment decisions.
- Work closely with project and design teams to ensure proposed developments meet operational requirements, planning principles and long-term capacity needs.
- Provide technical advice on airport planning standards, aviation regulations and airfield design requirements.
- Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, airlines, Airservices Australia, CASA, consultants and delivery partners.
- Manage specialist planning studies and consultancy inputs, ensuring outcomes are commercially sound and aligned with strategic priorities.

The successful candidate will have:

- Lead airfield planning activities to support future aviation growth, capacity requirements and infrastructure development.
- Develop and maintain planning assumptions, demand forecasts, capacity assessments and staged development strategies.
- Provide specialist airfield planning input into the Airport Master Plan, Major Development Plans,



precinct plans and business cases.
- Prepare and review strategic briefs, functional requirements, feasibility studies and development options to support investment decisions.
- Work closely with project and design teams to ensure proposed developments meet operational requirements, planning principles and long-term capacity needs.
- Provide technical advice on airport planning standards, aviation regulations and airfield design requirements.
- Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, airlines, Airservices Australia, CASA, consultants and delivery partners.
- Manage specialist planning studies and consultancy inputs, ensuring outcomes are commercially sound and aligned with strategic priorities.

The successful candidate will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in aviation, planning, engineering, architecture, transport, operations or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in airfield planning, aviation infrastructure planning or complex transport infrastructure environments.
- Robust understanding of airport operations, infrastructure capacity planning and long-term development requirements.
- Experience developing planning forecasts, capacity assessments, functional briefs and infrastructure development options.
- Working knowledge of relevant aviation regulatory requirements, airport planning standards and design principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to interpret complex information and provide clear, commercially informed recommendations.
- Familiarity with capacity modelling, simulation tools, CAD, GIS or similar planning and analytical platforms.

📌 Airfield Planning Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Australia Pacific Airports (Melbourne
📍 Melbourne