Job Description
Summary: The Principal Designer is an experienced professional expert in airside operations, infrastructure and systems. The Principal Designer can manage large complex multidisciplinary airside design projects ensuring they meet quality standards, deadlines and budget constraints. The Principal Designer has an expert knowledge of market requirements and customer needs as well as of the latest technological innovations in airside operations, infrastructure and systems. The Principal Designer writes consultancy and technical reports, completes engineering calculations and reviews technical drawings for airside consultancy and design projects.

Key Responsibilities
• Effectively communicating with internal and external stakeholders, presenting and defending the design and consulting deliverables with clarity and confidence.
• Thoroughly understanding project assignments and adeptly breaking them down into specific, manageable tasks. This role requires sequencing these tasks, as well as assigning appropriate resources to each task.
• Accurately estimating the time required to complete own and assigned tasks, setting realistic deadlines and ensuring they are achieved.
• Manage large complex multidisciplinary airside design projects developed by multidisciplinary teams formed by design technicians and designers and possible external consultants/specialists.
• Write airside consultancy reports based on reviewing and analysing existing airside infrastructure, identifying areas for improvement and recommending solutions.
• Write detailed technical airside design analysis reports.
• Prepare airside infrastructure bills of quantities for bidding stage (pricing) and for execution stage (production).




• Complete airside engineering calculations, for example, electrical power calculations, airfield lighting calculations (PAPI, aiming point, approach lighting), heat dissipation, structural calculations, etc.
• Produce, oversee or review AVDGS top view, side view and front view drawings.
• Oversee or review airfield layout drawings (airfield lighting, signs, marking, ducts, pits and cabling), installation detail drawings (adapted to the specific project requirements), electrical wiring schematic drawings as well as structural and fit-out drawings (manholes, duct banks and pits).
• Oversee or review airside layout drawings for integration into ADB Safegate Airside systems (Apron Management, ALCMS or ICWP).
• Provide technical support and expertise during the installation, testing, commissioning, and maintenance phases of airside infrastructure projects.
• Stay updated on industry trends, new technologies, and innovations in the field of airside infrastructure and operations to maintain and enhance expertise.
• Propose within ADB Safegate current product/system developments and/or improvements to existing products/systems.
• During bidding stages, prepare quotation documents for Design & Consulting services.
• Based on airside design project experience,



propose and implement improvements to internal procedures and tools.
• Mentor, support and/or train others in airside operations, infrastructure and systems, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing.
• Adhere to the Autodesk Vault procedures ensuring all files created, received or submitted are correctly stored and set-up. Required Know-how or

Qualifications:
• Generally, with engineering degree or similar qualifications.
• Generally, with at least 15 years of relevant professional experience in the aviation industry.
• Expert understanding of project processes.
• Expert understanding of ADB Safegate’s full portfolio (products, systems and services).
• Autodesk AutoCAD advanced level.
• Autodesk Vault intermediate level.
• MS Office and MS Teams advanced level.
• Advanced understanding of airside operations.
• Expert in airside infrastructure including marking, airfield lighting, airfield signage, heliport lighting and VDGS.
• Expert knowledge of international and local aviation regulations, including ICAO standards and recommended practices and guidance manuals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, proactive and innovative, with an ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team environment. Impact:
• Direct influence in the safety and efficiency of airside operations and infrastructure.
• Direct influence in industry reputation and customer satisfaction.
• Direct influence in project margins.
• Influence in order intake and sales margins.
• Influence in innovation strategy and new developments roadmap.
• Influence in talent retention

📌 Principal AGL Designer (Hyderabad)
🏢 ADB SAFEGATE
📍 Hyderabad