Job Description

The Surface Access Strategy Manager is responsible for leading the development and delivery of Heathrow Airport Limited’s surface access strategy in support of the Airport National Policy Statement (ANPS) requirements and the Development Consent Order (DCO) process.

The role provides specialist strategic leadership and support across surface access modes, confirming that transport strategies, modelling inputs and stakeholder engagement materials are robust, auditable and fit for statutory examination. The postholder plays a key role in enabling DCO consent by making sure that surface access impacts are clearly understood, mitigated and aligned to national and local policy expectations.

• Lead the development of an integrated Surface Access strategy for the DCO, covering public transport, active travel, taxi and private hire, and supporting alignment with long‑term network planning and ANPS commitments.
• Ensure Surface Access strategies are evidence‑based, mature, and robust enough to withstand consultation, examination, and audit, while supporting the overarching requirements of the DCO submission.
• Produce high‑quality strategy documentation and materials for inclusion in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and DCO, maintaining clear, auditable links between strategy development, modelling assumptions, and outputs.
• Provide strategic input to future rail and wider transport planning in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, ensuring strategies feed effectively into transport modelling and impact assessment.
• Act as a subject‑matter lead in engagement with key stakeholders including Transport for London, National Highways, Network Rail, and industry forums responding to feedback while maintaining alignment with programme objectives.
• Manage Surface Access workstreams to agreed timelines, enabling readiness for DCO milestones, identifying and mitigating risks, and supporting efficient delivery by minimising re‑work and ensuring controlled, evidence‑based change.

• Significant experience in transport or surface access strategy development within complex infrastructure or planning environments.
• Strong understanding of statutory planning processes, including DCOs and environmental assessment frameworks.
• Proven ability to translate strategic policy requirements into clear, evidence‑based deliverables.
• Experience of working with transport modelling teams and using modelling outputs to inform strategy.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with statutory bodies and senior external partners.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience of airport, aviation or nationally significant infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of the ANPS and its surface access requirements.
• Familiarity with multi ‑modal transport strategy development at regional or national level.

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Its sights. Its sounds. Its constant air of excitement. Heathrow is an amazing backdrop to a career filled with unique opportunities.

Every day, you’ll discover a world full of fresh possibilities and end the day buzzing with stories to tell, as you encounter people from all cultures, nationalities and experiences. A world full of pride for what we do and no end of exciting career prospects to explore.

It brings out the best in all of us. And inspires everyone to deliver on our ambitious plans. Together, we’re working to welcome millions more passengers while ensuring aviation can continue to be a force for good by leading global efforts in sustainability.

Join us on that journey and we'll help you achieve your ambitions too. Supporting you to learn, encouraging you to be yourself, backing you to achieve more than you might ever have imagined. Because there’s no place like Heathrow.

Our rewards

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits that will support you now and in the future. As well as performance-based annual bonuses and our longer-term Share in Success Bonus plans, we also offer generous annual leave allowances and market-leading pensions. With family friendly policies, access to private health insurance and a wide range of wellbeing tools, we’ll support you to be at your best inside and outside work. And of course, we’ll provide varied learning and development opportunities too. Here you’ll find everything you need for a fulfilling career journey that can take you in exciting directions.

Working Location

Our Hybrid working approach offers the opportunity for colleagues in some roles to work from home for an average of two days a week, providing the flexibility to work in an agile way whilst ensuring we deliver for the operational needs of HeathrowWorking arrangements vary from team to team and will be confirmed during the recruitment process. You’ll need to be based in the UK and within a commutable distance to Heathrow.

Sustainable Travel to work

Heathrow’s Sustainable Travel Guide sets out easy and sustainable travel options that everyone can access.

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all. We believe that diverse talent makes us stronger – not least because we welcome passengers from all corners of the globe, every single day. Heathrow is an accessible place to work. With five diversity networks, we champion inclusivity and celebrate individuality.