NATS is the UK’s leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2 million flights each year. We provide air traffic control services from two control centres supporting airports all around the UK, as well as a wide range of commercial solutions to over 30 countries internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe.
Job Purpose:
This is an initial 12-month fixed-term contract that forms part of NATS’ Air Traffic Management (ATM) Validation Team, who are responsible for planning, executing and reporting on tasks to provide user-centric validation assurance in support of the delivery of NATS’ Long-Term Investment Plan (LTIP), SESAR led Research & Development and external business.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Planning and delivering ATM Validation tasks and activities.
- Contributing to the provision of independent user-led validation assurance.
- Helping to anticipate and solve technical problems and suggesting appropriate improvements to methods and analysis.
- Identifying conflicts and escalating issues to the Team Leader or Task/Project Managers.
- Contributing to continuous improvement by proactively suggesting appropriate improvements to processes and activities.
- Developing and maintaining your technical and professional expertise and apply it appropriately to your tasks.
Please note – you must be willing and to undertake regular shift work, including some weekends (a shift allowance will be paid). We offer hybrid working and you can be based at our offices in either Whiteley/Swanwick, Hants (near Fareham) or Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum Degree-qualified in a numerate or scientific subject.
- Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Confidence with exceptional communication and presentation skills and able to engage, influence and build relationships with stakeholders of all levels.
- Strong collaboration & team working and able to appreciate different points of view.
- Energy, drive, ambition and enthusiasm.
- Able to actively contribute to an effective team culture, by showing a willingness to participate, supporting the goals and responsibilities of the team.
- Effective time management capability and able to identify and balance competing priorities.
- Strong financial awareness, problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to produce well documented, high-quality and accurate work to a high standard.
- Some understanding of Validation principles and methodologies and the ability to apply these to multiple customer areas would be beneficial, however full training will be provided.
Additional Information:
We are proud to offer an attractive total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally. In addition to a competitive salary, you’ll also receive a wide range of other benefits which include a market-leading defined contribution pension scheme, voluntary benefits and retail discounts, wellness support and a comprehensive learning and development offering.
We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely. We also welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements for this role. Find out more here.
If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe, we’d like to hear from you whatever your age, sex, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry.-
