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.
The Director of Engineering will provide strategic vision and leadership in the effective delivery of Engineering, in a highly complex, safety critical & regulated environment.
The role is accountable for the Engineering capability at a strategic level within NATS, providing technical leadership and direction across the project and programme delivery teams as well as Operational Services as required.
Creating a successful delivery culture of high-quality engineering services by embedding industry leading engineering processes and procedures.
ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Setting overall vision and strategy for the Engineering Directorate
- Accountable for the definition of Engineering Designs to deliver the Technical capabilities and disciplines required across all of NATS Projects and Programmes
- Accountable for the adoption of Technical Domain roadmaps to enable the successful prioritisation of competing engineering challenges and needs whilst supporting engineering change management
- Accountable for ensuring effective partnering across all key stakeholders to ensure common commitment to Engineering delivery
- Accountable for managing relationships with senior stakeholders and is the ultimate escalation point for Engineering issue resolution
- Accountable for the development and ownership of design and technology standards aligned to our Enterprise Architecture principles
- Accountable for safe and secure and assured Engineering Designs
- Accountable for the Business Plan, ensuring that Engineering Division successfully delivers on all targeted goals (budget, schedule and resource)
QUALIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- BA / BSc / BEng Hons in relevant discipline (e.g. Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science) – MA / MSc in a relevant discipline is desirable
- Chartered Engineer Status is Essential & Engineering Fellow is highly desirable
- Significant experience of leading the delivery of operational engineering services underpinned by the service management model and principles
- Sophisticated understanding of the levers that underpin service redesign and business/service transformation
- Extensive track record of leading and delivering a significant portfolio of change within all constraints, able to take ‘tough’ decisions and see the required action through
- Demonstrable capability in applying the principles and development a culture of service management
- Experience of delivery in large projects / programmes in a safety critical, national infrastructure type environment
- Experience developing and implementing engineering governance frameworks
Additional vacancy Information:
please note – Interviews to take place late November 2024
We are proud to offer an attractive total reward package to help you thrive. You’ll receive a wide range of benefits which include a market-leading defined contribution pension scheme, voluntary benefits & retail discounts, wellness support and a comprehensive learning & 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. 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.
