Safety & Assurance Engineer

1 day ago

Whiteley, Hampshire, United Kingdom NATS Full time

NATS is the UK's leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2.4 million flights each year. We provide air traffic control services from two control centres and at airports around the UK. We also provide a wide range of commercial products and solutions internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe.

Closing Date 2/1/2026

Salary: £52, £69,651.68

Grade: ATCE 5

**Job Purpose/Overview****
This position enables compliance with the NATS Safety Policy by supporting the provision of Safety Assurance for changes to NATS Operational Services, such that the accountable roles have the required confidence that the change can be implemented and operated safely.

*Other Duties Include*
Under the guidance of the Safety & Assurance manager, support the generation and preparation of the Safety & Assurance plans, arguments and collating the evidence for the Change Assurance documentation covering the Safety Management and Business Continuity / Service Resilience assurance and risks.

This includes the contributions from Systems / Software Assurance, Human Factors and Cyber Security.

Resulting in changes being implemented with the required safety assurance.

Support the facilitation of workshops to identify safety hazards and the elicitation of mitigating, functional and non-functional requirements that together form the safety & assurance requirements for a project change.

Adopt a pro-active approach to ensure that any issues affecting the safety, business continuity, human performance and cyber security of NATS services or its interfaces are identified and resolved.

The Job Holder May Be Required To Co‐ordinate And Interface With Multiple Functional Areas And Groups Within NATS And External To NATS, Including (but Not Limited To):

  • Security
  • Business Continuity / Resilience
  • Architecture
  • Service Design
  • Service Operations
  • Software Assurance
  • Human Factors
  • ATC
  • Operations Safety and Assurance
  • Safety Services
  • Suppliers
  • SARG
  • Verification / Integration / Validation in support of the delivery of assurance documentation and the resolution of assurance matters

*Autonomy*
Works under general direction. Usually receives specific instructions and has work reviewed at frequent milestones. Identifies and escalates safety concerns during production of assurance evidence required to support a project delivery.

*Job Scope*
Assurance documentation (both those for existing Operations and new Project Change assurance) including Operational Safety and Technical Assurance documents are key to enabling NATS and Regulatory acceptance and approvals to be achieved.

It Is The Job Holder's Responsibility To Support The Production Of The Assurance Documents Required To Achieve These Goals; The Scope Of The Job Encompasses:

  • Application of the relevant Safety Management Procedures. Specifically SAF004, SAF005, SAF006, SAF007 and SAF010.
  • Compliance with the appropriate NATS Management System(NMS)/Business Management System (BMS) processes.

The job holder is also expected to support the continuous improvement of safety and assurance processes by providing suggestions/ideas to the appropriate Business Process Expert (BPE)/Business Process Owner (BPO).

**Essential Skills And Experience****
The job holder is expected to hold, as a minimum, a Higher National Certificate/Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) in a STEM or assurance‐related discipline.

NATS Employees who have completed a NATS early careers programme will be appointed in this role as their first substantive role.

The ability to communicate difficult technical and/or operational concepts clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.

A passion for the Safety or Air Traffic Management and a willingness to learn, develop and take on different tasks under the guidance of their line manager.

*Additional Vacancy Information*
We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally - for more information on what NATS can offer you please visit - Why NATS?

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. Find out more  here .

If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe – we would 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.

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