Airport Systems & SA Specialist

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.

Provide system and safety assurance expertise to the Airports business through the application of the NATS Safety Management Processes. Provide safety expertise and support to the Manager Systems and Future Safety Assurance to ensure assurance is provided to the GM Safety Airports that technical and/or procedural changes are delivered safely.

• Provide expert guidance and advice in support of Airport Operations and NATS Commercial activities to ensure that locally generated or project related technical and/or procedural changes are delivered safely. Provide support and expertise to the Manager Systems and Future Safety Assurance in managing the Airport residual risk register and work with Airport units to mitigate and reduce the residual risk contained within Airport Safety Cases.
• Support and contribute to the production and ongoing maintenance of the NATS Airport Unit Safety Cases for both Civil and Military Air Navigation Service Provision to ensure regulatory approval and compliance.
• Ad hoc Safety related tasks in support of other team members.
• 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.
• Support the management of safety processes in respect of safety related data for Airport operational systems.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of engineering principles and practice, safety standards, plus an understanding of existing and future safety related ATC systems.
• Maintain adequate knowledge of the Airport Operational Systems sufficient to support the Manager Systems and Future Safety Assurance to determine the safety impact of operational ATC and Engineering issues.
• Lead workshops with Subject Matter Experts 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.
• Ensuring the assurance activities for allocated projects comply with the NATS Business and Safety Management Systems as required.
• Ensure all standards of work conform to best practice and are proportionate to the level of risk.
• The job holder will be required to co ordinate and interface with multiple functional areas and groups within NATS and external to NATS, including (but not limited to):
  Technical Services (NSL) Business Continuity / Resilience, Software Assurance and Human Factors
• ATCO perations Safety and Assurance Safety Services SARG in support of the review of assurance documentation and the resolution of assurance matters

• The post holders have the authority to manage assigned activities against agreed and prioritised objectives working with appropriate stakeholders from Operations and Technical Services.
• The post holders will routinely refer to their line manager for guidance on assurance issues and large resource/time commitments.

• 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 ensure that the assurance documents achieve these goals; the scope of the job encompasses: a) Ensuring the Assurance Cases presented for Operational Acceptance at an Airport Unit is fit for purpose i.e. the assurance argument is reasonable, proportionate, well-constructed and as such provide the required level of confidence to enable acceptance into Operations. b) Working with the relevant stakeholders to ensure Unit Safety Cases across Airports are maintained consistently and their content is sufficient and appropriate to provide the required assurance for the operational Unit.
  
  c) Develop and maintain a proportionate Safety Performance Monitoring reporting mechanism across Airport Units for the system Assurance Hazards

• The job holder will have a numerate background, typically they will hold an Engineering, Science, or Mathematics qualification to HNC/HND level as a minimum (with degree level being preferable) and/or equivalent professional qualifications.
• Preference is given to those whose qualifications are in a safety-related discipline.
• Applicants not holding the expected qualification but who have undertaken structured Engineering training (e.g. CAA Bletchley or apprenticeship recognised by a professional body) and have extensive engineering experience will be considered.
• Familiarity with the NATS Safety Management System, Hazard…