ATC Safety Consultant - International

NATS is the UK’s leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2 million flights each year. It provides 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/Overview

An expression of interest for a key role within the NATS international business, focused on providing Safety Assurance expertise in the development of solutions and in delivery across various international locations.

The Safety Consultant operates independently as a SME and as part of a team under the guidance and mentoring of Senior Consultants and the NATS UK Safety consultants.

Other Duties Include

• Manages the safety assurance solution development of medium to large complexity bids. Ensures the Solutions developed are of a high standard, align with the business strategy and comply with internal governance
• Leads the delivery of Safety Assurance activities for assigned contracts to achieve the contractual terms and conditions of the project, within the agreed timescale and budget
• Translate customer needs and requirements into clearly defined solutions, ensuring alignment with NATS’ capabilities, commercial strategy, and risk appetite
• Ensure solutions are compliant with NATS Business Processes
• Help develop and sustain stakeholder wide relationships to support business development activities
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Bidding, and Delivery teams to develop persuasive proposal content, including executive summaries, technical responses, and solution architectures
• Act as an ATC/ATM expert to influence decision making through knowledge sharing with internal/external stakeholders
• Provide intelligence and input to the product and services lifecycle

Essential Skills And Experience

• Safety Assurance specialist, with experience in delivering ATM-related assurance solutions
• Undertakes accountability as Safety Assurance Lead within an assigned bid and/or delivery team
• Excellent knowledge of Safety Assurance solutions and methodologies in an ATM domain. (Hazard Identification and Analysis, Risk Assessment, Safety Case production etc.)
• Operational experience of working at a major international airport is highly desirable
• Understanding of global ATM market trends, customer drivers, and emerging technologies including digital towers, UTM, and sustainability initiatives
• Proven track record in delivering high quality solutions to time, cost, quality
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong commercial awareness, with experience in bidding, proposal development, and pricing strategies
• Clear and persuasive communicator and able to convey compelling and complex concepts
• Culturally aware and sensitive to different business practices, communication styles and customer expectations
• Highly self-motivated, organised, and able to lead virtual teams to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Additional Information

• Required to work flexibly across different time zones, with international stakeholders
• International travel as required

We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally. In addition to a competitive salary that's regularly reviewed, as a member of our international team you'll also benefit from private healthcare and dental cover, generous leave entitlement with the option to purchase additional leave, wellness support and a comprehensive learning and development offering.

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, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry.