Safety Assurance Engineer

Safety Assurance Engineer

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Closing Date: 12/1/2026

This position enables compliance with the NATS Safety Policy by supporting the provision of Safety Assurance for changes to NATS Operational Services, ensuring accountable roles have confidence that changes can be implemented and operated safely.

• Support the generation and preparation of Safety & Assurance plans, arguments and collating evidence for the Change Assurance documentation covering Safety Management and Business Continuity/Service Resilience assurance and risks.
• Contribute from Systems/Software Assurance, Human Factors and Cyber Security to produce changes implemented with required safety assurance.
• Facilitate workshops to identify safety hazards and elicit mitigating, functional and non‑functional requirements forming the safety & assurance requirements for a project change.
• Adopt a pro‑active approach to ensure any issues affecting safety, business continuity, human performance and cyber security of NATS services or interfaces are identified and resolved.

• Works under general direction, usually receiving specific instructions and having work reviewed at frequent milestones.
• Identifies and escalates safety concerns during production of assurance evidence required to support a project delivery.

• Author assurance documentation for existing Operations and new Project Change assurance, including Operational Safety and Technical Assurance documents.
• Apply the relevant Safety Management Procedures (SP400, SP401, SP403, SP406, SP409).
• Comply with the appropriate NMS/BMS processes and support continuous improvement of safety and assurance processes by providing suggestions to BPE/BPO.

• Minimum of a Higher National Certificate/Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) in a STEM or assurance‑related discipline.
• For NATS Employees completing a NATS early careers programme, this role serves as their first substantive role.
• Strong communication skills to convey difficult technical and/or operational concepts clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• A passion for Safety or Air Traffic Management and a willingness to learn, develop and take on different tasks under guidance.

We offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive personally and professionally. For more information on what NATS can offer you, please visit Why NATS?.

We have adopted agile working to provide flexibility and choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in modern office facilities or 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 love to hear from you regardless of 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.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Airlines and Aviation

We are an equal opportunities employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.