Technical Designer - Senior

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

Responsible for the Technology Solution Design for a specific Service or Assets that make up the service. Leading and Managing the Technical Solution Design elements as part of the Overall Service Design Pack for the Service

Other Duties Include

• Responsible for the end-to-end Technical Design of a large-scale technology area with potential safety critical elements within the Service Design organisation
• Leads the creation, review and maintenance of the Service Design process for operational methods, procedures, facilities and tools
• Responsible for Technical Design for a system supporting the Service Designer in meeting their accountabilities for their Service Design components.
• Review and approve High Level and Low-Level Technical Designs
• Approve "exceptions" identified in Low Level Designs for underpinning capabilities and prepare submissions to the relevant design governance mechanisms
• Impact assess Operational Change Requests to ensure changes are within the Design Envelope and escalate through the Design Processes where not

Essential Skills and Experience

• Degree in an Engineering or IT subject and equivalent knowledge acquired through experience in a safety critical environment
• Qualification and experience must balance technical engineering with business acumen to meet both the technical and business management requirements of this role
• Applicants not holding the above qualifications but who have undertaken structured Engineering training (recognised by a professional body) and have extensive engineering experience will be considered
• The post holder must be highly motivated and able to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, understanding and reviewing reports written by others and writing documents forming part of the formal documentation of a change
• The post holder must have good interpersonal communication and management skills.
• Demonstrate Leadership in technology design focused on the continual improvement of the service designed to fit a market need whilst balancing all stakeholder requirements
• Is comfortable operating under circumstances where there is a high degree of uncertainty, particularly early in the service lifecycle
• A proven track record of balancing risk with reward/return
• Extensive Engineering/IT/Business management experience in a fast paced, customer centric and multi-site business
• Strong interpersonal skills with an inherent ability to effectively communicate with and influence internal and external stakeholders up to a senior level
• High levels of energy, drive and resilience, with the flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Additional Vacancy Information

This role is to work in the Flight Domain on a Flight Data Processor (FDP) system

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? - 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. 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