Senior ILS Engineer

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.

PURPOSE OF JOB: The primary purposes of this role are to ensure that the ILS process is applied to a delegated set of new and existing assets to maximise the cost effectiveness of support and maintenance arrangements, ensuring availability, resilience and safety consistent with safety and business goals. Manage a team of engineers and support staff responsible for delivering the ILS deliverables for Projects.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Lead and manage a team responsible for undertaking the ILS activities for LTIP projects.
• Define, develop and maintain the NERL ILS BMS processes ensuring that they align with the set ILS policies meeting the business needs and are fit for purpose.
• Allocate resources to meet the demands placed upon the team.
• Negotiate the ILS Contract Work Packages for LTIP projects, ensuring they are resourced and funded, and then ensuring they are implemented in accordance with BMS procedures.
• Influence the project design to ensure that cost effective support is included in the asset’s design from its initial concept.
• Analysis of the asset’s Life Cycle Costs including proposing alternative support strategies to minimise the support costs.
• Assessment of the impact of design changes on the proposed support model and costs.
• Define and agree the in-service support contracts for the new asset ensuring that use of existing contracts is considered where this can demonstrate good value for money.
• Maintain the standards of the ILS products by ensuring that all ILS deliverables conform to the set ILS policies and processes.
• Ensure that Life Cycle Costing (LCC) models are developed for the LMM and each project phase review.
• Undertake ILS activities in support of in-service assets to ensure that the asset is being effectively supported.
• Manage the asset support contracts with suppliers and manage these suppliers effectively.
• Monitor spares usage and consumption to ensure that sufficient spares are available at the point of need.
• Review fault reports, maintenance and repair records to identify performance trends and make appropriate recommendations.
• Regularly review equipment maintenance policies, and recommend changes where needed.
• Provide a help-line function for maintenance and Tech Ops staff for support issues.
• Manage obsolescence issues for in service equipment.

SCOPE OF JOB: The primary responsibilities of this post are three-fold: People Management, Establish, maintain and champion ILS policies and processes, Workload and resource management. As a People Leader, the Senior ILS Engineer will ensure that the team are competent to undertake their duties, and they are developed to their maximum potential.

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS: The applicant is expected to hold, as a minimum, an HNC (or an equivalent qualification) in an Engineering or Information Technology discipline and relevant experience in the field of Air Traffic or similar equipment maintenance. An in-depth technical knowledge of a range of equipment in service within NERL is required. Awareness and understanding of project management frameworks and ITIL or relevant Service Management frameworks is necessary. Good communications and presentation skills are required.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please note we will consider candidates based at Whiteley, Swanwick or Prestwick for this role. We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements. We also welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements.