Adaptation Practitioner

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. Job Purpose: Reporting to a Central Adaptation Service (CAS) Adaptation Team Leader the Adaptation Practitioners will conduct, adaptation design and development activities on our future Flight Data Processing systems. Capturing and impact assessing requirements and producing the adaptation design, and development, ensuring requirements have been met. Ensuring that all activities of Adaptation development or testing have been conducted rigorously and documented correctly for acceptance, in accordance with departmental Work Instructions As a customer facing representative of the department, it is expected that the suitable candidate will have the ability to quickly develop relationships with the customer, understand their needs and identify effective adaptation solutions. Duties include: Design and implement effective and accurate adaptation solutions for development activities, based on agreed requirements. Produce adaptation documentation to support design, development activities. Review work items and act as a co-ordinator for work produced by other team members. Act as a focal point to provide technical expertise for one or more systems. Provide estimates to the Adaptation Team Leader as required to achieve a particular change and contribute to the planning activity. Support the Adaptation Team Leader in identifying and implementing process improvements. Review and update documentation as directed by the Adaptation Team Leader. Provide input into the design, procurement and maintenance of tools and facilities required to develop adaptation. Maintain yearly competency in at least one adaptation area as identified in the CAS Training Plan. Support the Adaptation Team Leader in maintaining the highest level of customer service. Qualifications/Skills: Significant ATC Operations experience working with FDP systems and the ability to apply that experience to the development or testing of current or future adaptations would be advantageous. Ability to absorb large amounts of detailed technical and/or ATC information in short timescales. Good knowledge of ATC terminology, UK airspace and route structure. Demonstrate good interpersonal and team-working skills. In addition to effective team working, the post-holder must be able to act as a focal point when required and work autonomously to a very high standard, including meeting critical deadlines set by the management. Demonstrate the ability to produce concise and accurate documentation. Demonstrable ability to explain technical problems and requirements issues clearly to a variety of customers and organisations. Intermediate level Microsoft Office skills. Additionally, it would be desirable, to have a working knowledge of Linux or Microsoft VB 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? 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. 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 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.

Location: Southampton, Southampton, GB

Posted Date: 8/6/2025