Health & Safety Manager

NATS; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job description

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.

Salary: £63,129.83 - £84,173.11

Closing Date: Wednesday 21st October 2026

Purpose Of The Role

The role holder is the Health and Safety (H&S) subject matter expert (SME) responsible for coordinating and supporting Business Area (BA) Responsible Director and Manager communities in effective implementation of NATS Group H&S policies, processes, procedures and compliance standards. The role holder delivers services as described below and is the BA assigned competent H&S person.

The BA H&S Manager is accountable to the assigned Responsible Director and is responsible for ensuring local H&S Plans are generated and implemented to discharge against all applicable statutory compliance and risk management duties detailed in the NATS H&S Business Management System.

In the competent person role, the holder shall provide functional support services as required by the Head of H&S.

Accountabilities

• Work closely with BA Responsible Director and Manager communities to ensure H&S planning, implementation, BA H&S performance reporting, Assurance and inspection activities and learning from experience requirements are met.
• Support H&S functional Assurance and ISO45001 Audit programmes through participation, and as required leading, H&S audits, ensuring all reports, findings and agreed actions are managed in accordance with relevant BMS requirements.
• Manage 1st line Assurance and local inspection plans for the assigned Business Area, minimising disruption and maximising opportunities to deliver continual improvement.
• Manage and maintain the BA hazard logs, ensuring that hazard control and risk management strategies deliver safe and compliant work places and work activities.
• Lead BA H&S governance and performance review forums on behalf of the Responsible Director, contributing to and participating in lower tier H&S meetings as appropriate and agreed.
• On behalf of the Responsible Director, challenge BA H&S performance issues and elevate matters of significance to the responsible leader for resolution.
• Deliver a programme of proportionate H&S duty of care inspections with 3rd party landlords at sites where NATS employees and contractors are resident, as well as on the H&S performance of contractor and sub-contractors engaged by the Business Area.
• Coordinate H&S activities conducted by BA Safety Liaison Officers, Fire Wardens, First Aiders and other H&S role holders.
• Triage and oversee Business Area accident and injury reporting and investigations, ensuring reporting rates are maintained, injuries and HiPo incidents are investigated by trained investigators and actions addressing root causes are implemented to prevent re-occurrence.
• Ensure all statutory H&S reporting requirements for the BA are met, including those under RIDDOR.
• Deliver and report on functional HS risk and/or system improvement projects/activities as assigned using a range of lean methodologies and expert understanding of the H&SMS and NATS BMS.
• Represent BA interests and report on BA performance at NATS governing forums as required, including the H&S Working Group, H&S Oversight Group, BA specific Steering and Working Groups and H&S committees.
• Coordinate and submit BA specific cases for change or investment supporting delivery of the NATS H&S Plan, NATS Business Objectives and Local plans.
• Ensure all H&S statutory duty holder roles in the BA are identified and appointed persons are assessed as competent.
• Coordinate and manage BA H&S training plans, ensuring NATS BMS H&S training and competence requirements are understood and met.
• Manage and coordinate effective learning from experience, ensuring effective analysis and timely close out of H&S actions, recommendations and investigations.
• Coordinate and deliver effective H&S communications across the BA, ensuring prompt attention and action in response to H&S Alerts and other notifications.
• Leading and supporting SLOs in a programme of BA risk-based toolbox talks, supplementing the NATS mandatory H&S training programme.
• Provision of H&S Emergency Response planning support and advice.
• H&S STOP notifications oversight and support to BA Responsible Directors, providing assurance on mitigations to allow safe restart of operations or availability of workplaces.
• Manage BA specific DSE administrations, coordinating SLO and nominated assessors to discharge against risk management and compliance obligations.
• Line Manager for assigned H&S Advisor and Coordinator staff as required by role.

Qualifications, professional knowledge and Skills:

• Level 5 Diploma in Health & Safety management or equivalent.
• ISO 45001 Auditor Qualification or equivalent (Lead auditor preferred).
• Experience in developing and implementing a H&S management system, training and audit programmes.
• Construction Safety Management training or equivalent experience (desirable).
• Understanding of Health & Safety management systems and tools such as Q pulse, 5WHY, Root Cause Analysis, SWIFT, FTA and Bow-Tie Analysis.
• Previous experience of delivering successful H&S improvement projects.
• Experience in analysing data and trends from all aspects of Health & Safety and making proportionate recommendations on compliance and performance improvement.
• Adept at networking and building relationships with all levels of management and staff.
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical and communication skills with attention to detail.
• Personal pride achieving high health and safety standards with a “can do” attitude and ability to engage, present material, think through, and provide logical and timely solutions.
• Good understanding of H&S risk and change management.
• Experience in using HSG 245 and soft skills such as in accident and behavioural safety to drive improvement (preferred).
• Lean or Six Sigma methodologies/training or willingness to complete within 12 months.

Additional Information:

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 '

All staff at NATS are subject to UK Security Vetting and Clearance (SC) and must maintain valid clearance throughout employment. We are unable to progress applications where an applicant does not meet eligibility requirements for clearance. For further guidance click here Security Clearance - 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.

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.