Senior Trainer

 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: £62,278.99 - £83,038.65

Closing Date: 27/10/2025

 

 

Job Purpose/Overview

 

To provide drive and enthusiasm for knowledge sharing and skills development to assist individuals to realise their potential.

To provide business and technical training to Technical Services, Service Delivery teams and external customers.

To teach and support engineers and colleagues in understanding new technical skills, embracing new ways of working to bring out the best in the individuals.

 

Other Duties Include

 

Teaching and supporting individuals’ technical skills. 

Ensure all training within direct responsibility is kept up to date, collaborating with stakeholders to confirm compliance with regulations.

Assist developing training material that clearly reflects the operational use of the service(s) and which meets operational and design needs within allocated budgets.

Allocate course workload, motivate delegates, carry out continuous assessment, utilising formative and summative assessments.

Adapt different learning methodologies to suit different learning styles, providing the best opportunities for delegates to meet training objectives.

Check the system documentation is up to date and as required for training, highlighting any deficiencies to Service Designers 

Support the optimisation of delivery methodologies, whilst utilising innovative solutions to make a positive change to technical learning. 

 

Job Scope

 

Consults with customers/stakeholders to develop and agree training solutions.

Meets business requirements by managing student activity to meet the agreed objectives.

Engage stakeholders by offering training solutions to meet internal and external customers training needs.

Delivers training in person or online (MS Teams). 

May involve travel to sites in the UK, Europe and further afield.

 

Essential Skills and Experience 

 

Must be qualified to HND or equivalent in an engineering, science or numerate discipline.

Training and Instruction Qualification to Level 3 or equivalent.

 

Desirable

 

Personnel not holding the professional engineering qualification must have undertaken structured Engineering training (e.g., CAA Bletchley or apprenticeship recognised by a professional body) and have engineering experience. 

 

Additional Vacancy 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? 

 

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. 

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Department:  Investment & Portfolio Services
Location: 

Prestwick, South Ayrshire, GB, KA9 2GX

Country/Region:  GB
Postal Code:  KA9 2GX
Job Code:  961
Salary Range:  £62,278.99 - £83,038.65
Date:  13 Oct 2025