Guiding over 2.5 million flights (2019) - carrying some 240 million passengers - is no mean feat – and neither is supporting our customers around the world meet their objectives to increase safety, capacity or efficiency in their airport operations. Thanks to a combination of state-of-the-art technology and the expertise and dedication of our amazing people, that's what we achieve over the course of a year. And it’s what makes NATS such an interesting, exciting and rewarding place to work.

We want you to be happy, engaged and challenged by your work. We have set ourselves some challenging targets over the next few years and one thing is clear: we can only achieve these through our people.

We aspire to lead the way in our industry; technically, operationally, commercially and politically. You can be part of that journey helping us shape the future of the aviation industry by setting new standards in safety, service and value to all our customers. You can help us in 'Advancing aviation, keeping the skies safe'.

Hear from some of our employees as they discuss working at NATS in the video below, 'Our amazing everyday'.

We celebrate the diversity of our colleagues. We thrive because we are all brilliantly different yet united in our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe. 

We want to be inclusive, respectful, and diverse. We are listening, learning, and paying attention to the world. Colleagues help guide our actions and we are all taking positive steps so everyone can be themselves and succeed. Brilliantly different, under the same sky.  Find out more on our Under the same sky page.

Our employee networks are helping colleagues connect, share and shape an inclusive working environment.  They are run by colleagues who are united in their passion to grow both personally and professionally; creating a safe workplace for all while helping to define our vision for the future of aviation.

We currently have five employee networks: The Ability Network, globeAll (representing ethnic and cultural minority employees), SkyPride (LGBTQ+), Women’s Network and the Young Professionals Network. Find out more about our networks on our Under the same sky page. 

We have adopted agile working to give our non-operational teams greater flexibility and an increased element of choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely.  Our operational colleagues will typically be based at one of our operation centres or at an airport. However, some roles may also offer flexibility to work remotely from time to time.

We welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements and regularly seek feedback from colleagues to understand what they think about their working environment in order to continually drive improvement.

As a large company with multiple sites across the UK and overseas, we play a positive role in the socio-economic development of the communities in which we operate, creating highly skilled and paid roles as well as supporting a range of charities and other good causes. There are a number of initiatives which underpin our work with communities, including:

While aviation delivers strong economic and social benefits to the UK and beyond, it also has a clear impact on the environment; we see it as our responsibility to help drive, deliver and maintain a sustainable future for the industry.

Reducing aviation's environmental impact and saving fuel is important to us and our customers. As part of our environmental strategy, we are implementing smarter and more responsive ways to do this.

• Read our latest Responsible Business Report
• We are proud to be a founding member of Sustainable Aviation

Understanding the perspective of communities affected by aviation is a central part of our work to be a responsible business. We listen to the wide range of views and feed these back into the business, so colleagues understand the societal impacts of the day-to-day and longer-term decisions we make. When we redesign airspace structures at lower levels we consider how to minimise the impact of aircraft noise on local communities.

We have a strong tradition of fundraising for causes that matter to us and these include important partnerships with charities such as ‘Aerobility’, who provide terminally ill and disabled individuals the opportunity to fly an aeroplane, and ‘The Jon Egging Trust’, who help young people overcome adversity and realise their potential.

Our colleagues are able to support charities and causes they care about via the ‘Give As You Earn’ scheme; a voluntary, simple and tax-free way to donate to their favourite charity straight from gross salary. We also have the NATS Footprint Fund which provides employees with small grants to support their personal commitments to worthy causes in their local communities.

We provide our colleagues with the opportunity and support to directly contribute their time to local charities and community activities through volunteering, especially for our corporate charity partners. This can range from beach cleans or decorating projects for schools and maths mentoring.

We actively promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in schools and colleges, career roadshows and tailored classroom-based learning activities, as well as providing sponsorship for several educational projects. This also includes regularly hosting students with our work experience programme, Future Minds programme for girls, and Blue Skies Programme for the Jon Egging Trust.

Whoever you are, whatever you want to do, we can help you make the most of your potential - and build an exceptional career.  

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.  

Please explore the exciting opportunities on offer at our vacancies page.