Cost Estimating Specialist - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Derby is seeking a Cost Estimating Specialist to improve estimating capabilities within their Project Management Office. The ideal candidate has a degree in Project Management, experience in cost estimating, and strong analytical and interpersonal skills. This role promotes a hybrid work model and offers excellent development opportunities and competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent development opportunities

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Ideally attained Degree level qualification in PM or APM Project Management Qualification.
• Experience in Cost Estimating required.
• Data analytics experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead problem solving & improvement projects for cost estimating.
• Deliver functional improvements in the cost estimating field.
• Coach and develop others in cost estimating discipline.

Skills

Cost Estimating

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Degree level qualification in PM or APM

Job description

Overview

Cost Estimating Specialist — Full Time, Derby/Hybrid

This position is being advertised to form a pipeline of candidates for current and future positions within Rolls-Royce Submarines Business therefore applicants should not expect feedback immediately. However, we will endeavour to review your CV in a timely manner.

An exciting opportunity for a Cost Estimating Specialist has arisen within the Project Management Office (PMO). You will be working as part of a Central Team within the PMO. The Cost Estimating Specialist will be responsible for improving and maintaining estimating capability within Rolls Royce Submarines.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing

With this exciting opportunity your main responsibilities will include:

• Recognised as local authority in relation to cost estimating and maintaining that status by continuing professional development, monitoring the external environment for opportunities and liaising with group and other sector functions.
• Ensure the delivery of functional improvements relating to cost estimating. Understand the causes of poor business performance, waste & opportunity.
• Actively lead problem solving & improvement projects that deliver capabilities to close any gaps. Capture lessons / learning / best practice and share
• Establish, develop and maintain improvement plans of business capability in the area of cost estimating.
• Delivery of functional training in relation to cost estimating.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of functional documents / artefacts in area of cost estimating.
• Coach and develop others where appropriate in the cost estimating discipline or provide expert guidance and authoritative leadership to small/medium teams.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• Ideally attained Degree level qualification in PM or APM Project Management Qualification or can demonstrate equivalent PM knowledge.
• Have good experience in Cost Estimating
• Data analytics experience is advantageous but not essential
• Demonstrate good analytical skills with an ability to analyse and interpret information from different sources.
• Strong people management and interpersonal skills, including experience in providing structured coaching and personal

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category Project Management Posting Date 09 Sept 2025; 00:09 Posting End Date 22 Sept 2025